Local Sports

While Canada’s premier female cross-country skiers have been winning World Cup events and Olympic medals, the men’s team has quietly been progressing up the ranks in international competition, from back of the pack in 2006 to the top half of the pack

Silver medal at Lake Louise gets Calgary racer into the record books

The Whistler Nordics are hosting a wax fundraiser on Monday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m., in partnership with The Nordic Shop (opposite the Telus Whistler Conference Centre).

11 kids sign with domestic luge program

A few years ago the Whistler Blackcomb Freestyle Club was mostly made up of skiers from the Lower Mainland, but in recent years that’s changed — now most of the program is filled with local kids, boys and girls mostly between the ages of 13 and

The Alpine Club of Canada has many responsibilities, from providing training and certification to guides and participants, to advocating for parks and the environment; from managing a network of 28 alpine huts, to collecting data on routes, expeditio

For many local runners the annual Haney to Harrison relay is the last big event of the season, but this year a number of athletes managed to squeak in another event on Nov.

The price of cross-country ski passes and tickets will go up after Dec. 5, including the new Tri-Area pass which allows people to access trails at Lost Lake, Whistler Olympic Park and Callaghan Country.

The seasons all become winter, as the search for consistent training on snow becomes more and more important for the Canadian Snowboard Team.

Registering for the annual Test of Metal bike race in Squamish has become somewhat of an ordeal in recent years, as the popularity of the event soared and all 800 spots were snapped up in the first hour.