Local Sports

Event dates picked for snowboarders and skiers For skiers and snowboarders, the fall season is the calm before the storm, and the more storms the better. Blackcomb Mountain opens on Nov. 22 and Whistler Mountain on Nov. 27.

The Squamish Men’s Soccer League is holding an emergency meeting on Nov. 18 to discuss recent abuses of officials by players, as well as other disciplinary issues.

Bars have to close just as games start After a month of rugby, the world’s third largest sporting event is down to the final four, but due to Whistler’s bylaws there is a strong possibility no one in Whistler is going to be able to watch th

Cross-country ski swap this Saturday The Whistler Nordics are taking their sport to the next level, as interest in cross-country skiing continues to grow locally.

Freestyler sets sights on World Cup, Olympics What: Sylvia Kerfoot fundraiser Where : Garfinkel’s When: Nov. 15, 8 p.m.

This year more than 338 teams of eight – more than 2,700 runners – took part in the 22 nd annual Haney to Harrison relay. The event also attracted almost 30 ultra runners, who completed the entire 100 km course by themselves.

Whistler extreme telemarker featured in new film production What: The Core premiere by Tough Guy Productions Where : Garibaldi Lift Co. When: Nov. 21, 9 p.m.

Welcome to a new season of World Cup racing. The season is already underway and the excitement is new and fresh. Last week we saw our first race of the year in Soelden, Austria, and the Canadians had a bit of a rough start.

Biglines.com, an online ski and snowboard magazine based in Calgary, is offering six athletes the opportunity to win the Freeride Scholarship for this season. This Saturday, Nov.

SPECIAL EVENTS CORNUCOPIA>> Whistler’s seventh annual food and wine celebration will take over the town from Nov. 5-9. There’s wine tasting, food and wine seminars, winemaker dinners and parties galore.