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Canadian second, third and fourth after first aerials event Canadian aerialists managed two medals and four top-four finishes on the first day of World Cup competition at Mount Buller in Australia, last weekend, but were shut out on day two as the we

The Howe Sound Curling Club, which is part of the Squamish Valley Golf and Country Club, is gearing up for the 2001-2002 season.

The search is over. On Sept. 10, the Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) announced the appointment of Nigel Cooper as Interim Program Director for the 2001-2002 season.

Local may have qualified for Olympics The World Cup snowboarding season got an early start – or late finish – last week with an official event in Valle Nevado, Chile.

The road to a new subdivision off of Alta Lake Road in the Beaver Lake area enabled racers to shave up to four minutes off their race time in the ninth annual Westside Wheel Up Sept. 8.

Two Whistler athletes were among the first competitors down the mountain at the annual Sea to Summit adventure race last weekend, winning the co-ed Teams of Two race, and more significantly the Teams of Two race.

In five months time, Whistler’s Britt Janyk will likely be pushing out of the starting gate at Park City, Utah, going for gold in the Olympic giant slalom. Janyk is one of the many international ski racers B.C.

Canada’s Olympic athletes and the bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are the focus of the second annual Canadian Olympic Golf Tournament in Whistler this weekend.

19 th Cheakamus Challenge drawing the big names and young riders The annual Celebration of Pain mountain bike weekend is just two weeks away, and the number of entries in the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic Mountain Bike Race – billed as "

Local racers holding fund-raiser Sept. 7 The Canadian Cycling Association has released the final list of 49 cross country, downhill and dual slalom competitors heading to Vail, Colorado to take part in the Mountain Bike World Championships from Sept.