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The first Loonie Race of the 2001 season took place April 22 on Pemberton’s snow-free single track. Although the clouds were threatening rain all afternoon all they did was keep the racers cool.

Time to dig out the cleats, the jerseys, the fungicide and the first aid kit – the Whistler Hoarey Marmots Rugby Football Club is starting its spring pick-up season on May 3 at Whistler Secondary.

If your minor league motivational and inspirational talks are largely based on the "lolligag" speech from Bull Durham, then you could probably benefit from the Minor Baseball Coaches Clinic, 9 a.m. on April 28 at Myrtle Philip school.

Award recognizes work with women in sports The International Olympic Committee has named Vancouver’s Marion Lay the winner of the its Women and Sport Trophy for the Americas for 2001.

This weekend’s World Snowboarding Championship is not just another event on the pro snowboard tour – with both the competing Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS) and International Snowboard Federation (ISF) tours all wrapped up and the at

After years of giving it to their competitors, NHL alumni are giving it back to the community.

The Whistler Off-Road Cycling Association (WORCA) is inviting all local mountain bikers to fill up on pancakes and pitch in with the first trail maintenance day of the season on May 5. The breakfast will take place at Teppan Village on May 5 at 9 a.

A17-year old from Ontario almost walks away with it all Big crowds for big air New school skiers emptied the full bag of tricks in the World Ski Invitational Orage Big Air contest on April 14, with many of them competing for the biggest crowd –

The first – and hopefully the first annual – World Freestyle Snowmobile Association big air contest in the history of Whistler, didn’t go off as planned on April 17, but it did "go off".

The Whistler Off Road Cycling Associaton (WORCA), in partnership with the Whistler Real Estate Company, is getting the fat tire freeride season off to an early start with an April 21 Freeride Clinic, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m..