Whistler

Yes we have no bananas

The rushing river waters kept the brand-new turbines turning on Brandywine Creek this week, marking a powerful beginning for the small run of river project.

Forty days and forty nights… By Tobin Seagel, Whistler Naturalist Society "On that day, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened....

I want to make a clarification regarding remarks I made about the flooding and the dredging of certain creeks.

Many may have lost winter food stores The wooden crosses marking the grave sites of many Mount Currie ancestors have been washed away in the recent floods.

November can be a tough month in Whistler as people, particularly newcomers, wait for the snow to fly, the lifts to open, jobs to kick in and paycheques to be issued. The November squeeze has been part of the seasonal cycle in Whistler for years.

Other areas of greater concern during storm An area prone to small landslides on Whistler Mountain has slipped another half metre towards Fitzsimmons Creek after the recent heavy rains. The municipality is not alarmed by the movement.

Over the next few years, construction will begin in earnest as Vancouver and Whistler prepare to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. The upgrades to Highway 99 are scheduled to begin next spring and run through to 2009.

Environmentalists fear new legislation will usher in Working Forest Legislation without debate The B.C.

After 15 years on the job Capilano Highway Services will no longer take care of the roads and bridges in the Sea to Sky corridor. The Ministry of Transportation awarded a 10-year contract agreement to Mainroad Contracting Ltd.