Whistler

Household batteries in recycling Carney’s Waste Disposal and the Resort Municipality of Whistler have started a collection program for household batteries, the first program of its kind in the corridor.

A weekly roundup of what’s happening in other mountain towns Compiled by Allen Best Ski area operators endorse global warming proposal ASPEN, Colo.

SPECIAL EVENTS FUNDRAISER>> A benefit evening will be held at Moe Joes Nightclub on Friday, Oct. 24 featuring members of WDC. Donations at the door will go directly to the Victims of the Rutherford Creek Bridge Disaster Fund.

Casey Burnette tells how older brother told him to remain calm, then swim The search for Ed Elliott and Jamie Burnette, which began before dawn on Saturday, Oct.

Instant Grotto-fication!

School District No. 48 teacher-librarians and school libraries across Canada will be sponsoring various activities on Oct. 27, 2003, to celebrate the first national School Library Day declared by National Librarian and renowned author Roch Carrier.

Michael Allen rescued computer hard drive from Cheakamus waters For more than three long hours in the gathering dusk Michael Allen waded back and forth through the frigid Cheakamus River on Sunday trying to salvage the things of his life.

A Typical Library Week? During the week of Oct. 19-25, every library in the province will be participating in a "Typical Library Week" survey.

Witches and wizards, superheroes and princesses, skeletons and goblins and all the rest are counting down the days until Halloween at Tapley’s Farm. To prepare for the big day the Halloween hosts are looking for donations of treats.

With the worst of the flooding in the past people in Pemberton, Mount Currie and elsewhere are turning their minds to the massive cleanup operation that will need to take place.