Whistler

Arts council included in library/museum building, budget climbs The budget for the future library/museum building has increased by $157,000 even before construction has started.

A Whistler Housing Authority project has been short-listed for a national housing award. "We are very excited," said Marla Zuckt, housing administrator at the housing authority.

Chapman passed away three weeks after he was burned in a snowmobile stunt that went bad As recently as last Saturday, friends of local snowboarder Josh Chapman were optimistic that the 23-year-old would make a recovery from his injuries.

Local schools, the Pemberton Health Care Centre, and local ski and snowboard clubs were the big winners when the Whistler-Blackcomb Foundation announced its latest round of grants on Tuesday, Aug. 6.

InfoZone meetings will resume in September Despite overall poor attendance, most view the 2010 Olympic Bid Corporation’s InfoZone Live meetings to be valuable and necessary.

All court appearances will now be made in North Vancouver Whistler residents who have a court date will have to travel to North Vancouver from now on.

In the Middle of the rainforest

As of July 31, 23-year-old Josh Chapman of Whistler remained in critical but stable condition at Vancouver General Hospital with burns to a large part of his body.

Environmental Mining Council building consensus toward conservation option for proposed provincial park Until recently, the battle over the proposed provincial park in the Southern Chilcotin Mountains has been between forestry interests and conservat

Following on the heels of Patrick O’Donnell, Susan Darch and David Perry, the Aspen Skiing Company has lured another Whistler-Blackcomb employee to Colorado.