Whistler

July 5--July 11 Friday, July 5 Kickin’ if off Who: Blue Steel Where: Crystal Lounge Jo – an outstanding vocal talent and really, really good looking – and Sundu (the ugly kid from school) dish up an eclectic mix of funk, blues and indi

Fire on passenger rail car is kept at bay for fire department A local worker at a machine shop in Function Junction is being rewarded for his quick thinking and bravery after rushing to the scene of a passenger rail car fire.

Whistler council has nominated Dave Roberts, outgoing general manager of the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, and Owen Carney, owner of Carney’s Waste Systems, for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee medals.

Where are all the girls in Whistler?

The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment, the Whistler Fisheries Stewardship Group and the municipal parks department have combined forces to build a wetland viewing platform in the Lost Lake wetland area adjacent to Lost Lake p

www.whistlerlibrary.ca The Whistler Public Library has changed its Web site address from www.whistlerweb.net/library to www.whistlerlibrary.ca . The library’s Web site can be the starting point for your research projects.

Developers of former AlpenRock site want increased seat capacity in licensed club Instead of more bowling balls in the deserted AlpenRock House, there are plans before council for more highballs.

The parent company of Whistler-Blackcomb sold out four resort projects in one week in the United States. The projects were offered up for sale on June 15 and June 22.

French teacher asks council for help The part-time French teacher at the Alta Lake School, known to some as Madame Frou-Frou, has asked council for a temporary school home.

On June 21, the Whistler Fire Department was called in to put out two campfires that had been started in wooded areas and abandoned while still burning.