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Poole enthusiastic about virtues of the Games

Jack Poole is ready to sell the world on the Vancouver-Whistler Olympic bid, he’s just not sure what he’s selling as far as the transportation link between the two towns.

Bear Update: After seven months of hibernation Jeanie emerges with two 14-pound cubs

Black Bear Researcher It’s 10 at night. I’m standing at 1,400-metres elevation along the barren ski slopes above mid-station on Whistler Mountain.

Freeway is the wrong way

Stay the course is Prices’s message to Whistler If a four-lane freeway is built along the Sea to Sky Highway for the Olympics, there will be dire consequences to the way of life in the corridor, cautions Vancouver City Councillor Gordon Price.

ParkWatch to review Flute basin land swap

Sea to Sky Parkwatch, a local affiliate of the national Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, has announced its plans to review the government’s recent decision to swap 87 hectares of Garibaldi Provincial Park with Whistler-Blackcomb in exchang

Letters to the editor

In regards to the tourist accommodation issue and Mr. Collins letter to the editor, Whistler residents have made their wishes very clear. They want the integrity of their neighbourhoods maintained.

Naturespeak

Red snow algae First blush of spring in the high alpine By Jack Souther, Whistler Naturalists If there is an unoccupied niche anywhere on this fecund planet of ours something is certain to move in.

Pemberton residents stall Miller Creek power project

EPCOR will present alternative transmission solutions within six weeks A showdown between Pemberton residents and a hydroelectric power producer has raised questions about the approval process for run-of-river projects in the province, said the direc

Pique to valley listings

>>> June 14-21 Friday, June 14 SYMPHONIC INTERLUDES Who: Josh Gontier Where: Crystal Lounge Solo guitarist Gontier, of the band Slow Nerve Action, sings ballads tonight.

Booked for the summer

By Linda Neumann, Children’s Librarian The Whistler Public Library will once again be running a Summer Reading Club for children ages 3-9.

Saved by the HIT team

The Habitat Improvement Team helps one ecosystem at a time Since the summer of 1998, the Whistler-Blackcomb Habitat Improvement Team (HIT) has jumped into the practice of restoring local wilderness with both feet, getting more than a little muddy in