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More Whistler with less bandwidth

Local Web guru uses little known technology to give slow modems high-bandwidth capabilities It’s a pretty boring Web page, really.

National lottery might pay for Olympics

But minister responsible for the 2010 Winter Games says idea faces major hurdles Major hurdles face the federal government’s idea of using a national lottery to pay for Olympic Games and other hallmark sporting events says the B.C.

Whistler could host best Paralympics ever

2010 Bid organizers believe Whistler could shine during games for the disabled The athletes who compete are anything but relaxed about these Games.

National lottery might pay for Olympics

But minister responsible for the 2010 Winter Games says idea faces major hurdles Major hurdles face the federal government’s idea of using a national lottery to pay for Olympic Games and other hallmark sporting events says the B.C.

News briefs

Municipality gets new address It’s taken two years of lobbying but the municipality can finally use www.whistler.ca as its Web address.

Letters to the editor

A failure in tax reform Re: School taxes on residential property and community sustainability I am writing to express my total concurrence with Bob Barnett's editorial of 19 April 2002 in which he expressed the view that "the (property) taxation issu

Naturespeak

The Native Slug of our western rainforests Getting to know Ariolimax columbianus By Stéphane Perron and Marie-France Dubois, Whistler Naturalists One of the most frequent summer wildlife sightings in Whistler has to be the banana slug.

Liquor licensing fees imposed

While Victoria was introducing changes to provincial liquor regulations last week, the municipality introduced its own processing fees for reviewing liquor licence applications this week.

New liquor laws ‘put communities at risk’

Bar owners oppose regulations that allow ‘restaurants to become bars’ Three major hospitality organizations within B.C.

How does your garden grow?

By Joan Richoz, Whistler Public Library The May long weekend is typically the time when gardeners in Whistler clean up their gardens and begin planting shrubs, flowers and vegetables.