Whistler

By Suzanne Thomas, Whistler Public Library The other day I heard a friend, a prolific reader, exclaim, "Did you know that if the library doesn’t own a book it can order it for you from another library?" He has just discovered the servi

After a few slow years, Earth Day will be celebrated once again in Whistler with a festival in the village on Saturday, April 20.

The Whistler Secondary student’s drive to hold the biggest – and driest – graduation party ever continues this week as students go door to door selling tickets to see Mesmer, America’s foremost stage hypnotist and comedy magician.

Although the visibility alternated from bad to worse as fog rolled in and out of the valley last Saturday, the organizers of this year’s Atomic Skier Pipe event managed to get every competitor through for at least one judged run.

Like Terry Fox before him, Ontario paramedic Mark Winegarden has decided to journey across Canada to raise money for his disease. Instead of cancer, this time the disease is diabetes.

Whistler is going to the dogs. Every year the Whistler Dog Parade and Dogfest is a huge draw for local and visiting bipeds and quardrapeds, and as a result it has become a signature event of the World Ski and Snowboard Festival.

Parents getting off the hill with their kids will now be able to enjoy a cold beer at Merlin's, Dusty's and the GLC with their minors in tow.

This week marks the second time the Cymet family has traveled from their Mexico City home to Whistler for a holiday. And they will come back again, as will their friends.

With the opening of Whistlers' Youth Centre in July, the local community has been given a positive and supervised atmosphere for its young people to grow and express themselves.

The Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society (NWPS) and Environmental Fund of British Columbia are kicking off the first annual Green Ribbon Campaign to draw attention to Earth Day and the environment.