Whistler

By Melanie Cochrane, Whistler Naturalists Although bald eagles can occasionally be seen year-round, it is primarily during the winter months that they make their appearances most prominent to the Sea-To-Sky Corridor.

Parents here are thinking of cancelling spring break. And they might not stop there. There are even rumours of doing away with Christmas holidays.

There are four tentative land use maps for the Lillooet LRMP currently before the government and all, except one, call for the reduction of the South Chilcotin Mountains Provincial Park.

It will cost over $50 million to develop the Callaghan Valley or Brandywine if either one is chosen as the site of the community land bank.

Seven-year-olds in Whistler are now making Web sites and their efforts are already displayed online. Mrs. Donna Williams' Grade 3 class at Myrtle Philip Community School launched their Web site at http://142.30.213.

Plans to introduce snow-making machines, clear land, and put in more facilities on Cypress to host some of the events for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games are worrying some environmentalists.

A couple of Whistler locals want to take freeskiing to a new level – on the Internet. Skiers Jamie Bond and Andre Charland have launched www.doglotion.com as a new online ski magazine.

A 22-year-old man died after apparently falling into a treewell on Whistler Mountain Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred near tower 17 of the Garbanzo Chairlift.

Business owners who participated in a chamber of commerce survey on employee housing are disappointed in municipal council’s reaction to their findings.

A local First Nations leader is asking nearby communities to ignore next month's mail out referendum on native treaty issues, calling it a farce.