Whistler

Plans to build a wood waste-to-energy incinerator have been put on the backburner as SNC-Lavalin looks for another location in the SLRD "Not in my backyard" was the central objection expressed at a public hearing in Squamish on Feb.

Olympic events of the future

Even whistler’s mayor was surprised by the speed at which Intrawest’s latest development in Whistler sold-out this week.

Whistler outlined what it hopes are the legacies it will receive if it is chosen, along with Vancouver, to host the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Wednesday night in a much anticipated open forum.

Whistler race volunteers at the Winter Olympics Ultra-sensitive metal detectors. Snipers in the alpine. Soldiers in the trees. Helicopters and F16 fighter jets flying overhead.

SPECIAL EVENTS DUAL MOUNTAIN RALLY. A fund-raiser for the B.C. Rehab Foundation. Teams of four ski or board both mountains on Feb. 23, stopping at check points. Call 604-737-6383 for information. WHISTLER’S LEGACY OF ART.

By Whistler Public Library staff The eighteenth annual observance of Freedom to Read Week will be marked Feb. 24-March 2, 2002.

Whistler accounts for 11 per cent of all tourism revenue in B.C., according to a study done for the One Whistler group by KPMG, titled The Economic Impact of Whistler. Whistler generated $1.

February 22-28 Friday, Feb. 22 ON THE SOUNDSCAPES Who: Hairfarmers Where: Merlin’s More tunes this evening from the psychedelic duo, Yellow Submarine, singalong included.

In the Feb. issue of Pique Newsmagazine it was reported that the Community Foundation of Whistler had granted the J.J. Bear Foundation $7,800 for its Bear Smart Business sticker program.