Whistler

Friday, Nov.23 ON STAGE Who: Michael Sicoly Where: Mallard Lounge Sip a martini and enjoy adult contemporary tunes, a mix of guitar and piano favourites. Perfect way to spend a chilly Whistler evening, in the Chateau Whistler’s signature lounge.

Scores of businesses have responded to the employee housing survey circulated by Whistler’s Chamber of Commerce.

After recent discussions, members of the False Creek Surgical Centre are confident their dream of building a satellite surgical centre in Whistler is getting closer. "It's unfolding rapidly now," said Dr. Mark Godley, the director of the centre.

So far so good for Whistler students surviving the teacher’s "unstrike." "It hasn’t really affected me or my son," said Maureen Richmond, Parent Advisory Committee chairwoman for Whistler Secondary.

What’s in a name? Everything

Last week the Ministry of Sustainable Resources announced that the provincial government was putting $100,000 on the table for a comprehensive study of ecotourism, or nature-based tourism, in B.C.

It’s been less than one year since the South Chilcotin Mountains provincial park was created, but its future still hangs in an uncertain balance.

SPECIAL EVENTS FESTIVAL OF CANADIAN ARTS . Three evenings of festival performances will take place at the Eagle Eye Community Theatre in Squamish, Nov. 23-25. Included among the performers are Marie Carlson West of Whistler and singer Ali Milner.

The Whistler RCMP caught and charged four drivers with impaired driving on a single day, Nov.

To the business world, Ray Anderson is founder, chairman and CEO of Interface Inc., the largest producer of commercial floor coverings in the world.