Whistler

On the occasion of Drug Awareness Week I would like to offer you some information and questions that may help you eventually take better care of your life. Recently I went back to my hometown, where we spent some "happy hours" in a local bar.

Estimated costs of Olympic facilities : Curling rink: $15-25 million. Long track speed skating oval: $45-55 million. Bobsled and luge track: $50-55 million. Ice arena; $25-30 million. Nordic events course and centre: $90-100 million.

Building the Nordic centre in the Callaghan Valley will cost up to $100 million, according to the latest calculations by the 2010 Olympic Bid Corporation.

The Thanksgiving weekend is traditionally a time when many Americans travel, but in the post-Sept. 11 world no one was quite sure how eager people would be to fly.

Whistler’s Sue Oakey has just returned from a land of giants.

Whistler gas users may be getting smaller bills this winter if the B.C. Utilities Commission approves an application from Centra Gas to decrease propone rates. The rates are expected to decrease by 6.2 per cent, effective Jan.

By Bob Brett, Whistler Naturalist "How are the marmots doing," is a lingering question from last summer.

On Nov. 20, the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment announced the hiring of Tina Symko for the position of Projects Co-ordinator, the first paid position with the environmental group since its inception 12 years ago.

Third AGM will ask members, nature experts to step forward and share their knowledge With only three years under their collective belts, the Whistler Naturalists Society is amazed – and a little overwhelmed – by the reception they’ve r

• It is a neurological disease which affects the brain causing irreversible dementia (decline in mental functioning). • At the present time there is no single test that can determine whether a person has Alzheimer’s disease.