Whistler

The Whistler Rotary Club?s annual corn roast has been around longer than the Whistler Village, but fresh corn makes it a popular fund-raiser every Labour Day weekend.

As August draws to an end, powder hounds tired of the slush on the summer glacier start counting down the days to the opening of the winter season.

The North Shore Credit Union has received an Award of Excellence from the Canadian Information Productivity Awards for their Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software.

Sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp Nature’s precarious balance By Jack Souther, Whistler Naturalists The water taxi from Zeballos dropped us near the outer end of Esperanza Inlet.

The B.C. Grass Volleyball Championships took place in Whistler last weekend (Aug. 18-19) at Myrtle Philip Community Centre, attracting dozens of teams from all over the province.

Richard Ellott (1970-2001) The family of Richard Ellott would like to thank all those who attended his Memorial Service in Pemberton on Monday evening August 20 th , and to all those who sent flowers, poems, songs, letters, and cards of sympathy.

Members of the Vancouver-Whistler 2010 Bid Corporation are expected to overwhelmingly back bid chair Marion Lay next week when the executive committee meets on Aug. 29 – despite the fact that her history of shoplifting has come to light.

The second-to-last B.C. Cup mountain bike races took place last weekend in Fernie as part of the "Fun ’n Madness," and as usual there were some Whistler riders in some very high places.

Seen any familiar faces staring out at you from the newsstand lately? Well, check it out because the Whistler area is once again plastered across the glossy pages of a couple of major American outdoor magazines.

The final competition in the three-race Whistler Downhill Series was rained out on Tuesday, prompting organizers to move it to sunnier pastures, hopefully, on Sept. 5.