Whistler

Whistler Museum and Archives is celebrating its first spring brunch at Joel’s at Nicklaus North on April 22. Local musician Allison Hunter will provide live music for the afternoon.

A new sound will be hitting Whistler airwaves May 1. Visitor Radio is an infomercial station which will broadcast on 88.7 FM for about a 10 mile radius.

By Max Gotz, Whistler Naturalists Thanks to a mutually beneficial relationship with humans, the Barn Swallow is the most abundant and widespread swallow in the world.

BC Ferries obtained a court injunction Wednesday to remove protesters who had been blocking construction equipment used in the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal expansion.

B.C. naturalist and writer Chris Czajkowski will be giving a slide presentation at Myrtle Philip Community School on Thursday, April 19. The event is jointly hosted by the Whistler Naturalists and the Whistler Public Library.

Members of the Whistler Fire Dept. Combat Challenge Team participated in the‘Grind in the City charity stairclimb in Vancouver on Sunday, April 8, an event seen as the kickoff to the Combat Challenge competition season.

The federal government is providing $5 million to support the Toronto and Vancouver-Whistler bids for the 2008 and 2010 Olympic Games.

In the wake of the fatal Walkerton, Ontario, ecoli outbreak and number of provincial "boil water" advisories, the provincial government has introduced new legislation and standards to protect B.C.’s drinking water.

Municipal tax revenues will likely be short $597,000 this year as a result of the Westin Resort and Spa and Whistler Holiday Inn being reclassified from commercial to residential, and taxed accordingly.

John Zen has met the municipality’s challenge and submitted a development permit application for a trailer park on part of his Alpha Creek lands.