Whistler

As of Wednesday, March 7 Once again the week has given us only minimal amounts of precipitation. A weak system on March 1 deposited 10-20 cm.

Tourism Whistler announced an organizational restructuring this week to take full advantage of the synergy among complementary departments.

The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment has announced its active campaigns for 2001, continuing a process that started last year with the groups first strategic planning session.

An 83-year-old Squamish woman is dead following a March 2 house fire. The fire, at about 6 p.m., was noticed by a neighbour who immediately called 911. At the time the house was filled with smoke and flames were seen coming out of a window.

Toronto residents are doing it now; New Yorkers have been doing it for years, and by Nov. 3 people in the Sea to Sky corridor and the Lower Mainland are going to have to do it too.

It’s not only kids who might look with some trepidation at receiving their report cards – schools are now also finding out how well they score on the Fraser Institute’s academic education ratings.

For those of you who do not know, a non-profit organization called campCARE ran a camp in Whistler from Feb. 24 th to the 27 th . campCARE brings 25 underprivileged children to Whistler from different areas in B.C.

More than 60 people attended the first Sea to Sky Land and Resource Management Plan open house in Whistler on March 3, reviewing dozens of maps and documents that will be taken into account during the planning process.

Last week I took part in the Whistler Chamber of Commerce Spirit Program, and in exchange for three and a half hours of my time I received close to $450 off the price of my ski pass – that’s better than $120 an hour and I appreciated every

In his column "One's place in life" ( Pique March 2, 2001), G.D. Maxwell waxes wittily self-righteous over his middle-income status.