Whistler

The Whistler Community Forest proposal may be dead in the water if the Forest and Wildland Advisory Committee decides that the new definition for a community forest is so watered down that it will be ineffective.

The proponents of Garibaldi at Squamish – a four season ski resort proposed for the slopes of Brohm Ridge – have until the end of this month to show the B.C.

The B.C. Assets and Lands Corporation says it will be announcing on Monday, Feb. 5 how many existing commercial backcountry recreation operators did manage to apply for tenure by the Dec. 29, 2000 cut-off date.

As of Wednesday, Jan. 31 The past week has seen our weather pattern switch back to something close to normal, thank god. Two frontal waves blessed us with 30 cm of much needed new snow and freezing levels down to the valley.

The Colorado competition has its sights trained on Whistler and it’s the base areas of the mountains that are of particular interest this time around.

They came, they skied and they partied in their hundreds during the Telus Mobility Winter Classic last weekend, raising more than $160,000 for local charities and a whole lot of laughs along the way.

While rescuers continue to sift through the devastation of the recent 7.9-magnitude earthquake to hit the Gujarat state of India, massive international relief efforts are just getting off the ground.

The numbers are in and it looks like Whistler could be heading for another record winter season. Tourism Whistler reports the resort saw a significant overall increase in hotel occupancy for November and December.

While Whistler RCMP look for the culprit in a recent hit and run incident on Blackcomb Mountain, the court case of a Colorado mountain employee who killed another skier at Vail is wrapping up in Eagle County. On Jan.

Northern Pygmy-Owl ( Glaucidium gnoma ) By Max Gotz, Whistler Naturalists Formerly known simply as Pygmy Owl, The Northern Pygmy-Owl was described by A.C. Bent in the first life history of this bird as a "blood-thirsty and rapacious fiend.