Whistler

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.

Forestry companies may have cheated the province out of $138 million in stumpage fees from the first quarter in 1998 to the second quarter of 2000, according to an investigative report initiated by Forests Minister Gordon Wilson.

Organizers of the first Whistler International Film, Television, and New Media Festival planned for March have pulled the plug on the event, citing a lack of sponsors and construction delays on Maurice Young Millennium Place.

Janyk elected to second term on board Whistler school trustee, Andrée Janyk, has been elected to serve a second term as a director on the board of the British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association.

Debate over use of herbicides to clear tracks pits government against government One down and one to go.

Intrawest plans to start construction of more than 200 employee beds this spring, 160 of which could be available for rent to Whistler-Blackcomb staff by next Christmas Faced with a seasonal housing crunch last winter and with little improvement this

A Lower Mainland woman was seriously injured on Jan. 14 when a snowboarder landed on top of her approximately 200 metres up from Blackcomb’s Solar Coaster chair.

Affordability and sustainability, two issues that are becoming more prominent as Whistler approaches buildout, came head to head during a public hearing Monday.

Single parent families a particular concern, according to health officer One in five children in Sea to Sky country is being raised in poverty and, in single-parent families, one in two kids is living below the poverty line.

Whistler and Pemberton have held the distinction over the last couple of years of being the fastest growing municipalities in the province, but it looks as though growth in Sea to Sky country may be grinding to a halt.