Whistler

WHO: David Malaher WHAT: Why did the Concorde crash? WHERE: Whistler Public Library WHEN: Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. On July 25 last year a Concorde jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle airport in France.

Environmentalists say sentences for violent attack are too lenient when compared to sentences given to protesters Environmental groups are outraged by a provincial court judges’ decision to hand down suspended sentences to the five forestry work

When Stephane Perron steps down from his three-year term as Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) president at the annual general meeting on Jan. 19, he wants his concession speech to focus mainly on the positives.

As of January 9, 2001 The underlying weakness in our snowpack is not disappearing in a hurry. With each successive storm cycle, it just becomes more difficult to predict which slope is going to rip out down to the layer of facets.

A below-average salmon run is being linked to an apparent decrease in the number of bald eagles recorded during the 15 th annual Brackendale Eagle Count, held Jan. 7.

The only real estate in Whistler that did not see an increase on this year’s assessment roll were condominiums in the town centre.

The Resort Municipality of Whistler has lost its appeal of the tax classification of three condo-hotels for the 2000 tax year. The B.C.

It is useless to resist No foolin’ – as of April 1, snowboarders will no longer be banned from Aspen Mountain. The decision to free Ajax – as the mountain is called – was made the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4.

The final tallies from the annual Christmas bird count are in, and according to Whistler bird count organizer Karl Ricker things went as well as they could have under the circumstances.

Whistler will be receiving almost $40,000 to help establish a program for crime victims. Attorney General Graeme Bowbrick announced Jan. 8 that money will go toward a RCMP-based victim service program, cost-shared with the municipality.