Whistler

THE CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS FAIR 2000. Whistler’s Alta Lake School presents an interactive hand-crafting experience for children ages 4-10 Saturday, Dec. 2, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Westin Resort and Spa — Callaghan Room.

By Max Gotz, Whistler Naturalists Hot off the presses just in time for Christmas, the new Sibley Guide to Birds ($53 CDN, National Audubon Society, Chanticleer Press, New York, 2000, 544 pp.

There is some new art in the hallway of Myrtle Philip community school but it has not been crafted by the little hands of students.

Alliance as opposition is also a major concern With the Liberal Party firmly back in power for a third term, environmental groups are concerned about the federal government’s ability to follow through on leftover campaign promises from the previ

You mess with the deer, you get the horns. Two Lower Mainland hunters were apprehended and charged will illegal deer hunting in the Meager Creek area near Pemberton, the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks announced this week.

The construction kitty for the new day-care facility at Spring Creek has been boosted to a total of $800,000 with news of a $250,000 grant from the Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security.

Whistler youth outreach worker Greg McDonnell says a late start to the snow season has put pressure on many workers by delaying the arrival of their first pay cheque.

Whistlerites are being asked to dig deep in their pockets or give a little time to help support local fund-raising initiatives in the lead-up to Christmas.

The legal battle over tourist accommodation in Whistler’s residential areas has been in a state of suspended animation since last winter, when a Supreme Court judge was asked to rule on the definition of one word in a bylaw after a one-day heari

Tangle of responsibilities, rights, obligations covers valley proposed for Nordic events Who will own and govern land in the Callaghan is just one of many questions that will need to be answered by this time next year if the 2010 Winter Olympic Games