Whistler

Capone’s sold ‘Can’t fight city hall,’ owner says By Amy Fendley After a three-month fight to offer exotic entertainment on a nightly basis, Capone’s Nightclub is no longer.

BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE ADVISORY As of Wednesday, April 7 Moderate North winds over the weekend formed some isolated pockets of hard wind-slabs up to 50cm in depth on south facing aspects. Conditions are extremely variable.

Whistler RCMP have busted a Whistler employee and charged him with multiple thefts. RCMP received information from a local business that an employee had allegedly been voiding sales of $150 to $250 a day over a period of four months.

One of the objectives in creating the World Ski and Snowboard Festival was to extend the ski season, bringing additional people to the resort in April.

By Amy Fendley River rafting is Whistler’s most popular summer tour activity, with six local companies guiding more than 10,000 tourists along the Cheakamus River last summer.

LIFTYS: MOVE UP TO THE GREEN LINE, PLEASE Every four years the world celebrates the Winter Olympics.

Municipality purchases property for park The municipality has purchased nearly a half acre of foreshore property on Alta Lake that will enable it to double the size of one of Whistler’s busiest waterfront parks.

The Ministry of Transportation and Highways’ ongoing rock slope stabilization program begins another season on Monday, April 12, 23 km north of Horseshoe Bay at Porteau Camp Bluffs.

It’s known as the Zen Dive. The requirements are a bright clear day, blue skies and sun, shining through the ice on the surface of Lost Lake. While underneath the ice, the view is blue-green and horizontal.

The Sea to Sky Corridor and the North Shore have been allocated $6 million of the province’s $490 million highway capital plan this year, but there will be no major work on Highway 99.