Whistler

Quicksilver settlement reached Intrawest has assumed responsibility for liability payments resulting from the 1995 Quicksilver accident that aren’t covered by the lift manufacturer’s insurers.

By Amy Fendley A $20,000 grant from the RMOW is allowing the Whistler Museum and Archives Society to increase its hours, enhance communications and stuff more birds. Last year the museum was open two days a week in the winter.

The Association of Whistler Realtors’ Festival of Lights committee has cleared up all the bills and collected all the bids from last year’s gala event and found it had another $30,000 to distribute to charities.

By Bob Barnett Forestry and backcountry issues will be on Whistler Mayor Hugh O’Reilly’s and Councillor Ken Melamed minds when they travel to the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention next week in Penticton.

A little competition among resorts in Colorado has paid off for skiers and boarders in the form of a price war on season passes.

Feature Volunteer: Alex Kleinman Q. What is the nature of your involvement with the Interfaith Chapel and Meeting Place? A. I am on the Building Committee and the Steering Committee. Q. What part of this project means the most to you? A.

Council Tuesday awarded a contract for the construction of three new fieldhouses, at Lost Lake, Meadow Park and Rainbow Park, even though the lowest bid received was $239,000 over the budget.

By Bob Barnett In April Intrawest announced it was donating a site for a second Whistler elementary school. In July the province announced it was providing capital funding for planning that school.

A big THANK YOU to our growing team of volunteers who are helping us to achieve or community goal: Beatty, Ken Belle, Roslyn Bunbury, Vicky Campbell, Paula Carlsson, Annica Coolidge, Don Cull, Fiona Davies, Nick Edgar, Jody Fawkes, Echo-Marie Friesen

By Amy Fendley From Paul Kariya to Cary Mullen, concussions have become big news in sports in recent years.