Whistler

A union guy in a non-union town Mike Piche knows the ropes when it comes to union organizing — he's been in the ring numerous times as an organizer with the United Steelworkers of America.

Having input into Whistler's future Whistler residents will get a chance to start charting the future of the community as canvassers from the municipality begin knocking on doors this weekend, surveys in hand.

After almost three years and trips through just about every court in the land, ex-Whistler firefighter Neil Collins is feeling burned after being fired by the municipality. Dec.

Victoria's Barry Kirkham may have been the only one to get good financial news this week. Kirkham was the third early bird draw prize winner of $5,000 in the Win A Condo lottery presented by the Whistler and Blackcomb Ski Clubs.

Windsor Plywood of Surrey will be leasing the retail space formerly used by Garibaldi Building Supplies under a five-year agreement announced Wednesday.

As a developing community, Whistler has its share of problems. A healthy community forum designed to dissect, discuss and design solutions for the holes in Whistler's services is on the way.

House to house battle underway The union battle in Whistler has moved to the streets and the house to house fighting has began.

Housing horror stories are not uncommon in Whistler, but Monday’s video presentation to council presented graphic evidence of how desperate the housing situation has become.

German company finishing in Canada The timing building at the finish of this year's Warsteiner World Downhill has something in common with the Canadian pavilion at the world exposition in Seville, Spain: the roof and siding material was supplied by a

Union meeting on shaky ground A Town Hall meeting to debate the current union push underway in Whistler is still on, but union organizers from the United Steelworkers of America will not commit to the meeting until they see a final list of panelists.