Whistler

By Bob Brett, Kathy Jenkins, and Andy MacKinnon, Whistler Naturalists Best reason to go outside on a rainy day. Here’s a secret Tourism Whistler doesn’t know: Whistler is rainy in the fall. And the first factoid is that mushrooms love rain.

Project expected to produce organic vegetables and $500,000 annually for WCSS programs

Full-time highway patrol officer to be stationed in Pemberton

Results of survey on proposed closures now available online

Council yet to see business plan for not-for-profit operation

Petro-Canada intends to offer Creekside space to VANOC for use leading up to and during 2010 Games

A small fire broke out at the Petro-Canada gas station in Pemberton early Tuesday morning, but was brought under control quickly thanks to a fast-acting patron.

Perimeter has lost the rights to its exclusive bus service from Vancouver International Airport to Whistler. The company is also no longer allowed to lease desks in the airport and its prime parking spots have been given to its new competitor.

REVELSTOKE, B.C. – Everything remains on schedule for the Dec. 22 opening of Revelstoke Mountain Resort. The ski area is to have the longest vertical run in North America, about 7,000 feet.

On the heels of topping the Transworld Snowboarding readers poll for best resort last week, Whistler-Blackcomb received accolades from Skiing Magazine and Ski Magazine.