Whistler

Hard data should help decision making process on future housing projects The Whistler Housing Authority is taking the first steps to calculate just how many employee beds are disappearing every year in the resort.

Dear Resident, During the weeks of February 23 rd to March 5 th , a group of community volunteers led by the Whistler Housing Authority and Terra Housing will be conducting a telephone survey of 2,500 single family and duplex Whistler residences.

Visiting Apex, realizing more about Whistler

Wells hopes to use funds to start service by April 1 Kristi Wells, chair of Whistler’s Transit Management Committee, will be asking council for roughly $350,000 in the coming weeks to start up a public bus service between Squamish and Whistler.

Big Air Bears soar over other suggestions to become WSSF mascot name Was there any doubt that the official mascot of the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival would be christened Big Air Bear? At least three people agreed that it was the best name i

A story in the Jan. 30 issue of Pique Newsmagazine headlined "Railtour Co.

Christmas bird counts The regional aspects and local rivalries Whistler Naturalists Finally, the data from the multitude of bird counts is now rolling into the central computer command post, after a month of technical glitches with the system, locate

As of Wednesday, Feb. 11 We received 30 cm of new snow last Friday and Saturday, accompanied by strong Southeasterly winds. Widespread natural, explosive, and human-triggered avalanche activity occurred during and after the snowfall.

The corridor’s food and construction waste now has a new place to go other than the local landfill. Carney’s Waste Systems has just opened a new organic recycling centre.

Compiled by Allen Best ASPEN, Colo. — Is new technology such as shaped skis the saviour of skiing? No, says Aspen Times columnist Roger Marolt, a long-time local.