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Friday, Feb. 6 LIVE MUSIC AND EVENTS What: Tea Dance Where: Roundhouse Lodge (Whistler Mountain) Party in the sky with DJ Roland Belmares. Part of Altitude 12 annual gay and lesbian ski and snowboard week. 5:30-10:30 p.m.

Last year’s Whistler Summer Gravity Festival will be tough to top, with thousands of spectators turning out to watch the Joyride Biker Cross and Slopestyle events, as well as the Canadian Mountain Bike National Championships.

Whistler builder believed to have suffocated in snowbank A spokeswoman for the Retallack resort, an officer from the Kaslo RCMP and the West Kootenay coroner have all admitted to being shocked by the circumstances surrounding the death of Whistler bu

From Squamish’s waterfront development to new concepts in urban centres, industry optimistic The future development of Squamish was a hot topic at the most recent International Conference of Shopping Centres, held annually in Whistler.

Pemberton skier killed in backcountry accident on Cayoosh Mountain Even by Whistler and Pemberton standards, Chris Michael Romeskie - better known to his friends as Beeker - was an animal when it came to taking on the great outdoors.

The deadline for companies to bid on the passenger rail service between Vancouver and Whistler has been pushed back by one week. According to the Ministry of Transportation, the Request For Proposals is now due on Monday, Feb. 16.

As of Wednesday, Feb. 4 We have had an active avalanche cycle in the past week. On Thursday, Jan 29 we had 21 cm of snow on the storm board with windward slopes becoming scoured and small pockets of windslab in sheltered lee terrain.

Winter sport organizations meet to discuss strategies for Olympics The heads of Canada’s snow sport organizations are determined to do well at home during 2010 Winter Games, and met this week to discuss strategies to make that a reality.

Saltspring group looks to create, fund an apprenticeship program for island and Whistler Ornately carved doors and pillars, custom ironwork and cabinetry, cut glass mosaics, original brass and copper fixtures – just a few of the skills that are

Mutualism: The Douglas squirrel and west coast conifers Whistler Naturalists Now that the remaining Whistler and Brackendale black bears have finally gone off for their winter naps, the only wild resident mammals (some local dogs not included) you ar