Whistler

SPECIAL EVENTS ALTITUDE 12>> The annual gay and lesbian will be wrapping up this weekend after a week of parties, events and fun on the mountains. For info check out www.outontheslopes.com.

The Whistler chapter of the Canadian Homebuilders Association was well represented at the annual Georgie Awards last weekend.

The recent tragedy on the Squamish Highway last Saturday, Jan. 31, can’t help but make us step back and take a look at our own lives, let alone try to imagine the grief and loss that family and friends of those killed must feel.

On a day when many people make a point to avoid black cats and broken mirrors, the Whistler museum will be celebrating its 17 th birthday with a "white party" and a new exhibition.

To celebrate its first anniversary the Mountain Spirit Whistler Toastmasters Club is hosting a free speech writing workshop. The workshop is for anyone looking to learn more about speech writing and giving more effective speech presentations.

Compiled by Allen Best TELLURIDE, Colo. — Something of an outdoor museum in Telluride’s new intermediate expansion area, Prospect Bowl, is being monitored by a wetlands expert. The wetlands, called fens, are 10,000 old.

Organizer set the tone for future events Sea to Sky charities and non-profit organizations will be the main beneficiaries of the more than $140,000 raised at the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation’s annual Telus Winter Classic last weekend.

With the official grand opening planned for mid-2004, the new management team for the Four Seasons Resort Whistler is settling into the resort.

A week after several freeskiing competitors were transported off the mountain with back injuries, leading surgeons have praised B.C.’s medical system and revealed there has been some big developments in the treatment of spine trauma.

20-year contract to be awarded for Sea to Sky Highway upgrades The team that will take on the Sea to Sky Highway upgrades will be signing a 20-year contract with the province.