Whistler

Road maintenance company loses major contract to Mainland Contracting Capilano Highway Services has lost about 80 per cent of its workforce since losing the contract to look after roads in the Howe Sound area.

He was 19 years old when he first arrived in Aspen – the ultimate town for any ski bum at that time.

Time for flu shots

Criminal background checks now required of every employee Every employee at Whistler Kids will have a criminal background check done before they start work in December, Whistler-Blackcomb officials said this week.

Find new ways to tap into creativity at the next workshop by local writing collective the Vicious Circle. Writing from the Inside Out will be hosted by Shelley Harrison Rae of the Write Now workshop series.

CSP online for comments Time is ticking for community members to add input to the Comprehensive Sustainability Plan, which will map out Whistler’s future until 2020.

Blackcomb expected to open Nov. 22 With temperatures dropping well below zero in the evenings, and remaining below zero at higher elevations, snowmaking on Whistler and Blackcomb has begun in earnest.

What: CHiRP Community Mapping and Habitat Monitoring, public workshop Where: Spruce Grove Field House When: Saturday, Nov. 15, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Community Habitat Resources Project, better known as CHiRP, is starting to take shape.

Against background of current conflicts, Remembrance Day holds special meaning As the nation prepares to spare a thought for the servicemen and women who have served their country, retired air force Colonel Brian Titterton says Remembrance Day should

Sea to Sky corridor well represented on advisory group Making good on Premier Gordon Campbell’s challenge to the tourism industry to double revenues in the next decade, the B.C. government has established a 15-member advisory group to aid the B.