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On your mark, get set, Write! Whistler Public Library (WPL) is holding its Fourth Annual Young Adult Writing Contest (YAWC) and encouraging Whistler youth to share their creativity and talents with the entire community.

Bear shooting prompts calls for cleaner construction sites

Only days after a young black bear was shot and killed on a construction site, the conservation officer returned to find a layer of food waste in a bin marked for drywall only.

Chief Gibby Jacob chosen for OCOG board

One of the last pieces of the Vancouver Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games has fallen into place with Squamish Chief Gibby Jacob chosen as the First Nations’ representative on the board.

Pique to Valley Listings Oct. 10-16

Friday, Oct. 10 LIVE MUSIC AND EVENTS What: Oktoberfest Where: Whistler Village Whistler’s annual Oktoberfest kicks off with a parade through the village at 4 p.m.

First Nations groups to gather in Whistler to discuss strategies for tourism

Aboriginal leaders are hoping to showcase Olympic bound athletes and strategize on how culture and tourism can be capitalized on at an upcoming conference here. The $2.

Proposed highway could be key to In-SHUCK-ch treaty

Bands see road upgrade as a positive but want to be part of plan "Lets not call it the Sasquatch Highway," says Gerard Peters, chief treaty negotiator for the In-SHUCK-ch.

The soup bowl

Harvest soup competition heats up Farmer’s Market The top chefs and restaurants in Whistler will go ladle to ladle this Sunday, Oct. 12 as the Alta Lake School hosts its annual Harvest Soup Contest.

Letters to the editor

We write to commend the editor of The Pique for suggesting that the village golf course be transplanted to the Callaghan and the present site used bit by bit for housing.

Province toughens laws for new drivers

Longer learner and novice driving periods now in effect Responding to the growing number of driving deaths in the Lower Mainland and around the province among young drivers, the B.C.

Pemberton, Whistler split in redistricting

MP opposes move to place Pemberton in Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon riding Although the two communities are closely interrelated and have always fallen in the same federal and provincial electoral boundaries, a line will divide Whistler and Pemberton when