Whistler

"What’s the fastest way to Whistler?" asks Whistler.com on its vacation booking Web site. An Indy car would do nicely.

Marzipan Millipede By Veronica Sommerville, Whistler Naturalist Society You don’t need to be an entomologist to know there is an entire realm living in the shallow dirt and detritus of the land. You only need to be a gardener.

Whistler’s appeal as a summer destination is increasing every year, with more visitors making the trip up Highway 99 to enjoy everything from beaches to bars to bungee jumping.

Thirteen days after the B.C. Court of Appeal legalized same sex marriages, the first two gay weddings on Whistler Mountain took place.

Municipal Administrator Jim Godfrey will be one of the two Whistler representatives to sit on the board of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.

Friends of Whistler’s Neil Falkner are holding a memorial putting tournament this Sunday, with proceeds going towards a scholarship fund to help youth to participate in Outward Bound programs. Falkner loved the outdoors.

Car camping and the kitchen sink

‘Gong Show’ at Whistler’s public parks A complaint about drugs, booze and off-leash dogs at Rainbow Park has prompted council to look into various strategies to address these problems at all of Whistler’s public parks.

The local Big Brothers Big Sisters agency is looking for adult mentors to recruit for their in-school program at Signal Hill elementary school in Pemberton.

Standing in the dense forest just above the Lower Flank Trail in Function Junction, Michael Allen douses a burlap sack with runny brown fish fertilizer.