Whistler

In the final hour of Monday’s marathon meeting Councillor Ken Melamed withdrew his support of the municipality’s non-cost housing initiatives, saying the bylaws did not give the municipality enough power.

With the death toll sitting at 27 lives lost to avalanches this year in B.C. Whistler’s second annual fundraiser for avalanche awareness and the people and dogs that protect us against them has taken on a special significance.

WHAT: Information Session on Independent Power Projects WHERE: Pemberton Community Centre WHEN: April 14, 3 to 6 p.m. The Lillooet Watershed Council is hosting an information session on Independent Power Projects, or IPPs.

As it enters its eighth year the festival continues to grow and bring people to Whistler, injecting $14 million into local economy Everyone in Whistler has a tale to tell, and there is no doubt some of them are tall.

SPECIAL EVENTS TELUS WORLD SKI & SNOWBOARD FESTIVAL>> There’s something for everyone at the 8 th annual WSSF. Among the bands and the athletes there’s the pro photographer search and showdown (April 14,15 and 17 respectively.

Friday, April 11 LIVE MUSIC AND EVENTS What: WSSF DKNY Jeans Free Outdoor Concert Series Where: Base of Whistler gondola Live entertainment every day from 3 p.m. See story for full daily lineup.

Friends and family, patrollers and acquaintances are all welcome to Dusty’s on Saturday, April 12 at 5 p.m. to remember Neil Falkner. The five-year Whistler Mountain patroller died in a skiing accident on April 12 last year. He was 32-years-old.

I read Gladys Phare’s letter last week, and the story of her brother’s meeting on a troop ship deeply affected me. In World War II, both my grandfather, Brian Buzzard, and his younger brother Peter fought in the deserts of the Middle East.

Volume of evidence delays trial involving death of snowmobiler Prosecutors in the criminal negligence causing death case against Squamish filmmaker Jeremy Deichen, charged in connection with the death of 23-year-old Josh Chapman, asked for more time

Economic study indicates project will inject millions into local economy A proposed passenger rail service between Whistler and Vancouver and a new 80-room lodge at Creekside will inject roughly $62 million into the local economy in its first year of