Whistler

Council sealed the fate of the Whistler Chamber of Commerce this week with a cheque for $300,000 to cover a 69-year lease at their new village location.

Digital and graphic designers are not safe either at this year’s World Ski and Snowboard Festival. Creative techies will go head to head just like the ski and snowboard champs with the inclusion of an Interactive Showdown featuring Flash movie magic.

If the first round of auditions are anything to go by, this April’s Tuned Women evening is going to be one eye-opening showcase of fine female acoustic talent, and if you’re interested in being involved, you still need to audition.

Thirty women on snowmobiles, 48 days on the road and more than $160,000 raised for breast cancer. Some would say that the Polaris Industries Way Out Women Relay across Canada was a rousing accomplishment.

A recent influx of high quality counterfeit bills circulating around Whistler has prompted some local businesses to take extraordinary action.

Sick days

The public will now get the chance to ask the mayor and councillors any questions on their mind at the start of every council meeting. A bylaw passed on Monday night allows for a question and answer period to kick off each meeting.

Pique to Valley Listings March 21-27 Friday, March 21 LIVE MUSIC AND EVENTS What: Paddling to Alaska & Back Where: Myrtle Phillip Centre Join Kiwi brothers Garth & Kevin Irwin on their quest to explore the remote coastlines of B.C. and S.E.

The drums of war echo even in Whistler. "There is no doubt that it is a huge concern for the resort," Barrett Fisher, vice president marketing strategy and business development at Tourism Whistler, said Wednesday.

Contributions to go towards critical care equipment For his friends, Dave Sheets embodied everything that is good about Whistler.