Whistler

Summit to bring thousands of black Americans for week-long event Speed skier Andre Horton, one of the few black Americans at the top of the ski racing game, is getting excited to come back to Whistler for the National Brotherhood of Skiers Summit.

For Marianne Wade, Saturday’s runoff election capped nearly four and half months of campaigning for a seat on Whistler council. For Dave Kirk, it marked the end of a 12-year stint as a Whistler councillor.

WADE, Marianne 432 KIRK, David 389 MILNER, Ted 190 MOSHER, Tyler 108 RHODES, Mitch 91 FORSYTH, Ralph 85 QUINLAN, Christopher 57 PHELAN, Shelley 26 VARMA, Amar 7 ANDRE, Rick 3 BENNETT, Shane 2 Total: 1,390 votes

As of Wednesday, Jan. 8 Mother Nature decided this year to hammer the holiday season recreators with a full array of west coast storms. The cycle ended on Jan. 4 with a warm front that brought rain to as high as 1,800m.

Whistler increases outdistance the rest of the province, again Property prices in the resort have jumped again this year according to the 2003 property assessments and this time it’s the older neighbourhoods around town leading the upward trend.

Justin Trudeau in Whistler to raise avalanche safety awareness A Canadian celebrity is in town this weekend. But Justin Trudeau is not here to holiday, although he does plan to get some snowboarding in.

SPECIAL EVENTS BIG MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE>> See the mountains in a whole new light with telemark and backcountry clinics, demo days, avalanche awareness days all set against the backdrop of the Canadian Freeskiing Championships.

A Whistler couple was rescued from the scene of their burning squat after a young man heard their cries for help on his walk home along the train tracks near Function Junction. Around 11:30 p.m. on Jan.

Colorado ski resort’s only gondola shut down over 30 times during holidays A young American lift operator could face jail time this year after a gondola in Colorado’s Telluride ski resort was repeatedly shut down over the busy holiday seaso

Re: Election Ads of Mitch Rhodes Council candidate Mitch Rhodes has expressed concerns about Whistler's finance and budget matters in his ads that are either misleading or actually in error.