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Callaghan Country expands, improves access

The second phase of the Callaghan Backcountry Lodge is currently underway and on schedule for completion this winter.

Council to put Olympic bid to vote Oct. 21

Province believed committed to legacies package Want to have your say on the Olympics? Now is your chance. Council’s next meeting, Oct.21, starting at 6 p.m. at The Fairmont Chateau Whistler, will be all about the Olympic bid.

News briefs

High school parents invited to vote The next Whistler Secondary Parents Advisory Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in the high school library.

Naturespeak

Bees, basalts, and hexagons The geometry of nature By Jack Souther, Whistler Naturalists Mathematicians call it "hexagonal close packing" and can prove by means of sophisticated formulae that it is absolutely the most efficient way to divid

Boneyard Wars winners apply for TLC’s Junkyard Wars

On the metal legs of success at the Whistler-Blackcomb Boneyard Wars Championships held this past season, the winning Team Fubliant will be featured in a new video submitted to TLC network’s Junkyard Wars program.

Prince Philip awards former Whistler student

Blake Jamieson presented with a Gold Duke of Edinburgh award In a ballroom at Vancouver’s Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, tensions and expectations were high on Monday morning. The air was heavy with a nervous excitement.

MY Place commemorative seats for sale

Millennium Place still has 148 seats available for commemoration in Wilhelmsen Hall. So far 42 seats have been dedicated with a brass plaque on the right arm.

Resort Television Network expands to Banff

Whistler Resort TV, channel 2 on the Whistler Cable system, is marking its first anniversary by crossing the Rockies and becoming a network. Banff Resort TV comes to the airwaves of Banff and Canmore, Alberta on Nov. 1.

Friends, co-workers raising funds for injured local

Geoff Patterson was celebrating his 24 th birthday on the evening of Sept. 27 when the railing on his Nordic balcony gave way. He fell approximately 10 metres to the ground, and a friend fell on top of him.

A fine lineup of foreign films continues at VIFF

Czech Cinema has always been considered one of the world’s finest.