Whistler

Christine Ellis of Whistler/Blackcomb won $1,000 in American Express Traveller’s Cheques at the 1998 Employee Recognition Awards.

All roads lead to Whistler Hotel, skier visits break records for '97-'98 By Chris Woodall More. That one word says it all when describing what kind of season it was for skiers, snowboarders, hoteliers and the rest of Whistler's resort industry.

Avalanche rocks Blackcomb, triggers backcountry caution Spring slides especially dangerous By Chris Woodall A "class-3" avalanche down to Lakeside Bowl on Blackcomb's south side should serve as a clear warning of backcountry dangers as spring melts i

RCMP on the Sea to Sky Highway and 27 other routes across the province will be targeting aggressive driving over the summer and fall.

In between the Olympic theme music and confetti "snow" falling from the walkways above, Arthur Griffiths told a gathering at the Vancouver Public Library last week that Vancouver and Whistler are in the first heat of a race for the 2010 Winter Olympi

Father of Whistler' remembered in memorial Franz Wilhelmsen: 1918 - 1998 By Chris Woodall A memorial service for Franz Wilhelmsen, regarded as the "father of Whistler" for his pioneering work 30 years ago to establish what is now a world-class four-s

The transportation advisory group is coming to a consensus on a transportation master plan for Whistler, but it will likely be September before the public gets to see it.

Whistler/Blackcomb’s list of awards grew last week when it became one of four resorts to win a Silver Eagle Award for environmental excellence, presented by The Skiing Company.

School budget tops $28 million Senior salary, benefits payments come from many budgetary pies By Chris Woodall The preliminary budget for the Howe Sound school district is $28,055,190 for the 1998/99 school year.

Health doc blows whistle on schools' air Ministry reps to sort school projects By Chris Woodall While the medical health officer blows the whistle on Howe Sound elementary schools' bad air, school board trustees and execs got the education ministry t