Whistler

Snowmobilers ride for charity Pemberton riders seeking your pledges By Chris Woodall The 20th annual Snowarama snowmobile fund-raiser kicks off Feb. 8-14 to earn money for B.C.'s children with disabilities.

School district ideas to save money Fifty-one of B.C.'s 59 school districts handed in their assignments to suggest ways to save money province-wide.

Call the world at Internet Café Weekend e-mail available at high school A thousand spirited Whistlerites can't be wrong. Beginning Feb.

First Night plots course for 2000 Control is key to success By Chris Woodall First Night New Year's Eve planners have been looking back at the success of 1997-98's event even as they wrap up plans for Dec. 31, 1999.

Telling stories on Blackcomb By Oona Woods Usually the kind of stories told on the hill revolve around big air, gargling pow and sharp carves, but now there's another form of myth on the mountain.

To busk or not to busk That is the question for WRA members By Chris Woodall A survey on the quality of Whistler street entertainment is asking opinions about allowing busking, a form of freelance streetside musicianship.

Simple solution to bears The Black Bear Task Team has decided to use a simple "bear repellent" this spring at the landfill site. "It's a bag of mothballs hung in the area at three-foot intervals," explains Sylvia Dolson, co-chair of the task team.

School board on target for budget Final budget ready Feb. 11 By Chris Woodall A year-to-date budget report shows Howe Sound school board is on target for its spending in the 1997-98 school year.

Two B.C. snowboarders and another from Calgary who thought they’d qualified for next month’s Olympic Games in Nagano are trying to figure out who flunked math.

A provisional budget adopted by Whistler council Monday shows no increase in taxes this year, but a final decision on whether to hold the line on taxes or not won’t be made until next month.