Whistler

Callaghan Lakes set for tenured snowmobile-ski touring Previous experience earns green light By Chris Woodall The Ministry of Environment Lands and Parks will allow commercial snowmobile tours in the Callaghan Lakes area based on a merger of operatio

By Chris Woodall There are likely to be some upset operators as the province attempts to get a handle on commercial backcountry operators and implement its Commercial Backcountry Recreation policy. Randall Chappel of B.C.

School board skirts issues Supt., audit situations still unresolved By Chris Woodall The Howe Sound District School Board continues to keep an audit/review of its finances and operations under wraps, despite repeated promises to make it public.

Tyax Heli-skiing was fined a total of $29,000 last week for cutting trees on Mount Fee without a permit. The fine, which includes $3,000 for remedial forestry work, was imposed under the Forest Practices Code.

Trion International, the company that was going to develop a five-star hotel at the old water slides site, has sold the land to Cressey Development Corp., which hopes to begin construction of the 400-room hotel in the fall.

School board fences with bears, municipalities By Chris Woodall Fencing Howe Sound school yards to keep bears and cougars away from children could prove to be too expensive.

Third reading of a bylaw which would change the minimum parcel size RR1 land could be subdivided into was put on hold following a public hearing Monday, but the threat of law suits hangs in the air.

Teachers go for extra credit on PD Day dance, psychology, Internet among seminar topics By Chris Woodall The politics of dance, the gamesmanship of spelling, and wrestling with the age-old question about what makes teenagers so frantic: these subject

By Josh DeHart Starting this month, Whistler Secondary school will be holding a magazine drive. Due to budget constraints, the school library has been able to subscribe to only a few magazines.

The Sea to Sky Postpartum Support Network is looking for volunteers to help families experiencing postpartum depression.