Whistler

The Whistler Valley Housing Society was expected to put forward a proposal for a $12 million rental project for seasonal employees during a special meeting with council Wednesday night.

North Shore Credit Union merger on track Three-way merger is now a duet By Chris Woodall North Shore Credit Union's plans to merge with two other Lower Mainland credit unions has shifted to a merger with just one.

Anyone in the real estate market knows it, but the B.C. Assessment authority has confirmed it: housing prices in Whistler have jumped 20-25 per cent in the last year.

Whistler Mountain sues insurance companies Losses as a result of business interruptions caused by the Quicksilver accident have prompted Whistler Mountain to file a law suit against its insurance companies. Whistler Mountain claims it lost $2.

Whistler stands to lose $303,000 through reductions in provincial transfers and restructuring, according to an estimate from Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Miller.

Work on two display homes has been temporarily halted and the new council still hasn’t given the project fourth reading but Greenside Properties hopes to be able to offer lots for sale in its Spruce Grove development in February.

Fifteen years ago, long before most people were thinking anyone other than skiers might come to Whistler, Deanna White saw a need. "I was working for Blackcomb in retail and saw there was nothing for visitors who didn’t ski," she says.

Merger concerns will be listened to By Don Anderson The director of marketing for Whistler Mountain says the public’s concerns about last month’s mega-merger with Intrawest Corporation will be listened to.

First Night snowed under By Don Anderson Too much snow forced the cancellation of Whistler’s First Night celebrations earlier this week, the first time in the event’s history that it had to be cancelled.

Gillett to buy Targhee George Gillett’s Booth Creek Holdings continues to pile up ski resorts, agreeing in principle to the purchase of all outstanding stock of the Grand Targhee resort in Wyoming just before the new year.