Whistler

The municipality is considering spending some of its approximately $6 million employee housing fund to acquire a parcel of the Whistler Kampground lands from Greenside Properties.

By Bob Mackin Accidents like last year's Quicksilver lift tragedy at Whistler Mountain shouldn't have any impact on insurance rates for ski areas, according to one of the Pacific Northwest's largest ski resort insurers.

As the deadline for nominations neared the race for seats on municipal council heated up this week, with a sixth candidate announcing he was seeking the mayor’s chair and 10 people contesting the six councillor positions.

Appia Developments was before council Monday to explain its use of cultured stone on the second phase of the Stoney Creek development.

Voters will have to wait until after the municipal election to see results of this year’s municipal monitoring program.

Future directions for the Whistler Creek area are to be discussed Saturday at Dusty’s. The Creekside Merchants Association’s Creekside Neighbourhood Meeting is Oct. 12, noon to 3 p.m. at Dusty’s.

By Bob Mackin A decision on Centra Gas’s proposed 22 per cent propane rate hike may come as soon as the end of this week. Robert Pellatt, secretary of the B.C. Utilities Commission, said a report based on the Oct.

Local contractors owed approximately $4 million for work done on the Taluswood development are surprised and disappointed by Intrawest’s offer to them. "They haven’t tried.

Thelma Johnstone has joined the race to be the next mayor of Whistler. Johnstone, who has been on council since 1988, brings to five the number of declared candidates for mayor, including half of the existing councillors.

The Whistler Public Library and Whistler Museum and Archives Society’s joint plan for a three storey, permanent facility received a boost at the library’s 10th anniversary celebration Sunday.