Whistler

A comprehensive study of Whistler’s transportation needs and problems will cost $375,000, but councillors are convinced it will be money well spent.

By Alix Noble A low market and a high contamination rate has kept Carney's Waste disposal from recycling glass back into bottles.

Each home in Whistler will be receiving a gift from the bears this month. Fridge magnets from the Jennifer Jones Bear Foundation are being distributed to promote proper garbage disposal.

Team Canada’s stay in Whistler was brief but the impact will be felt for some time to come.

The latest in a string of final approvals for the $3 million W5 World Cup loan was given by council Monday.

Whistler resort is taking the ski magazine world by storm. Skiing magazine has for the first time rated Whistler the best ski resort in North America, bumping last year’s number one, Vail, down one notch to second.

The cost of piped propane at Whistler could increase by 22 per cent, as soon as Sept. 1. Propane supplier Centra Gas has applied to the BC Utilities Commission for an increase.

Whistler Mountain was the site of a fatal crash for an Olympia, Washington woman on Aug. 16.

Garibaldi Alpen chair Wolfgang Richter said he is confident his company’s proposal to develop Brohm Ridge as a ski area will pass to the master planning stage.

By Alix Noble Not one to take skiing lightly, Blackcomb ski patroller Bob Cadman has turned his mountain-top career into a PhD. This past May Cadman received his diploma as the first graduate from UBC's Institute of Health Promotion Research.