Whistler

Bear update: Looking out for berry-feeding black bears By Michael Allen Black Bear Researcher The slope was basalt talus with old growth-size snags (standing dead trees) and patches of 1-3 metre high dense berry shrubs — excellent bear habitat.

An RCMP dive team recovered the body of 14-year old Melanie Vanderbeken from Green Lake Tuesday, four days after she disappeared while rescuing her brother.

Cancelled air service hurts German marketing efforts Whistler’s share of the German skiing market will likely suffer as a result of Canadian Airlines International’s decision last week to cancel air service between Canada and Frankfurt.

Whistler Mountain is working with nine other ski areas and a team of engineers designing and manufacturing a new grip for the Redline and Green chairs, which used the Yan 7 grip.

A search for real estate properties quickly confirms that there is a limited quantity of inventory currently available. With Whistler soon reaching build-out, investors are anxiously entering the marketplace.

While real estate prices continue to climb many retailers and restaurateurs in the village have been heard to complain that business is not good enoughto keep paying landlords the $50-$70 a square foot they now demand for leased space.

Whistler businessman Dick Gibbons is the new CEO of the W5 group, the organization behind the December World Cup races in Whistler. Gibbons, who owns the Longhorn Saloon and Buffalo Bill’s, is a past president of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club.

Whistler's waterworks are getting a computer-age improvement. The RMOW is entertaining proposals to upgrade the water and sewer system with a new computer monitoring program.

Single family market under pressure The Whistler real estate market has been hot for many years, but as the resort matures the demand for certain types of properties is changing.

Whistler resort is number one for the fifth year in a row in Snow Country magazine's annual ratings. In this year's ratings, reader polls counted for 75 per cent of the rating of each mountain.