Whistler

Whistler mountaineers raised $2,700 towards their Mount Everest expedition during two nights at Buffalo Bills last week. Along with T-shirt sales, the team has raised about $3,500, a tenth of what they need to finance their trip.

By Alix Noble The number of new visitors to Whistler is not keeping pace with the rate at which new hotels are being built, according to figures released by the Whistler Resort Association.

The Sea to Sky Trail Society will be hosting its annual general meeting in conjunction with their first open house on Friday, July 5, at 7 p.m. in the Empress C Room at the Chateau Whistler Resort.

The Whistler Fish Enhancement group has been awarded a $10,000 provincial grant to restore fish streams in the area. The group is made up of the Rotary Club, the municipality and the Whistler Angling Club.

West Vancouver-Garibaldi MLA Ted Nebbeling took on Premier Glen Clark Wednesday during the inaugural question period of the new legislative session.

The summer flea market and artisan fair returns to the Spirit Circle in Mount Currie this weekend. Every Saturday and Sunday morning until Labour Day locally produced crafts, preserves and produce will be available at the market.

The municipality’s upgrade of Lake Placid Road has been put on hold for a year because costs have come in far higher than expected.

By Michael Allen Black Bear Researcher I did not see the coyote, flat on his belly, watching the four-month-old bear cub. The mother bear's back was toward the coyote and the vulnerable cub, while the other cub was playing in front of the mother.

Noble joins Pique staff Alix Noble has joined Pique Newsmagazine as a summer reporter. Although born up here in the frozen north, Alix has spent the past few years going to school at Brown University in Providence, RI, the only U.S.

The municipality will be working with Pacific Forest Products on a recreation plan for Lot 320, adjacent to the Cal-Cheak Recreation Site, after the forestry company selectively logs the 3 ha. site this summer.