Whistler

West Vancouver-Garibaldi Candidate Party Votes % Vote Ted Nebbeling Liberal 11,478 56% Brenda Broughton NDP 5,981 29% Jim Mercier Reform 1,322 6% Roland French PDA 660 3% Peggy Stortz Green 496 2% Mike Becker Social Credit 94 0% Tunya Audain Libertar

Whistler has taken another step toward building a true "community," and once again the impetus has come from members of the community.

Whistler Mountain re-opens this weekend, but with lots of snow still up top some of the summer activities won’t be available for a while.

The Western Canada Wilderness Committee’s request to halt construction of a logging road into the upper Elaho Valley was denied by Madam Justice Gill Friday. The upper Elaho is part of the proposed Randy Stoltmann Wilderness WCWC wants protected.

The Barnfield Farm proposal got its official public hearing Tuesday, and although there wasn’t much new in the way of arguments for or against, the rhetoric did grow more colourful. "If this is approved no residence is safe.

Bear Update: Knowing bear signs prevents confrontations By Michael Allen Black Bear Researcher In 1995 I witnessed a very dangerous confrontation between a large adult black bear and two children that could have had a devastating outcome.

Whistler’s campground situation became a little clearer this week, as Greenside Properties Inc. took possession of the Whistler Campground facilities and agreed to keep the campground open to the end of July.

At least 45,000 cubic metres of rock and gravel came down on Highway 99 in the Cheakamus Canyon in three separate slides between Saturday and Wednesday this week.

Chinese conservationist Anthony Marr will be discussing the "crime of the millennium," poaching bears and trafficking in bear parts, at the Delta Whistler Resort May 27.

Ron Hosner was elected chair of the Creekside Merchants Association May 17. Hosner, of Hoz’s Cafe and Pub, takes over from Kirk Aulin, formerly of Boston Pizza, who had held the position since the group’s formation in January 1993.