Whistler

On Wednesday, Sept. 6, the Resort Municipality of Whistler turns 20. The celebration is next weekend, at noon on Sept. 9, in the village.

Lake Placid Road will be re-paved, light standards will be installed and a pedestrian walkway will be built on the south side of Lake Placid between Highway 99 and the Lake Placid Lodge next year.

Students and teachers in the Howe Sound School District are heading back to school Tuesday, but teachers in the district are still waiting to hear what is happening with province-wide negotiations for teacher's contracts.

Aspen Skiing Co. has become the first American ski area to break the U.S. $50 ticket barrier (about $66 Cdn.) for regular season lift tickets, according to The Oregonian newspaper. Vail is apparently maintaining last year's ticket price of U.S. $48.

Start counting the pennies, working overtime or looking for a new job if getting a season pass for skiing is in the cards for you.

New group created to fight logging plans in the Upper Lillooet Valley Logging roads pushing deep into the proposed Randy Stoltmann Wilderness Area are pushing B.C.

Foundation full of funds Jennifer Jones Bear Fund growing as number of bears in the valley shrinks The number of bears in the Whistler Valley has declined drastically this summer, but the bank account of the foundation created to help Whistler sort o

Second Whistler elementary school low on list While confusion continues to surround the Pemberton high school, a second Whistler elementary school is also becoming a concern.

With the annual housing crunch expected to reach record proportions this fall the municipality is entertaining proposals for temporary employee housing.

Hanta hysteria unfounded West Vancouver high school teacher Ted Pelly did not die of hantavirus.