Whistler

By Lorraine Passchier Conflicting viewpoints surrounding B.C. treaty negotiations came to the forefront last Friday night as more than 250 people attended a townhall meeting hosted by Reform MPs Herb Grubel and Ted White at the International Plaza.

Steelworkers retreat After a five week battle, The United Steelworkers of America are pulling out of town and giving up their attempt to unionize employees at Whistler and Blackcomb as the ski season winds down.

Opening The SAFE The condoms, birth control pills, diaphragms and staff are all in place and doors are set to swing open on The SAFE.

The Jennifer Jones Whistler Bear Foundation will receive the balance of more than $13,000 in the municipality's Whistler Bear Fund. Jones, a former sales manager at the Delta Whistler Resort, was killed in a car accident on Highway 99 in December.

Drug testing part of life as a liftee south of the border Critics may charge that Canada is becoming more and more "Americanized," but one of the remaining differences between corporate culture in Canada and the U.S. can be seen at ski areas.

Freestyle lands' attracting interest Six weeks after council turned down a proposal to rezone land in Adventures West in exchange for a freestyle facility on Blackcomb the five parcels of land have gone on the market. On Jan.

A bear-proof electric fence around the landfill, a new pedestrian overpass connecting Village North with the village and a new traffic light at Village Gate Boulevard and Northlands Boulevard are some of the projects that survived council's axe Monda

Spring bike thieves blooming Summer may be a good thaw and a month or so away, but as the trails and pathways around the Whistler Valley start emerging from underneath the snow cover, hearty mountain bikers are preparing to take to the trails.

World Cup on World Wide Web While everyone was on the hill watching the World Cup races on Whistler Mountain last weekend, Pique Newsmagazine was braking new ground in cyberspace.

Two hours of debate, questions and some answers may not have changed many minds about unions in Whistler, but it brought the issue out in the open where all residents had a chance to discuss a matter that affects the two fundamental employers in the