Whistler

Trying to deal with all this crap On a busy winter weekend 30,000 people can be in the Whistler Valley — that's a lot of showers and flushes — and the sewage treatment plant is running at capacity at those periods.

Decertification move continues While the provincial Labour Relations Board muddles through a ruling on whether or not to count a union decertification vote at the Listel Whistler Hotel, members of the Canadian Auto Workers at the Sea to Sky Chevron s

Aiming for new peaks - an aid for aids By Lottie Wengelin Whistler’s Mike Dobbin is a pioneer. In April he will challenge the 8,848 metre North Face of Mount Everest - without oxygen or a support team. No Canadian has succeeded before.

The unionization of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains could set a precedent in the ski industry as union leaders with memberships declining in traditional areas look to the expanding tourism market to broaden their membership base, says the president

Learning about education The school board trustees sit in a nice row at the front of the Alex Philip room in the Myrtle Philip Community School.

The statistics are alarming — the level of STD's and abortion rates in Whistler are among the highest in the province. And amidst the glitz and gloss of being North America's number one ski resort there are people who need help.

A lot has changed in the five years since Roger Falconer last spent a substantial amount of time in Whistler as part of a group of United Steelworkers trying to organize employees at Whistler Mountain.

News in 5 Allen Stager was voted Chief of the Mount Currie Band in an election held last Sunday. Stager, who got 184 votes, was followed closely by Raymond Pierre. Former Chief Katherine Wallace did not seek re-election.

Highway 99 may well on the road to losing the misnomer the Killer Highway as the provincial government prepares to straighten Power Line Hill and widen the treacherous Cheakamus Canyon section.

The stage is set to create the Sea to Sky Corridor's first Film Committee, an attempt to lure big productions north in search of impressive local vistas as backdrops to big-budget films, videos and commercials Southwestern B.C.