Sea to Sky Highway in BC to reopen tonight

BC Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon announced at a press conference about 30 mins ago that the Sea to Sky Highway in BC will reopen by 11pm tonight.That is good news for stranded travellers. See our previous NP...

Rock Slide Could Block B.C. Highway for Five Days

As NowPublic reported yesterday, a massive rock slide closed the Sea to Sky highway between Vancouver and Whistler and officials are now stating that it could take until mid-next week before the highway is able to be reopened.NowPublic is looking for photos, video, and...

The Roots, Broken Social Scene Play Whistler Music Festival

There's more to alpine mecca Whistler than just year-round outdoor sports and packed ski slopes, there are increasing opportunities to see incredible live music. This weekend the inaugural Whistler Music Festival...

Elvis Costello, The Roots to Rock Whistler Music Fest

Another big music fest makes its way into BC's thriving outdoor concert landscape. With the Pemberton Festival already booked and set to rock, the Whistler Music Festival promises to deliver an equally fun and...

Planned Parenthood for BC Bears

Whistler's famed black bear "Jeanie" will be put on birth-control in a controversial 5-year plan that aims to reduce the number of foraging bears."Jeanie, a large black bear that was the star of a BBC documentary, is...

Music to feed your soul and the hungry in the Downtown Eastside

Hear the Hunger presents For the Love of LUMS benefit concert and silent auctionThis Thursday April 17, 2008 at Firehall Arts Centre – 280 East Cordova StreetFor the Love of LUMS is a...

Vancouver's building boom for the 2010 Winter Olympics

The New York Times on the construction boom in Vancouver ahead of the 2010 Winter Olympics, with lots on the new, posh hotels going up in the city.No mention, though of the city's Downtown Eastside, or Vancouver's...

2010 Olympics has Whistler residents concerned !

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know it's funny, the 2010 Olympics, the Hype, the seemingly endless  amounts of  Olympic Committee money going to hire friends, family and assorted hanger ons...

Jumping women want gender-equal Olympics

It's kind of weird that women ski jumping at the Olympics is even an issue.  Aren't we in the noughts, as in not-1955?"Canada could become the first country to hold fully gender-equal Winter Olympic Games if it...

Finance Expert to discuss Greenspan's THE AGE OF TURBULENCE Jan 4th 7:30 pm F...

Our next Whistler Reads discussion held at the Four Seasons Resort Hotel on Jan 4th is shaping up to be a very interesting event. BC Entrepreneur of the Year Lukas Lundin is our sponsor and will be attending. The...

Vancouver May Need to Boil Water Again - Updated.

One topic of conversation in my Subaru last night, while waiting out the 8 hour highway closure, was whether or not we'd end up having to boil our water again after all the snow and rain fall this week. As of right...

Prison Break S03E02 (Fox)

We learn who Whistler is in this episode. It isn’t pretty and Michael still has to figure out how to break out. At the same time, Michael needs to find a way to take the bounty off from Whistler’s head. If any of...

Vancouver Sun - three years late and a million + short.

Today I met with Maurice of Olyblog.  An interesting project for us locals.  Here is something that caught my eye today:"As I read the editorial all I could think was, where has the Sun been for the last...

I hate the Olympics

I've always hated the Olympics.  The idea that there is something 'amateur' about their practices is laughable and offensive.  They are one of the most predatory intellectual property owners on the...

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