Whistler News

Students and staff at South Devon Elementary are being challenged by parents in the community to increase their physical activity and figuratively walk to Whistler, B.C., for the 2010 Olympics.

Outside magazine's November issue scopes out the best ski resorts in North America, from Alaska to Vermont.

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The Paralympic Torch Relay will visit Whistler and 10 other communities during its 10-day journey next March in advance of the 2010 Paralympic Games opening ceremonies in Vancouver on March 12, 2010.

Two Surrey men are facing multiple charges - one for the theft of his own vehicle from an impound yard - in relation to a pair of incidents that occurred last week in Whistler.

Films from B.C., Ontario, and Quebec will compete for the $15,000 Borsos Award for Best New Canadian Feature Film award at the ninth annual Whistler Film Festival .

The Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia is getting set to hold its biennial convention in Whistler.

If you happen to enjoy the exquisite harmonies of a capella singing and relish the idea of listening to a good barbershop quartet, you have about 600 good reasons to mark Friday and Saturday on your calendar.

Ted Nebbeling, seen here in a 2008 photo, is being remembered for his dedication to Whistler and a broader B.C. community.

The ski resorts in Canada are well-known as world class; however, the Whistler/Blackcomb ski resort in British Columbia clearly stands out in the crowd.

A fugitive former adviser to a Thai bank whose failure caused a crisis of confidence that helped spark the 1997 Asian financial meltdown arrived Friday night in Bangkok after his extradition from Canada.

As some of you may know, British Columbia's federal Liberals will be holding their biennial convention in Whistler next month.

Thai police will be in Vancouver Thursday, in the hope that the Supreme Court of Canada will end the legal odyssey of fugitive banker Rakesh Saxena and pave the way for his extradition.

Ted Nebbeling, a B.C. MLA and the first cabinet minister in Canadian history to marry his same-sex partner, has died of cancer.

After fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, Rakesh Saxena is perhaps the second most-wanted man in Thailand.

As I pulled my overloaded Subaru up to a house in Ann Arbor, Mich., I paused a moment with an unsettling realization.

Jack Poole, the man who spearheaded the drive to bring the 2010 Winter Olympics to Vancouver and Whistler, and a Mission resident, passed away Friday morning.

Whistler sees its share of street performers, thanks to the folks at the Whistler Arts Council, but this coming week, a visiting group of musicians has a special show in store.

In the past week Whistler RCMP arrested four people on suspicion of impaired driving in the Whistler-Pemberton area, including one who blew more than three times the legal limit for blood-alcohol content on a brethalyzer.

B.C. paramedics say they are still waiting to hear from their employer a ' the BC Ambulance Service a ' for an emergency services plan during the 2010 Winter Olympics.