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Wednesday | The Victoria Star

Students take walk challenge

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.

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Related Topix: Canada

Mon Nov 09, 2009

ABC News

Outside Magazine's Best Ski Resorts

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

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Related Topix: Crested Butte, CO, Travel

Sun Nov 08, 2009

My thoughts

Pure farce: alarmist Prince Charles travels by Airbus; suggests solar ...

Pure farce: alarmist Prince Charles travels by Airbus; suggests solar powered garbage cans might help save Canada from overheating Charles calls for climate change leadership on first day of royal visit National News Squamish Chief "Unless we can all, both individually and collectively, take the actions which we now know are necessary, the future ...

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Related Topix: World News, Prince Charles, Canada,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Madison Publishing

Paralympic Torch Relay to visit Whistler in March

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.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Madison Publishing

Two face charges in vehicle theft

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.

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Related Topix: Canada

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Georgia Straight

Whistler Film Festival 2009: Borsos Award nominees announced

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 .

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Pique newsmagazineWhistler

Federal Liberals in B.C. to hold convention in Whistler

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

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Related Topix: Canada, Liberal Party of Canada

Madison Publishing

Four-part harmony for hundreds

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.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News,

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Madison Publishing

Former Whistler mayor Ted Nebbeling dies

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

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Related Topix: Canada, Medicine, Cancer, Health, Colorectal Health, Colon Cancer, Wedding

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Associated Content

Go First Class to Whistler/Blackcomb for the Best Ski Town in Canada

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.

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Related Topix: Canada

KVIA-TV El Paso

Extradited banking fugitive arrives in Thailand

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.

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Related Topix: Canada

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Public Eye Online

Whistler work

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

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Related Topix: Canada, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

The Victoria Star

Thai police ready to extradite fugitive banker: Dept. of Justice lawyer

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.

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Related Topix: Canada

Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Victoria Star

Former B.C. cabinet minister who married same-sex partner dies of cancer

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

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Related Topix: Wedding, Canada,

Tue Oct 27, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - Politics

Sleepless nights for Saxena andsome politicians

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

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Related Topix: Canada

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Philly.com

Our house is your house, and vice versa

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

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Related Topix: Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor Metro, Detroit Metro, Canada, Travel

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Mission City Record

Jack Poole, Olympic Committee chair, dies

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.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Pique newsmagazineWhistler

Barbers in harmony with Whistler

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.

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Related Topix: Canada, Christmas, Chorus, California

Madison Publishing

Man faces impaired-driving charges

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.

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Related Topix: Canada

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Paramedics to BCAS: What is the plan for the Olympics?

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.

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Related Topix: Canada