Whistler has announced its 2013 summer music festival line-up as part of its seasonal outdoor concert series that is funded from the provinces Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI). Whistler is receiving just over $7 million in RMI funding this year, with $2.84 million being put towards the Festivals Events and Animation (FE&A) program. The Festival Events and …
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Greyhound Canada has announced a new express Vancouver to Whistler bus route after cutting much of its whistler bus service in the Sea to Sky Region in late February. The new express Vancouver to Whistler bus route runs twice daily with departures leaving at 6:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., while the bus service from Whistler …
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Whistler Film Festival Society is hosting Spring Fling: A Taste of Whistler wine tasting event on Saturday March. 30 to raise donations in an effort to grow its world class film festival. The Whistler Film Festival Society partnered with Sterling Vineyard’s in an effort to support their Future in Focus Capital Campaign by hosting an …
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This year’s music festival for the Outdoor Concert Series at Whistler’s World Ski and Snowboard Festival (WSSF) is headlined by one of hip-hop’s greatest artists, Nas, and up and coming Canadian indie band, Arkells. Nas will be performing a free show on Saturday, April 13th, while the Arkells will be closing out the 2013 World …
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Over the next 16 days the Callaghan Valley in Whistler is hosting its largest ever sporting event, the Sea to Sky Nordic Festival. Hosted from March 15 to March 30th at the Whistler Olympic Park, the Sea to Sky Nordic Festival is the Canadian National Championships for four Nordic winter sports including Cross-Country Skiing, Biathlon, …
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The Whistler snow report didn’t disappoint as Whistler Blackcomb received 20 cm of fresh snow overnight under a snowfall warning that is to bring up to another 50 to 60 cm of fresh power to the mountain by Saturday. After last week’s Pineapple Express system, this would increase Whistler Blackcomb’s March snowfall over 200 cm, …
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The Whistler community is launching its support to organize a search for a lost GoPro camera on Whistler Blackcomb following the tragic and unexpected passing an Australian man’s girlfriend. The couple, Matt Lorraway and Rebecca Ware, recently traveled to Whistler from Feb. 3 to 17th where the couple lost their GoPro camera in the Creekside …
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Whistler Blackcomb is thanking the Hawaiian weather system, known as the Pineapple Express, after a major snowfall hit the Whistler ski resort last week. In the past 7 days, nearly 150 cm of snow fell at Whistler Blackcomb including 92 cm of fresh powder on Thursday and Friday last week. While the Pineapple Express lasted …
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Whistler Blackcomb announced that Blackcomb’s new Crystal Zone chairlift will be named Crystal Ridge Express. Local Whistler resident, Kevin Welsh, won the “You Name It” chairlift competition that Whistler Blackcomb announced in late January. The new high-speed quad chair will significantly increase access to Crystal Zone trails such as Ridge Runner, Rock ‘N’ Roll, and …
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Whistler Blackcomb received their first significant snowfall since Christmas as the mountain has received 54 cm of fresh snow in the past 7 days. The current forecast predicts that another 30 cm of snow will fall in Whistler between now and Thursday, followed by another major snowfall from the Pineapple Express system on Friday and …
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