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The 2008 Pemberton Year in Review
July’s Pemberton Festival, drawing 40,000 spectators and generating some $20 million for the local economy, was arguably the Spud Valley’s biggest story of 2008. Uncertainty about the future of the festival has kept it in local headlines through the end
Jennifer Miller jmiller@whistlerquestion.com | 12/31/2008 | Pemberton News
Starting 2009 the right way
As New Year’s resolutions go, this might not be a bad one: living in the moment and savouring each one. May you all enjoy that moment when we leap into the New Year. As far as moments go, it’s worth enjoying.
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Celebrate New Year’s Eve — that’s
Grace Chadsey | 12/31/2008 | Pemberton News
Child care kept on the agenda
Directors of the Pemberton Childcare Society are raising their voices to ensure that child care and early childhood education (ECE) issues stay on the agenda in the corridor, the province and the country.
As the Pemberton Children’s Centre approaches
Megan Grittani-Livingston mlivingston@whistlerquestion.com | 12/24/2008 | Pemberton News
Ex-museum curator honoured
A Pembertonian who recently retired as curator of the Pemberton and District Museum and Archives Society was honoured recently with an award of merit from the B.C. Museums Association (BCMA).
Florence Bilenduke, who served the museum from 1989 to 2008,
12/24/2008 | Pemberton News
Jamaican sliders welcomed warmly
The hottest team on ice has arrived in Pemberton. The Jamaican bobsleigh team, which has made the Spud Valley its new North American training base for the run-up to the 2010...
Megan Grittani-Livingston mlivingston@whistlerquestion.com | 12/18/2008 | Pemberton News
Transit grants approved for SLRD
More than $1 million worth of improvements to transit infrastructure within the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) now are on their way, courtesy of the federal gas tax....
Megan Grittani-Livingston mlivingston@whistlerquestion.com | 12/18/2008 | Pemberton News
No peace for Ashlu IPP
Two years after local governments lost control over the approval of Independent Power Projects (IPP), Squamish Valley residents and Squamish Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) are...
Laura Hendrick lhendrick@squamishchief.com | 07/24/2008 | Squamish News
Two arrested after armed standoff in Montreal ends without incident
MONTREAL - Two Montreal police detectives who went to a west-end apartment building Monday afternoon came face-to-face with a gun-toting man who answered his door....
Sidhartha Banerjee, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Defence to begin calling witnesses in trial of man accused of murder by HIV
HAMILTON - The defence is scheduled to begin calling witnesses today in the trial of a Hamilton man accused of infecting his sexual partners with HIV....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Another gold, more records for Canada at the world junior championship
OTTAWA - Canada continues to raise the bar at the world junior hockey championship....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Nanotechnology: the science of tiny raises big hopes and also big fears
EDMONTON - It's the speck of dirt on the foot of a flea, and within it may be locked the Utopian dreams of a great beginning or the repressed fears of apocalyptic end times....
Dean Bennett, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Ottawa sending delegation to lobby EU against banning Cdn seal products
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The federal government is sending a delegation to Europe later this month to lobby the European Union against proposed legislation that could ban Canadian seal...
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Another shooting in Calgary; first few days of New Year plagued by violence
CALGARY - The first few days of the New Year have been plagued by violence in Calgary....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Fighting preventing Canadians from leaving Gaza: Foreign Affairs
OTTAWA - Israeli authorities have temporarily prevented three dozen Canadians from escaping the warfare in the Middle East, citing security concerns....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Elderly Montreal man facing murder charge in death of 83-year-old wife
MONTREAL - An 86-year-old Montrealer is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of his 83-year-old wife....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Toronto police say woman found dead in SUV is city's second homicide of 2009
TORONTO - Toronto police say a woman whose body was found slumped over a steering wheel in an SUV is the city's second homicide of the year....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Vancouver senior says she's disgusted with city's lack of snow removal
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Residents and officials are struggling to deal with that most Canadian of inconveniences - snow - following near-record snowfall in this West Coast city in...
Camille Bains, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
India: Pakistanis "must have" backed Mumbai attack
NEW DELHI - India's prime minister says the sophistication of the Mumbai siege means the attackers "must have had the support of some official agencies in Pakistan."...
01/05/2009 | International News
U.S. says it's pressing for a 3-tier ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
WASHINGTON - The United States is pressing for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that would include three main elements, including a halt to Hamas' rocket attacks on Israel, the State ...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
Hundreds in Kandahar city protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Hundreds of people shouted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as the embers of an Israeli flag smouldered on the streets of Kandahar city during an...
Steve Rennie, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
Obamas take up residence in D.C. with two weeks to go until inauguration
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama and his family are now full-fledged D.C. residents, moving into a grand downtown hotel over the weekend so that Sasha and Malia Obama...
Lee-Anne Goodman, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
Snowstorm forces Eiffel Tower closure, cancellation of flights
PARIS - A winter storm brought blankets of snow across Europe today, forcing the closure of an icy Eiffel Tower in Paris and causing flight cancellations....
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
5 homeless shelter residents killed in Texas fire
PARIS, Texas - A fire that started in a pile of donated clothes ripped through a homeless shelter in northeastern Texas early Monday, killing five residents....
Paul J. Weber, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
Angry four-year-old Ohio boy shoots babysitter
JACKSON, Ohio - Police say an angry four-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his babysitter....
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
Taliban whopper: claim 5,220 foreign troops killed in Afghanistan last year
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban have long exaggerated their military successes, but their recent claim that they killed more than 5,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan last year...
Jason Straziuso And Rahim Faiez, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
Vegas beer pong competition gets (almost) serious
LAS VEGAS - Don't let the smell of beer and the rock music fool you: Beer pong is a serious game. Some dare say a sport....
Kathleen Hennessey, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
Franken on top in Minn. recount; Coleman to sue
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer...
Brian Bakst, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 01/05/2009 | International News
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01/06/2009
- The Alpha Course
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- Explore the meaning of life. Free intro dinner and movie. Call Whistler Community Church 604-932-3139
- Whistler Library, Main St.
- AWARE January Meeting
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- Join AWARE for a discussion on the increasing number of independent power projects or IPPs in B.C. with special guest, Gwen Barlee policy director of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Westin Resort and Spa, followed by Green Drinks at Black's ub at 8 p.m.
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