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Summer Solstice Issue

The Rolling Whistler Review, Summer Solstice Issue, year unknown. A short newspaper dedicated to fiction, poetry and art by Whistler locals, called a "potpourri of local creativity."
Table of Contents:
1 Almost an editorial by Peter Vogler - a short introduction to the paper and information about print runs
2 Mountain Madness by the Great Brettski- a short article about the first Blackcomb Sextathlon
2 A Eulogy for Hippiedom by Sarah Dobell - a short article about hippie culture in the 1960s
3 The decay of the Whole gives rise to Its parts by Mark Bell - a poem
3 The Rock Poem by Mags - a poem
3 Mary by Stephen Vogler - a short fable
4 Giant Ants in My Apartment by Dean Eyre - a poem
4 In Verse With the Universe by Iole di Carlo - a poem
5-6 Nosing About With Bugsy by Peter Vogler - a travelogue about a roadtrip in Washington State
7 Assorted comics and drawings
8 Living on the Edge by Richard Gagne - a narrative about a backcountry skiing experience on Wedge Mountain

Saturday, November 7, 1981 Page A1/A13

The front page of the Weekend Sun from Vancouver on Saturday, November 7, 1981. A two page article entitled "'Aspen North' : Everything's There But Snow" about the first season after the Village was built. It also covers foreign interest in Whistler, housing prices, resort development, and overcrowding.

Sunday November 8, 1981, Page A4

A half page article from The Province newspaper published Sunday November 8, 1981 on page A4. The article is entitled "Peak in Sight for Whistler." The article is about whether or not Whistler has been oversold as a world class resort, unfinished resort developments, the dangers of Highway 99 and low real estate activity.

Sunday February 21, 1982 Page 3

A full page article from The Magazine newspaper on Sunday, February 21, 1982 on page three. The article is entitled "Now here's the $24- million question: Will the world be wowed by Whistler?" The article previews the World Cup Downhill race featuring the Crazy Canucks, the promotion of Whistler as a world class resort, and the real estate development taking place in Whistler Village..

Whistler Village Report, Issue Number Two, December 1978 + duplicate

The Whistler Village Report published by Whistler Village from December 1978. Articles are entitled: "Where We've Been ... and Where We're Going," "Joint Government Agreement Gives Whistler $9 Million," "Blackcomb Mountain Development Begins," "Snow Unseasonably Slow at Whistler," "Developments Proceed With Set Schedule," and "New Council Sworn In."

The articles are about the subjects of the history of Whistler as a resort town and the building of Whistler Village, the Whistler Village log, a 9 million dollar grant from the federal and provincial governments for resort development and town planning, the development of Blackcomb Mountain, the unseasonably slow snow, the seasonal schedule for development in Whistler and the new council for the Resort Municipality of Whistler being sworn in.

1 Duplicate.

Blackcomb Resort Magic Volume 1 Spring 1988

The Magic magazine released by Blackcomb Mountain, volume 1, spring 1988.
Table of Contents:
3 The Art of the Grand Resort
5 A Passion for Building
2 The Blackcomb Vision
4 Summer Magic
Articles include information on Myrtle and Alex Philip opening Rainbow Lodge, the development of the resort on Blackcomb Mountain, grand hotels at resorts like the Chateau Whistler, driving the Sea to Sky Highway, living in Whistler, summer activities, Bosa Development Corp. building Blackcomb Mountain, how Blackcomb Mountain's previous season went, and development of hotels on Blackcomb Mountain.

Whistler Real Estate Newspaper

Whistler Real Estate Newspaper advertising properties for sale in Whistler and Pemberton by MacGregor Pacific Realty and realtors Arv Pellegrin, Jan Simpson, Pat Kelly, Norm Trottier, Nanette Walton and Chris Moore. Listings include private homes and condos in a variety of Whistler neighbourhoods.

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