I turned on the news this afternoon and was shocked to learn that Whistler-Blackcomb, which is owned by Intrawest will auctioned off Februrary 19th. Apparently, Intrawest missed a huge debt payment last fall. How much you say? Just over half a billion dollars. And, as of today Intrawest and the lenders are in talks to hopefully drag out the payments until late 2015. VANOC says their contract with Whistler-Blackcomb is still valid and expect the portion of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics to go on in Whistler with no problem. Still, with just under a month to go until the games it was a little scary hearing this news.
You buy gifts for birthdays, anniversaries and even the odd occasion, but would you but a gift for someone who has just been recently divorced? Well, believe it or not… its become the new thing to do…. But my question is how much would you spend on the gift and what exactly makes a good “congratulations you’ve been divorced” gift? Maybe some personal lube for those lonely, cold nights? Or a vibrator? I'd love to know what you would get someone who has been recently divorced...
Music festivals have been become huge over the past 20 years, but some of them are quickly fading away. When I lived in merritt last year, had the chance to attend the final merritt mountain music festival… don’t judge me for liking country music…. Just something you have to listen to when in the part of the country. And now another popular festival might not becoming back… In 2008.. the festival brought over 40,000 people to the small patch of farmland in a town just north of whistler, bc… and had acts like Cold play, Jay Z and Tom Petty.. The Pemberton Festival has been cancelled, again. Last year it was cancelled because the organizers couldn’t get permits to host the festival in the area quick enough. And this years’ festival was cancelled because it didn’t seem financially viable for the festival to take place.
-JT
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