DESTINATION

Whistler: An insider’s guide

by Lesley Anthony

Our local writer divulges some secret pleasures of life in this celebrated West Coast ski town—the official Host Mountain Resort of the 2010 Winter Games.

Issue: Winter 2009

Words: 1000 to 2000

Main Photographer: Steve Ogle

WILDLIFE

Faster, higher, stronger

by Bruce Obee

The athletic exploits of our wildlife Olympians

Issue: Winter 2009

Words: 2000 to 3000

PHOTO ESSAY

Sea-to-Sky

by Jenny Manzer

Its beauty is mythical. Its knuckle-whitening turns are legendary. This winter, the upgraded highway between Vancouver and Whistler will bring the world to the 2010 Winter Games, flaunting its bounty of mountains, ocean, rivers, and forests.

Issue: Fall 2009

Words: 2000 to 3000

Main Photographer: Michael Bednar

PROFILE

Annie Oakley of the Chilcotin

by Danielle Egan

Years before locals carved the “Freedom Road” through this remote backcountry, pioneer cowgirl Gerry Bracewell broke trail and rode shotgun into the Coast Mountains surrounding her Tatlayoko Lake home.

Issue: Fall 2009

Words: 2000 to 3000

Main Photographer: Steve Ogle

SCIENCE

GSI: Grizzly Site Investigators

by Dave Quinn

By setting barbed-wire traps to snag tufts of fur for DNA analysis, biologists are able to gather crucial genetic data about West Kootenay grizzlies—without them even knowing it.

Issue: Fall 2009

Words: 2000 to 3000

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