Whistler Water is proud to sponsor the World Snowshoe Invitational taking place on Grouse Mountain on February 27th, 2010.

The Yeti Snowshoe Series is a local race series now in its 9^h season of operation. For the first time Grouse Mountain will host the World Snowshoe Invitational which is doubling as The Canadian National Championships. The race has both a 5km and 10km option that will cover all of our snowshoe terrain including summiting Dam Mountain and trekking out to Thunderbird Ridge. Note: 10km event is WSI and CNC only, 5km Sport Category is a participation based category.

All athletic abilities and ages are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Over 250 National and International athlete’s lace up their snowshoes for what promises to be the most competitive snowshoe race in the history of the sport in North America.

Japan, Spain, France, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland, USA and New Zealand have all entered top athletes that will push hard for the World Title. The Start line will be boasting, previous Olympic Athletes, National Champions, World Record Holders and World Champions.

There will be a First Nations Ceremonial Start line performance blessing 10km course. Olympic Athletes from the past will also be on hand in support of this Snowshoe Celebration which one day might just become an Olympic sport.

To register, please go to www.theyeti.ca

Whistler Water is proud to once again be the exclusive water at Liberty Merchant Company’s 16th annual winter fundraising event: Taste B.C. 2010 – A celebration of local food and drink!

The goal of this event is to raise money for the B.C. Children’s Hospital – Oak Tree Clinic, which specializes in providing care and services to sufferers of HIV/AIDS. And of course to encourage public awareness of everything B.C.

Event goers indulged in tastings from some of the finest restaurants, wineries, breweries and cheese purveyors in BC, their contributions also benefited one of the province’s most vital medical institutions. Along with the great food and drink, the attractions included live music, door prizes and a silent auction that features luxury items.

Northern Ireland based artist Theo Sims’ Candahar Bar is a detailed recreation of an Irish public house, named for a street in Belfast and based on that city’s now defunct Blackthorn Bar. Part sculpture, part theatrical stage, The Candahar is an artwork that is also a functioning bar, open to the public and staffed in collaboration with two Belfast bartenders who act as unscripted performers. The project fuses the authentic with fantasy, spectacle with stage, and at its heart acts as a catalyst for conversation, debate and dialogue and a pint here or there.

During the sixteen days of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Presentation House Gallery is staging The Candahar as a locus for social interaction and the host site for an ambitious series of nightly events musical programs, theatrical presentations, performances and dialogues, both scripted and unscripted. Programmed by author Michael Turner, as well as by invited guests, including Winnipeg artist Paul Butler, the Candahar will feature an extensive and diverse series of events by local and international visual artists, musicians, writers and more.

Dates:
February 12 to February 28, 2010

Times:
The Candahar Bar will be open 12pm to 4pm & 7pm to Midnight

Location:
Offsite in the PTC Studio, 3rd Floor
1398 Cartwright Street
Granville Island, Vancouver, BC

Admission:
Daytime $5 / Evening $10 at door