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Dusty’s Infamous Opening and Closing PartiesDusty’s Infamous Opening and Closing Parties

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The events at Dusty’s are legendary; staff parties with the band playing from the roof, the celebration after Rob Boyd’s World Cup win in 1989, end of season parties, dressing up for theme nights, and scavenger hunts. Even amongst these events the opening and closing parties at Dusty’s stand out. Dusty’s opened in 1983, after […][...]

Rocking Howe SoundRocking Howe Sound

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You wouldn’t expect a pulp mill, a pop-rock band and 20th century settlers to have a lot in common, but in the Sea to Sky corridor you can find the unlikeliest of connections. In 1909, the Conroy family moved west from Ontario and preempted 380 acres of land in the area around Brandywine Falls, including […][...]

Whistler Après: 1968Whistler Après: 1968

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In February of 1968 entertainment options for locals and visitors were limited.  Alta Lake, as the area was still called, had a very small full-time population and comparatively little infrastructure.  The Village was still serving as a town dump site and development in Creekside had really only just begun. The February edition of Garibaldi’s Whistler News […][...]