Whistler Blackcomb Callaghan Valley. The British Columbia government paid $600 million for major upgrades to the Sea-to-Sky Highway, which carried the majority of visitors to the alpine sites. In 2006 Intrawest was purchased by the alternative asset management firm, Fortress Investment Group. Three weeks before the opening of the 2010 Olympics, Fortress failed to make payment on its loan used to buy out Intrawest. This caused its creditors to force Intrawest to divest itself of several of its resort holdings in 2009 and 2010 which included a partial sale of Whistler Blackcomb, in order to reduce its debt load. This was achieved
Fiji whistler Fiji whistler The Fiji whistler ("Pachycephala vitiensis") is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae, which is endemic to Fiji. It was variably considered a subspecies of a widespread golden whistler ("P. pectoralis"). Three of the subspecies (P. v. kandavensis, lauana, and vitiensis) of the former white-throated whistler ("P. v. kandavensis, lauana, and vitiensis") were lumped with the Fiji whistler in 2014 by the IOC. The Temotu whistler was formerly considered conspecific with the Fiji whistler. Ten subspecies are recognized: Some of the subspecies of the Fiji whistler are yellow-throated, while others are white-throated. It has been speculated that