Whistler, British Columbia scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique" operates one Francophone primary school in that city: the "école La Passerelle". Whistler has one weekly newspaper and one monthly community publication. The two newspapers, the "Whistler Question" and the "Pique Newsmagazine", were originally published every Thursday until they were both brought under the same ownership. They are now published Tuesday and Thursday respectively. The Lost Duck is a monthly events guide and calendar that lists what's happening in the resort. Other tourist oriented, print media such as FAQ, Visitors Choice and Whistler Magazine are published from quarterly to once or twice a year. An
Whistler Blackcomb time in January 1966. Blackcomb mountain, originally a separate entity, opened for business in December 1980. The two resorts underwent a period of intense rivalry through the 1980s and 90s, with constant upgrades and improvements that was unseen at other resorts. By the mid-1990s the area was repeatedly named the best resort in many skiing magazines. Intrawest, the BC real estate firm that developed Blackcomb, purchased Whistler in 1997 and fully merged their operations in 2003. Whistler Blackcomb was the centrepiece of a renewed bid on the part of nearby Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, which they won in