Whistler Sliding Centre of the Whistler 2010 Sports Legacies which operates the Sliding Centre, Whistler Olympic Park, and the Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Village. The goal of this organization is to promote the legacy of the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics, promote healthy lifestyles and tourism in the British Columbia province, and offer revenue for the maintenance of the three facilities. On 12 February 2010, hours before the opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili suffered a crash during a training run exiting out of turn 16. Kumaritashvili was injured when he flew off the track and
Oriole whistler several very different subspecies, though the males are united by their yellow throat. Nine subspecies are recognized: The oriole whistler is found throughout the Solomons, except in the Santa Cruz Islands. Oriole whistler The oriole whistler ("Pachycephala orioloides"), also known as the yellow-throated whistler (leading to easy confusion with "Pachycephala macrorhyncha"), is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae, which is endemic to the Solomon Islands, and the islands of Bougainville and Buka east of New Guinea. It is variably considered a subspecies of a widespread golden whistler ("P. pectoralis") or treated as a separate species, but strong published