Whistler Sliding Centre Whistler Sliding Centre The Whistler Sliding Centre () is a Canadian bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Whistler, British Columbia, that is north of Vancouver. The centre is part of the Whistler Blackcomb resort, which comprises two ski mountains separated by Fitzsimmons Creek. Located on the lowermost slope of the northern mountain (Blackcomb Mountain), Whistler Sliding Centre hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton competitions for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Design work started in late 2004 with construction taking place from June 2005 to December 2007. Bobsledders Pierre Lueders and Justin Kripps of Canada took the first run on the
Oriole whistler 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 evidence in favour of either treatment is limited, and further study is warranted to resolve the complex taxonomic situation. Even if not recognized as a separate species, the oriole whistler includes