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SPCA Finishes Whistler Sled-Dog-Massacre Investigation--Recommends Criminal Charges Against Employee, Not Company

​Seven-and-a-half months after news broke that the company Outdoor Adventures Whistler had ordered the slaughter of between 50 and 100 sled dogs for business purposes, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has finished its investigation into the incident.

Benefit for the Youth Suicide Prevention Program with Victor Shade

​Seven-and-a-half months after news broke that the company Outdoor Adventures Whistler had ordered the slaughter of between 50 and 100 sled dogs for business purposes, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has finished its investigation into the incident.

Matthew Good

​Seven-and-a-half months after news broke that the company Outdoor Adventures Whistler had ordered the slaughter of between 50 and 100 sled dogs for business purposes, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has finished its investigation into the incident.

Icy Hot

The Winter Olympics are on, which means big business for Granite Curling Club.

Johnny Weir Didn't Throw the Quad

Which means the Vancouver Winter Olympics remain the worst ever. Carry on.

Four Reasons Why Vancouver's Winter Olympics are the Worst Ever

NBC fail-whale.​Vancouver's Winter Olympics got off to a bad start. And things have only gotten worse. A month before opening ceremonies, unseasonably warm weather forced the closure of ski slopes so that race officials could preserve what little snow was already on the ground. Since then, ... More >>

Has Colton Harris-Moore Been Captured?

If Colton is indeed in custody, dollars to donuts says that he ain't smiling​Answer: Nope. Update after the jump. There's a rumor going around that after nearly two years of being screwed with by a surprisingly elusive teen, the law enforcement agencies of northwest Washington have finally ca ... More >>

The Fiddle and the Drum

If Colton is indeed in custody, dollars to donuts says that he ain't smiling​Answer: Nope. Update after the jump. There's a rumor going around that after nearly two years of being screwed with by a surprisingly elusive teen, the law enforcement agencies of northwest Washington have finally ca ... More >>

What Happens When You Throw a Winter Olympics and Winter Forgets to Show Up?

"Dude, where's my snow?"​Seattle is in the midst of an El Niño--read: very mild--winter. Coming on the heels of last year's Snowpocalypse, which froze the city into immobility, this is probably a welcome environment for most Seattleites. But what's warm for Seattle is sending chills down Vanc ... More >>

Borderline Drug Violence

LA Times Northwest correspondent Kim Murphy picks up today on the gangland violence in Vancouver B.C., perpetrated in part by now-convicted gang leader Clayton Roueche, who was profiled in a 2008 SW piece. (That's his United Nations gang monogrammed cocaine, left). Stumbling into a trap laid by U.S. ... More >>

Ludlow Won't Let Surgery Spoil an Olympics in Her Backyard

Skier is the fastest female to come out of the Northwest in 20 years.

Ouch, Canada

Our neighbors to the north fire back over my invasion column.

Ouch, Canada

Our neighbors to the north fire back over my invasion column.

Fear and Loathing at the Olympics

A final look at 14 days in Salt Lake.

Scenes From A Whistler junket

My boss sent me to Canada, and all I got was this lousy hangover.