The second season of Whistler has turned out to be its last. CTV has cancelled the primetime soap, the future of which had been up in the air since its sophomore run ended on Dec. 15.

‘It’s disappointing, but we did have two great years of the show,’ says executive producer Noreen Halpern, via e-mail from her Los Angeles office. Halpern, president of Blueprint Entertainment, co-exec produced Whistler with chairman and CEO John Morayniss.

Positioned as a high-end drama and budgeted at $1.4 million per episode, Whistler, starring Jesse Moss and Amanda Crew, premiered with an aggressive push in June 2006, airing Sundays. But it was soon bounced to Mondays and again to Fridays, and ended its first 13 episodes with a soft season average of 402,000. (All numbers are 2+)

The numbers took a dive when CTV brought the show back for a second season in September, when it debuted in the tough Saturday 9 p.m. timeslot to 142,000.

The series also aired on teen network The N in the U.S.

Created by Kelly Senecal (National Lampoon’s Going the Distance, Just Deal), Whistler followed the goings-on in a skiing community after the mysterious death of a local snowboarding legend, and was coproduced by Sam Feldman and Janet York from Vancouver’s Boardwatch Productions.