Opinion

Like a Chinese lantern, the sun burns mutely through a dense haze that hangs over the Port of Quebec, the muslin mist an interaction entre frigid air and the warmer, semi-liquid St. Lawrence River.

It's hard to believe that it's been five years since Whistler hosted the biggest event of its life — the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

When she was just 12 years old, my daughter Severn gave a speech at the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. She spoke with such conviction that delegates were moved to tears. It was one of my proudest moments as a father.

All hail the groomers Let's face it — the grooming department on Whistler and Blackcomb has been doing an awesome job of getting and keeping the runs on both mountains in really good shape these last few weeks.

Angela Merkel grew up under Communist rule in the old East Germany. She speaks fluent Russian. She has been the chancellor of Germany for the past ten years.

Quit being rude In the past two weeks Pique has published two strongly worded condemnations of a visiting Norwegian tourist that were unfortunate on a number of points, and added little to the ongoing education for persons using British Columbia's ba

The beginning of the week started with the news that Mt. Washington on Vancouver Island was closing until further notice.

We are "under the wood." Sous bois , as they say in French.

In late January, the BC Lung Association released results of Canada's largest-ever community-wide home radon testing project, conducted in Castlegar and Prince George, two of B.C.'s radon hot spots.

Whistler is passionate about its parks. So it is not surprising that there was an active community discussion on social media about council's proposal to impose a fine of $100 on those not following the rules at Lost Lake park.