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Letters to the Editor for the week of March 12th

Letters to the Editor for the week of March 12th

The most stoked There is a huge amount of stoke in the people who live here and enjoy a diverse variety of interests and activities.
Islamic State: The worst case contingency

Islamic State: The worst case contingency

It's often a good idea, when faced with a really frightening situation, to model the "worst case" outcome and see how bad it could get.
Time to rethink school collaboration days?

Time to rethink school collaboration days?

Collaboration Days. Just say those words and likely everyone around will have something to say about them.
The storm

The storm

There's a natural human temptation to exaggerate over that in which we are in awe, and storms fall easily into that category.
Budget impacts all of us... so get informed

Budget impacts all of us... so get informed

For the first time in a long, long time the number of people under 35 years old attending the recent budget open house outnumbered those 50 and above.
PR Part 2: The digital dish

PR Part 2: The digital dish

After starting as Whistler Blackcomb's Destination PR Supervisor in 2004, Michelle Leroux continued to focus on leveraging the resort's laundry list of accolades through traditional core print, photo and film media.
Stop filling and killing the oceans with plastic

Stop filling and killing the oceans with plastic

Eight million tonnes. That's how much plastic we're tossing into the oceans every year! University of Georgia environmental engineer Jenna Jambeck says it's enough to line up five grocery bags of trash on every foot of coastline in the world.
Letters to the Editor for the week of March 5th

Letters to the Editor for the week of March 5th

Climate change must be faced It is unfortunately too easy to establish just who is to blame for the weather — or more accurately the perceived change in climate — which has made for a disappointing winter in our mountain community.
There's always a silver lining

There's always a silver lining

Can you believe the weather? OK, that has to be about the most-asked question in the resort right now.
PR Part 1: the tough sell

PR Part 1: the tough sell

I tend not to even attempt to ski on weekends, but with friends in town I headed up first thing last Saturday to rip some 'roy for a few hours before the crowd descended.