Opinion

Cell tower infrastructure inefficient I've been listening to this (cell tower) debate for a while and it has nothing to do with health and safety or network capacity: it's all about money.

When I first interviewed Viktor Orban 25 years ago, he was an anti-Communist student firebrand whose whole purpose in life was to free Hungary from Soviet rule. But you can travel a long way in 25 years.

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.