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Wind offers a healthy way to generate power

Wind offers a healthy way to generate power

There's no free ride when it comes to generating energy. Even the cleanest sources have environmental consequences.
Communicating from city hall, Vancouver style

Communicating from city hall, Vancouver style

Vancouver's mayor Gregor Robertson has taken a page right out of Nancy Wilhelm-Morden's playbook. In 2011, fresh from her Whistler mayoral victory, Wilhelm-Morden called a special council meeting the day after she was sworn into office.
Seeing red, thinking green

Seeing red, thinking green

"I don't think I'll ever buy another gasoline vehicle," filmmaker Mike Douglas tells me of his experience with an electric car this past summer. "Technology has improved by leaps and bounds.
Nigeria: The band plays on

Nigeria: The band plays on

There's going to be an election in Nigeria in mid-February, and the weird thing is that it's not going to be all about Boko Haram.
Letters to the Editor for the week of Dec 4th

Letters to the Editor for the week of Dec 4th

Time for action on bear safety As I reflect back over the past bear season, and the 12 bears that lost their lives this year alone, it begs the question: "Have bear-smart programs and education helped?" Absolutely! Would we be worse off if we hadn't
We are all in this together, so buy local

We are all in this together, so buy local

With December underway most of us are well into our "making-the-list" phase of Christmas shopping. This happily coincides with the Buy Local campaign, which runs through the end of this week.
Raven's next

Raven's next

Kristine Leise is very excited.
Letters to the Editor for the week of Nov 27th

Letters to the Editor for the week of Nov 27th

Thank you, Whistler! Whistler just celebrated its largest and most successful Cornucopia festival ever with results indicating that we are well on our way to meeting our goals of achieving overall festival occupancy of at least 60 per cent and establ
Nature will bring the snow, but it is up to us to get the guests

Nature will bring the snow, but it is up to us to get the guests

We all know it is going to snow. It always snows. Sometimes it is earlier than expected and sometimes it is later than we hope...
Clean drinking water should be a human right in Canada

Clean drinking water should be a human right in Canada

Canada is among the world's wealthiest nations, but our wealth is not equitably distributed.