Opinion

One of the motivations for this week’s merger which brought Whistler Mountain and Copper Mountain in Colorado under the Intrawest umbrella, according to all parties involved, was the looming specter of Vail.

A press release last week announced 602 affordable housing units across the province were going to go ahead because the NDP government — even though it was cutting back everywhere else — was putting money up for housing.

Skiing stories aren’t as prominent in Canadian culture as, say, stories about Grey Cup games or hockey exploits by names like Beliveau, Hull, Orr and Gretzky, but they are a part of who we are.

It has been shown previously in these pages that one of the fundamental principles of life on earth is math is hard. In Whistler, that principle can be extrapolated to: bed unit math is hard.

On Saturday Whistler voters elected a council that, in many ways, was a reaction to the absurd pace of development that’s taken place in this town the last few years.

None of the candidates for mayor or council have had much to say about the future of Whistler as a resort in this campaign, largely because they haven’t been asked.

There are many important issues facing Whistler and the next council; the gate at Blueberry Hill does not rank highly among them.

Every time the provincial government announces a new measure to cut some of the $750 million it now says must be pared... prospective municipal politicians should take note.

Is it the election, the mach II pace of change, buildout looming on the horizon, or is everyone just in a foul mood? A few weeks ago one person wrote to mayor and council to oppose one rezoning application, but couldn’t pass up the opportunity to sla

Among the multitude of issues the next Whistler council will have to deal with is one currently being foisted on all municipal councils, provincial cost sharing, or lack there of.