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By Caroline Lamont As an overly pragmatic thinker, the planning profession is well suited for my intellectual thought process.

Making an inventory of Whistler’s natural biodiversity

A former California timber town becomes ground zero in the battle over bottled water

Canadian ski industry hasn’t pushed government on climate change, yet

Trade group calls for federal action

History 1. Kanata is the Huron-Iroquois word for village or “a cluster of dwellings”. Jacques Cartier is credited as the first European to recognize this. 2. Neither; both died in the battle. 3. Chuckigh or Cheekye, meaning “dirty snow.” 4. 34 years.

70 questions for Canadians

British Columbia Mountaineering Club turns 100

In drought-riddled Australia, the effects of global warming are rippling through the economy -- affecting everything from farming to mining. It may even swing the next national election

From a notice in a newspaper Whistler’s environmental watchdog has evolved into a political powerhouse