Opinion

While Whistler contemplates where we go from here in the post-Olympic world - education, arts and culture, Aboriginal tourism, destination markets, events, etc. - we continue to follow an old, familiar path.

William Roberts pretty well sums up the economic problems facing the Sea to Sky Corridor at this time (Left Hanging, Pique letters Aug. 5). It puzzles me that one-industry towns continue to imagine that change will not impact them.

"You force people to stop asking questions, and before you know it they have auctioned off the question mark and sold it for scrap. No boldness. No good ideas for fixing what's broken in the land.

Jon Montgomery was in town last week, taking part in a Crankworx celebrity bike ride.

Google has an unofficial corporate motto, "Don't Be Evil" coined by a founding employee at a meeting back in 2001 when the fledgling company was poised to explode.

Pseudo single parenting at Whistler

Bob Barnett hits on some very relevant points in his editorial "Tourism industry on its own in post-Olympic world" (Opening Remarks July 21, 2010).

Nearly 40 years ago, when the lakes in the Whistler valley were threatened by the septic fields of hundreds of weekend cabins, Dave Barrett's NDP government declared a moratorium on commercial development while it analyzed Whistler's situation.

RMOW hindering wildlife RE: Black tailed deer migration route through the RMOW sewer treatment plant property I would like to know what council is doing or plan to do about the aforementioned migration route.

Last month Tourism Whistler announced it was shifting its marketing focus to destination visitors as the organization, and in particular its member hotels, seek to rebuild Whistler's position following the recession.