Opinion

Growing up in Toronto, perpetually stuck in construction-related traffic jams, my dad always broke out the same joke — “it’ll be a great city, if they ever get it finished.

The executives at Toshiba must be shaking their heads right now as their fortunes in the high definition DVD market turned decidedly sour last week.

The executives at Toshiba must be shaking their heads right now as their fortunes in the high definition DVD market turned decidedly sour last week.

Re: Municipality to borrow $100 Million for Athlete Village construction I am very concerned that the RMOW has approved taking a loan to finance the Olympic Athlete Village project from the Municipal Finance Authority (MFA).

From the beginning one of the main selling points of computers was the promise of efficiency — one device that does everything.

Whistler council, rightly, has been getting grief about its plans to raise municipal taxes.

“The harder I work, the luckier I seem to get.” – Jack Nicklaus Talk about thinking outside the box.

“The harder I work, the luckier I seem to get.” – Jack Nicklaus Talk about thinking outside the box.

Lucky to be alive After reading about the frightening events that took place recently in Whistler, I am reminded of the exact same chilling tale I lived on Boxing Day, five years ago.

Alta States is all about celebrating the many — and varied — voices of the Whistler community (in its broadest definition). So in this very first column of 2008, I’ve decided to step back and let some of them speak to you directly. Listen well.