Opinion

He grew up far from the mountains. Didn’t know much about snowsports at all. “We didn’t do winter sports in Philadelphia,” insists Whistler Mayor, Ken Melamed with a straight face.

Things are heating up on the global climate change front. Just last week, for example, a report released by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) warned that we earthlings were dancing dangerously close to the edge.

We’re still more than three weeks away from the official start of the ski season, which is always the best time of year to relax, hang out with friends, spend some time on the couch, catch up on movies, or spend some time with your hobbies.

The ironic structure Every year that there are still some trees growing on the imaginatively named Lot 1/ Lot 9, I have the occasion to write a letter. This one might well be the last.

It costs about $26,000 a year for an individual to live reasonably well in Whistler, according to the Whistler 2020 monitoring report.

By now everyone is aware of the challenges of building in Whistler in the frenzied years leading up to the 2010 Olympics.

Mac users will have one more reason to be smug next week when Apple releases Leopard, the third major update to their popular OS X operating system. Apple is on a bit of a roll recently.

Good things under the shadow of the icon Should the Lot 1-9 “iconic” ice cover proponents entice a sugar daddy to take on all the iconic financial implications, they deserve to be knighted. Long shots sometimes come in.

He’s been sent around the globe in search of answers. Attended countless conferences, delivered thoughtful presentations and met with some of the most formidable minds in the business.

The folks at municipal hall are sending early warning signals that some tough decisions will have to be made in order to balance next year’s municipal budget and the five-year financial plan, and one of those tough decisions may be raising property t