Opinion

It’s numbers season. The federal and provincial governments have introduced budgets full of them this month, while the Resort Municipality of Whistler released its proposed spending plan this week.

Forget Invermere. Don’t even think of Calgary.

Case in point Sunday, March 11 th , and it’s raining to the top of the mountain, depending on whose weather report you listen to. And the village is near full with many visitors from south of the boarder.

Not a day goes by when I don’t get an e-mail from a friend linking me to a video on YouTube.com, the latest Google acquisition — and a smart buy, if I say so myself.

In a month where Mother Nature has revealed signs of spring, chastised anyone who thought that winter might be over, and hinted that another great flood may be part of the forecast, emotions have risen and plummeted like the freezing level.

He grew up on the shores of Alta Lake. “That’s what I remember the most about my childhood,” says Whistler-born Davey Barr. “Hanging out by the water all summer long. Life seemed so relaxed; so easy in those days.

A new beginning It has been three weeks since WinterPRIDE and I want to thank Whistler for being such a great host to all our guests, who came from all corners of the world to enjoy GayWhistler’s WinterPRIDE.

She only has a few more months to go before she has to step down and become a private citizen again. She says she’s looking forward to it. But I can sense that Helen Klanderud is not entirely resigned to her fate.

With the release of 300 this week, I thought it was as good a time as any to take a look at the ways technology has changed Hollywood over the years.

One of the five priorities of the Whistler 2020 plan is Partnering for Success. On Monday a majority of Whistler council interpreted Partnering for Success to include giving Whistler-Blackcomb a tax break of up to $200,000 annually for five years.