Opinion

British Columbians normally fixated on the NHL playoffs at this time of year were able to divert some of their pent-up passion to this week’s provincial election.

Same old, same old So Tourism Whistler's new tag line is "Whistler. Always real." Why don't they change it to "Whistler. Always the same.

As the final few days of this "historic" provincial election wind down, and the fear mongering from all parties winds up, we’re left to ponder: what has changed? What is uncommon, though not unheard of for a B.C.

Tech support — where to go for help When the muzak and endless repetitions of "your call is important to us, please stay on the line and your call will be answered by the next available operator" finally drives you over the edge, take

If it’s broke, fix it I really enjoyed Andrew Mitchell’s attempt to explain the Single Transferable Vote in the Pique of April 28.

Like most all candidates meetings Tuesday eveningÕs affair in the conference centre created approximately the same number of questions as it answered, although an all candidates meeting is still a useful exercise to get a feel for the local candidate

KISS rule still the best By Andrew Mitchell Many years ago I sat my mom down to introduce her to something called the Internet Ñ I figured I could teach her enough that we could e-mail, she could read news and use a few websites online, do some banki

Olympic metamorphosis The SLRD public hearing regarding VANOC’s application to have the lands at Alexander Falls rezoned to permit development of the Whistler Nordic Centre was a breath of fresh, clean air.

Disk formats may put aside differences If you’ve followed this Cybernaut column for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that I have a bit of an unhealthy fixation with the ongoing battle over the next generation of high capacity DVD

In geo-political terms the Callaghan valley is Donald Rumsfeld territory: there are the things we know, the known knowns, there are things we think we know, there are known unknowns and there are the unknown unknowns.