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RMOW, CUPE talks at a deadlock

RMOW, CUPE talks at a deadlock

Each side waiting for the other to make the first move
This week's letters

This week's letters

Here we go again Up front, let me say that I have substantial bias in the subject matter of this letter.
The fallout of the winter of 2004-05

The fallout of the winter of 2004-05

The numbers aren’t in on the winter of 2004-05 but the early betting is the final figures will show destination visits were not down too much; it was the lack of regional visits that really hurt.
Looking for Answers

Looking for Answers

A little over two months ago a company called GuruNet launched a unique website called Answers.com that is quietly, calmly taking the Internet by storm.
This week's letters

This week's letters

CUPE playing fair? I read the comments of representatives of CUPE 2010 in the papers last week with great interest and chuckled about Peter Davidson’s apparent concern about and for the community and those that live here.
Time for tough choices, rather than financial tools

Time for tough choices, rather than financial tools

In the mid-80s Whistler sent an official delegation to Victoria to plead its case for a resort tax.
Quantity over quality?

Quantity over quality?

Music industry contemplates nickel downloads In the last two years iTunes, the popular music organizing and download service from Apple, has sold an amazing 300 million songs for the average price of about a dollar.
This week's letters

This week's letters

Goodbye to Uli’s, with love After spending the past 26 hours with so many great people packing, moving, celebrating 13 great years, and packing and moving more, I find myself unable to get any rest until I set the record straight with not only o
The first step to recovery: recognizing there’s a problem

The first step to recovery: recognizing there’s a problem

Assume for a moment that Whistler could build an airport big enough to handle 737s, that the airport used geo-thermal heating and electricity generated by a run-of-river micro-hydro project.
Planet Mitchell

Planet Mitchell

When it comes to immortality, the best a guy of my means can realistically hope for is a brass plaque on a park bench, and that’s if I start saving tomorrow.