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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Hot tips for the ski season

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Hot tips for the ski season

With all the necessary COVID-19 safety rules on Whistler Blackcomb (WB), this year’s winter experience is bound to be different. In fact, it might return us to the roots of sliding on snow along with fewer creature comforts.
MAXED OUT: Max answers the mail…

MAXED OUT: Max answers the mail…

We seem to be approaching an event horizon where many are being sucked into a black hole created by the confluence of our resurgent pandemic, personal responsibility, government inaction and Santa Claus.
EDITORIAL: B.C.’s other pandemic needs our attention too

EDITORIAL: B.C.’s other pandemic needs our attention too

I admit it has been decades since I experienced what an overdose can look like firsthand.
OPINION: Tight grip on COVID-19 case data throttles the public interest

OPINION: Tight grip on COVID-19 case data throttles the public interest

'Without information there is speculation, and that can discredit communities or give rise to harmful rumour'
PIQUE'N YER INTEREST: COVID is putting Whistler’s distinct brand of doublespeak to the test

PIQUE'N YER INTEREST: COVID is putting Whistler’s distinct brand of doublespeak to the test

Whistler has, for decades, been an escapist’s paradise.
RANGE ROVER: Waste not, want not

RANGE ROVER: Waste not, want not

Back in August, while governments across the country twiddled their thumbs over economic recovery and how best to activate the abundant idle capacity created by the pandemic, a unique partnership launched along the British Columbia coast—an eff
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Take time to recognize the efforts of local health workers

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:  Take time to recognize the efforts of local health workers

MAXED OUT: You can’t make this stuff up…

MAXED OUT: You can’t make this stuff up…

Stories are told about the days of yore in Tiny Town when money laundering was big small business for Harry McKeever.
EDITORIAL: The business of the budget

EDITORIAL: The business of the budget

Most of us can quantify how the pandemic has hit us in a personal sense.
OPINION: Canada’s plastics ban should include beverage containers

OPINION: Canada’s plastics ban should include beverage containers

What we refer to as “plastic” hasn’t been around for long. But its usefulness has caused production to skyrocket—from about two million tonnes in 1950 to almost 400 million tonnes a year now, and rising steadily.