Opinion

Do you remember Mohamed Nasheed, the charismatic young president of the Maldives who dramatized the threat of rising sea levels to his low-lying island nation in the Indian Ocean by holding his first cabinet meeting underwater, with all the cabinet m

Diversify Raven's Nest I was gratified to read that Whistler Blackcomb (WB) is trying to improve the standard of on-mountain dining (Pique , Nov. 26).

It is one of those rare times in history where the world is united along a common understanding: we can no longer stand by and allow the global temperature to continue to rise unchecked.

I'm sure I won't be stepping into the confessional if I admit that as a hormone-addled teen, my bedroom walls were adorned with posters of female celebrities posed with knees tantalizingly apart.

You could have called it having a bad day. Though it was likely my own fault, no matter which way I twisted the radio dial it seemed intent on offering nothing but saccharine, auto-tune pop and frantic-sounding traffic reports.

It's encouraging that our newly elected federal government has agreed to improve efforts to safeguard Canada's oceans. Ocean protection here is shamefully deficient, currently at around one per cent.

More consultation needed on artist TUPs I am writing with regard to the temporary use permit (TUP) bylaw amendment for home-based artist studios ( Pique , Nov.19).

With December coming our way most of us are heading into the "making-the-list" phase of Christmas shopping. This happily coincides with the Buy Local campaign, which runs through Dec. 6 this year.

Once again Whistler has shown its incredible sense of community through its outpouring of support for the victims of last week's Alpine House fire. In fact the support was almost overwhelming for the agencies, which found themselves drawn in.

As always after a major terrorist attack on the West, the right question to ask after the slaughter in Paris is: what were the strategic aims behind the attack? This requires getting your head around the concept that terrorists have rational strategi