Opinion

Our new government appears to be taking climate change seriously. With the UN climate talks starting in Paris on Nov. 30, Canada can play an important role in reducing greenhouse gases at home and helping others around the world do likewise. U.S.

Did ICBC go to far? When does it stop? How angry does the public need to become? When will people actually be protected by those that we pay to protect us? How has the public relations staff at ICBC even been able to keep their jobs (highly paying I

I moved to Whistler at the end of the 1990s, finally lured from my then-Toronto lair after many sojourns here during a decade as a ski journalist and magazine editor.

It's a little grainy, and it's difficult to make out the details, but there is no mistaking the pride and anticipation in the young man's smile as he stands beside his warplane.

You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time...," begins Abraham Lincoln's famous aphorism about democracy — but in a multi-party democratic system, that is usually enough.

Everyone is anxiously awaiting the first snowfall. The Turkey Sale is over, new equipment is safely stored, waiting for the first taste of powder, and plans are being made.

Keep the interest and momentum going I'll give Harper this: he got people talking about politics. But it shouldn't end today. If you went out to vote, keep the momentum going by writing to your MP about things that concern you.

Sustainable development means different things to different people. The concept was popularized in 1987 by the groundbreaking Brundtland Commission report to the United Nations, Our Common Future.

Like most local writers, I look forward annually to the Whistler Writers Festival and its critical mass of talent that always blows me away.

Thank you Whistler and Team Pam volunteers Thank you Whistler for voting for real change in government and a special thank you to the dedicated Team Pam volunteers. Thank you for your energy, passion and hours and hours of hard work.