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Letters to the editor for the week of April 30th

Letters to the editor for the week of April 30th

Proactive planning key to solving trail-use issues In regards to the push to have our multi-use trails Riverside and Farside become hiking only, prompted by a letter written to council by Bill Moore, I feel it important to communicate Whistler Off Ro
Time to consider disaster preparedness

Time to consider disaster preparedness

Nepal may be half a world away geographically, but this week it is on the minds of Whistlerites, as if it were next door. As the tiny nation struggles to cope with a devastating 7.
Vinterstaden 2: Material Gains

Vinterstaden 2: Material Gains

A March afternoon spent touring the state-of-the-art facilities in the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre (SWSRC) at Mid Sweden University's Östersund campus offered a serious learning experience.
Milkweed is a monarch's best defence

Milkweed is a monarch's best defence

The monarch butterfly is a wonderful creature with an amazing story. In late summer, monarchs in southern Canada and the U.S. northeast take flight, travelling over 5,000 kilometres to alpine forests in central Mexico.
Letters to the editor for the week of April 23rd

Letters to the editor for the week of April 23rd

WSSF rocks Whistler On behalf of everyone at Whistler Blackcomb, I would like to pass along a whole-hearted thank you and congratulations to Sue Eckersley and the entire team at Watermark Communications for putting on an incredible World Ski and Snow
Vinterstaden 1: Science Wins

Vinterstaden 1: Science Wins

On a map, the stately town of Östersund — located directly in the midsections of Östersund Municipality, Jämtland County and even Sweden itself — passes for the genteel bellybutton of Scandinavia.
Half a Titanic

Half a Titanic

The first thing to do, if you want to cut the number of refugees from Africa and the Middle East dying while trying to cross the Mediterranean, is to drop leaflets all along the Libyan coast teaching them about ship stability.
A game-changing idea

A game-changing idea

Can you believe those Canucks? And, no I'm not talking about the fact they are in the playoffs. I'm talking about the out-of-control fighting in their bouts with the Calgary Flames.
Twenty and counting II: From the vault

Twenty and counting II: From the vault

"I think the World Ski & Snowboard Festival will always occupy a special place in Whistler's annual event calendar — despite how busy that calendar is getting," Sue Eckersley tells me on the eve of the venerable event's 20th anniversary.
China's disastrous pollution problem is a lesson for all

China's disastrous pollution problem is a lesson for all

Beijing's 21-million residents live in a toxic fog of particulate matter, ozone, sulphur dioxide, mercury, cadmium, lead and other contaminants, mainly caused by factories and coal burning.