Opinion

That you cannot please all the people all of the time goes without saying.

If there's one thing I know, it's ski towns. But it took a trip to the other side of the world a decade ago to make me realize why I lived in one, a knowledge reinforced ever since.

How long can you go without water? You could probably survive a few weeks without water for cooking. If you stopped washing, the threat to your life might only come from people who can't stand the smell.

Up until a few years ago, virtually every person in Canada who has ever donned a pair of cross-country skis knew who Herman Smith "Jackrabbit" Johannsen was. When he died peacefully in his sleep in Tönsberg, Norway, on Jan.

One for the ages I have an admission to make. I am having serious difficulty admitting that I am a senior. I can ski as good as I skied when I was 30 and Whistler keeps you young. I do not like the label "senior.

It may be only month three of 2015, but it already looks like this year will be a watershed one for the establishment of the cultural future of Whistler — and particularly in its aim to show itself to be a cultural tourism centre.

The last American troops are being pulled out of Yemen after al-Qaeda fighters stormed a city near their base on Friday.

"The introduction of the modern lightweight skees has made it possible for all ages and both sexes to enjoy traveling over snow-clad land or ice, breathing in the cool, crisp air and feasting the eyes on the passing landscape and its myriad panoramic

Many people think of Canada as a landscape of forests, mountains, water and ice, but the Canadian experience is fast becoming focused on glass and concrete. Our 2011 census revealed that 81 per cent of us now live in cities.

Hats off Wow! What a great job Whistler Blackcomb has done with its snowmaking and grooming. But WB has gone one step further by developing a new run in Whistler's alpine.