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Letters to the Editor for the week of September 4th

Letters to the Editor for the week of September 4th

Reality check I have been reading the Pique since it began, and it is one of the best free things to do in Whistler. One of your best opinion writers is GD Maxwell.
Digging Manitoba

Digging Manitoba

If you haven't heard of the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, Manitoba, don't worry, I hadn't either until I arrived there on a recent assignment for Canadian Geographic .
Time to think elections

Time to think elections

It's less than four months to the municipal election.
Of passenger pigeons and coal-mine canaries

Of passenger pigeons and coal-mine canaries

Passenger pigeons were once a remarkable story of nature's abundance. Despite producing only one chick a year, they were the most numerous bird on Earth, sometimes darkening the sky for hours or even days when they flew overhead.
Finding Helsinki

Finding Helsinki

No one was more surprised than the Finns — languishing in the shadow cast by the rest of Scandinavia — when post-millennium travel guides quietly began to tire of Stockholm's hyper-hipster culture in favour of declaring the Finnish capita
Letters to the editor for the week of August 28th

Letters to the editor for the week of August 28th

A Heartfelt Thanks from Spruce Grove fire survivor When I was wakened by voices calling "Dad, Dad, Bernie, Bernie wake, wake," I got out of my bed to a smoky room and some very odd sounds — whirs and odd suction noises.
Mare nostrum

Mare nostrum

The last time Mare Nostrum (Latin for "Our Sea") was used as a political slogan in Italy, Mussolini's fascists were claiming dominance over the entire Mediterranean. This time it's different.
First day of school could offer a fresh start to stalemate

First day of school could offer a fresh start to stalemate

Oh, to be riding a shopping cart through Staples, collecting school supplies and singing, "It's the most wonderful time of the year" in glee. Instead, just like every other parent in B.C.
The United States of Tatooine

The United States of Tatooine

"Tatooine" is, you will surely agree, a pretty stupid name for a planet, but there are so many Star Wars fans that some unfortunate world is bound to end up being called exactly that.
Barely coping with our summer success

Barely coping with our summer success

We're in the homestretch; the blessed end is now in sight. Our nonstop summer of action-packed, sun-kissed, event-filled weekends is coming to an end... almost.