Opinion

Get off your couch! #WFF19 is on! This year marks our 19th edition of the Whistler Film Festival (WFF) running from Dec. 4 to 8. Sundance, Telluride, Vail, Whistler: ski towns seem to attract film festivals.

The slower start to the season can have trickle-down effects that are particularly impactful at this time of year.

As a self-confessed fan of fall, I don't make it a rule to travel during Whistler's pre-winter waiting period. I enjoy crisp days and biking under a cover of darkness with powerful lights illuminating the trails.

We've heard a lot lately about microplastics—particles less than five millimetres in size—and their global ubiquity in aquatic ecosystems. But is it time to consider their movement both within and beyond those ecosystems? In October, U.S.

On Nov. 12, Veneto, Italy's regional council was debating climate policy in its Venice offices. Minutes after a majority voted against budget amendments to address climate disruption, the chambers were inundated with water.

It's easy to get caught up in the "what-ifs" of life, including, "what if it doesn't snow more before opening-day weekend?" But long experience has taught me that it's a complete waste of time to entangle oneself in these rhetorical discussions.

Reimagine 'Black Friday' Black Friday is coming up very quickly and we really need to think about it as an inclusive society. Maybe we should come up with another term. The term "Black Friday" was first used on Sept.

The shots are unmistakable. Echoing through the blue light of dawn in Churchill, Manitoba, the crack-crack-crack of bear bangers means only one thing: someone is attempting to haze a polar bear out of town.

Oceans hold a lot of mystery, even for people who study them. But it's no mystery why they're in trouble.

The elephant in the room As [Protect our Winter Canada board chair] Mike Douglas so succinctly stated: "It doesn't matter if we're perfect here in Whistler.