Opinion

Closing the gates on ignorant tourism

Let's talk carbon offsetting. First, a definition: a carbon offset is an active reduction in CO2 (or other GHG) emissions made to compensate for emissions made elsewhere. Offsets are measured in tons of CO2-equivalent.

Children and teens are at a disadvantage. They can't vote and have little say in many plans and policies that will determine their futures. The political decisions made today will affect their lives profoundly.

Like many people in the Sea to Sky corridor, I commute to work. As the discussion about climate change intensifies, I feel increasingly guilty about logging hundreds of kilometres from Squamish to Function Junction each week.

Show council you care about climate change We have all seen we are at a unique point in the calls for climate action from all around the world—especially coming from those who have the most to lose.

Remember the Cold War? It's a generational thing, and since Whistler is full of people born in the 1990s, you're forgiven if you know little of this period of nuclear posturing, space-racing, and proxy cabals—the Warsaw Pact and NATO, respectiv

The election may be over, but there's no time to be complacent. Canadian voters—and many people too young to vote—demanded that politicians take climate disruption seriously.

Rezoning application promises big changes to Nita Lake I am concerned that a major change to the visual landscape of our municipality is coming, with little-to-no notice for residents as many readers may not have seen the notices about the Public Ope

Opinion pieces —like this editorial—can occasionally be hard to write. Sometimes it's challenging to come up with a topic you feel particularly passionate about it. Other times (ahem, shoulder season), there is maybe not a lot going on.

I've never been very political in my writing, preferring to leave the news in the capable hands of Pique reporters and the satirical commentary to G.D. Maxwell's weekly column on the back page of this publication.