Opinion

It has been exactly five years since I kicked off this column in Pique with the tale of a week of ski-touring from a two-masted, 24-metre, wooden ketch around Stjernøya (Star Island) in the far north of Norway, hundreds of kilometres above the

Some politicians believe protecting a sunset industry's interests is more important than looking out for the citizens who elected them. In Australia, the coal industry holds sway over government policy. In Canada, bitumen and fracked gas rule.

Reflecting on D-Day 75th anniversary On June 6, 1944, I arrived by boat on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, with the Canadian Scottish Regiment. My role was in the mortar platoon.

In 2015, as newspapers across the country carried stories of the stabbing death of a teenager in Whistler during the May long weekend, it was hard to imagine that the resort would ever leave behind its reputation for violence, vandalism and drunkenne

In a previous column ( Pique , May 2), I mentioned that Canada's current toxic political climate and discourse had muted discussion on the release of a long-awaited national climate assessment, and that I would backstop the cause by condensing what i

After a satisfactory finish to winter and a belt of sunburn-inducing weather the last few weeks, it's well and truly time to fire up the two-wheeled activities. The Whistler Mountain Bike Park opens (drumroll please...

More needs to be done to protect Chinook With the recent public backlash to the closure of sportfishing retention of Chinook salmon in the majority of the South Coast of B.C.

Last week, Whistler learned that it might have held the penultimate edition of one of the most polarizing events in recent resort history: Ironman Canada. To many Whistlerites, that was good news in and of itself.

Many speak of the lure of the mountains.

Electric vehicles (EV) won't save us from runaway climate change, but they're part of the solution, along with support for public transit and active transport like walking and cycling.