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We owe Greta and the youth more than a Nobel Prize

We owe Greta and the youth more than a Nobel Prize

Many people, including myself, expected Greta Thunberg to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was deservedly awarded for ending more than 20 years of conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.
Letters to the Editor for the week of October 17

Letters to the Editor for the week of October 17

Whistler's Celebration of International Day of the Girl Last week was our community's seventh celebration of International Day of the Girl Child, a United Nations day that aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face while promot
No winner for Whistler at all-candidates debate

No winner for Whistler at all-candidates debate

Some things were very clear to me from our all-candidates debate Oct. 9—some of those on the stage thought the event was all about them personally, and, no one candidate is the "complete package.
Travels with Neegik

Travels with Neegik

TRAVELS WITH MY CANOE Somewhere in the Ontario near-north, where a canoe and a lake created magic and memories. Photo by Leslie Anthony Before Neegik sailed across the Prairies, tacking west against a 40-knot wind.
On October 21, vote for 
climate solutions!

On October 21, vote for climate solutions!

Politicians are finally talking about climate change. How could they not? In Canada, more than 800,000 young people and their supporters took to the streets on Sept. 27, joining more than 7.
Letters to the Editor for the week of October 10

Letters to the Editor for the week of October 10

Our health is not for sale Consider this: $1 million in exchange for a part of your healthy body, let's say half a lung. You'll be paid over the course of your lifetime while sections of your lung are harvested each year until 50 per cent is removed.
Just the facts

Just the facts

With the FEDERAL election right around the corner, we are all being bombarded with information about candidates, political platforms, background histories, opinion and more across all media forms.
Local lensman: Guy Fattal

Local lensman: Guy Fattal

When you look at the list of Israel's top exports, ski photographers are probably as far as you could get from the top of the list. That's because there's probably just one: Guy Fattal.
Postcard from a #ClimateStrike

Postcard from a #ClimateStrike

I see my first students at the Greenwood subway station. Young teens, still in middle school, maybe a hundred of them. As the train doors open they pour into my car.
Letters to the Editor for the week of October 3

Letters to the Editor for the week of October 3

Bullying needs to be talked about openly I was glad to see "The 4-1-1 on Bullying" article in Pique last month (Sept.19, 2019), particularly because I just have heard about another case happening in Whistler.