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Fracked gas heats the planet, but supporters say it's a solution

Fracked gas heats the planet, but supporters say it's a solution

The best way to address climate disruption is... burn more fossil fuels? It doesn't make sense, but that's what industry, media and governments want us to believe.
Letters to the Editor for the week of September 12

Letters to the Editor for the week of September 12

Stop BC Hydro impacts on steelhead and salmon It's time for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Province of B.C. to stop allowing BC Hydro to kill steelhead and salmon.
Shaking up Whistler's arts and music scene

Shaking up Whistler's arts and music scene

One unseasonably chilly evening this August, crowds gathered around the stage at Whistler Olympic Plaza enraptured by a septuagenarian with boundless energy and a distinct warble.
Celebrating Whistler's Beermas

Celebrating Whistler's Beermas

A favourite addition to my backcountry kit in the last year has been—you guessed it—beer. Not a lot of beer mind you (that can wait until I safely return from the backcountry); I just wrap a single tall can in a couple of koozies.
What we don't know

What we don't know

As Snapping Turtles go , the one basking on a partially submerged log was a monster.
Letters to the Editor for the week of September 5

Letters to the Editor for the week of September 5

Won't somebody think of the children? I empathize with the writer of the "Topless March in Poor Taste" letter from the Aug. 29 Letters to the Editor.
I didn't know I wanted a 
monkey until the RMOW told 
me I couldn't have one

I didn't know I wanted a monkey until the RMOW told me I couldn't have one

This week, I had the unenviable task of filling in as Editor in Chief for Pique's fearless newsroom leader and resident cat lady, Clare Ogilvie. Being the first time I've had to take on this role, I was a little nervous.
In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

By noon of day three on our eight-day rafting trip across the Chilcotin Plateau last September, we've already left behind the Taseko and Chilko Rivers for the Chilcotin River—considerably less tantrum-prone but still a roller-coaster splashing
Captive breeding only works when animals can go home

Captive breeding only works when animals can go home

B.C. is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a captive breeding program to protect spotted owls. With an estimated six of the owls left in the wild in Canada, all in B.C., that seems like good news.
Letters to the Editor for the week of August 29

Letters to the Editor for the week of August 29

E-Bikes can co-exist on Valley Trail I would like to offer an alternative opinion to the recent column by Joel Barde ("The Valley Trail is for everybody—but not e-bikes," Pique , July 11) and subsequent negative opinions on Class 1 e-bikes bein