Opinion

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

This week we learned that the ski jump venue at Whistler Olympic Park has been named a National Training Centre. The announcement wasn't made with a great deal of fanfare and yet it is remarkable in many ways.

It would be interesting to know just what tidbits of information the U.S. National Security Agency's eavesdropping has turned up on United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

Attack on wild salmon continues Fisheries Minister Gail Shea announced on January 15, that she was going to open the door to fish farm expansion on the B.C. Coast.

This week marks the start of Whistler's annual WinterPRIDE event — being held for the first time in January rather then its regular slot in February, where it had positioned itself for over 20 years.

"Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful" - Legendary basketball coach John Wooden He was never really comfortable in the spotlight.

A game of chicken on Highway 99 Every winter we are reminded just how dangerous Highway 99 can be when we spot that first car in the ditch upside down, and as every corner comes around, you know that your car could slide and in a matter of seconds an

General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the coup against Egypt's elected president last July, has one of the finest collections of military headgear in the entire Middle East.

There is no denying that a certain sense of relief is infiltrating the community as snow settles, and stays, on the mountains and valleys we play on. We all love Whistler when she wears white.

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." - Madame Curie She's a force of nature.