Opinion

Get real with carbon offsets In your "Opening Remarks" column ( Pique , Jan.

That was a great storm. Kind of like the good ol' days where you couldn't find your car in the morning because it was buried under the snow. Whistler doesn't really take snow days off, but if we did, Thursday, Jan. 3 would have been the day.

Snow whips sideways. Wind hammers every square centimetre of exposed skin. Frigid air finds its way to your body through every clothing crevice.

When I was a kid, January 6th was the day the Christmas tree came down.

Been to Calgary in the winter? It can be a trying place November to March when anything—and everything—can happen.

When our children and grandchildren and those of us still here in 20 years look back to this time, will we say it was when the world finally got serious about the climate crisis? Or will we mark a tragic time when political and business leaders prior

The cost of doubling tourism There is much to comment on in Joel Barde's summary of the federal government report, Unlocking the Potential of Canada's Visitor Economy (which is consultant-speak for more tourists equals more revenue).

Have you recovered yet? Here we are in the dark days following the brightness of the Christmas, New Year's Day and other holidays and let's face it, most of us are all feeling we overdid it just a bit.

Well, well. I don't think we could have asked for a more fitting Christmas present for our wee mountain town.

Recycle Christmas trees at home People living in the Northern Hemisphere have brought trees and boughs into their homes during the winter for thousands of years.