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We are all the fabric of our community

We are all the fabric of our community

If my mum had survived cancer the second time around she would be 85 this month, and I have no doubt she would still be hosting her famous tea parties, arguing politics and generally causing a storm at every opportunity.
Roads Not Taken

Roads Not Taken

Two governments did bold, brave things last week. One of them quit and called a new election even though it had a viable majority in parliament. The other arrested the leaders of a neo-fascist party on charges of heading a criminal gang.
Stick with the pros

Stick with the pros

Like a lot of consumers these days, I like to read the online reviews before making a big purchase.
Peering into WB's Future

Peering into WB's Future

'The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." - Helen Keller I love edges. I love exploring edges. You know, where the sea meets the shore, where the highland forest meets the alpine's rocky soil...
Whistler's new reality — an all-seasons destination?

Whistler's new reality — an all-seasons destination?

Adapt or die. We have all heard those words before and generally the idea gets a nod, a mindless sort of agreement statement and then it's on to the next thing.
Letters to the editor for the week of September 26th

Letters to the editor for the week of September 26th

Great service was goal The Dubh Linn Gate Pub would like to clarify that we did not "close our kitchen" in order to "invalidate our $10 vouchers" ("No food, no fun" Sept.19) (during the Whistler Village Beer Festival).
Peter and Erika Durlacher — weathering Alzheimer's storm

Peter and Erika Durlacher — weathering Alzheimer's storm

"Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowance for human weakness.
Calling a mechanic

Calling a mechanic

Once in a while someone in the tech world will realize this column exists and offer to send me something to review. Most recently that was California-based Iolo Technologies, which makes a program called System Mechanic.
Assad Survives

Assad Survives

It was already looking likely that President Bashar al-Assad's regime would survive — it has had the upper hand militarily in the Syrian civil war for at least six months now — but the events of the past two weeks have made it virtually c
Letters to the editor for the week of September 19th

Letters to the editor for the week of September 19th

Is UBCM convention money well spent? I'm writing to express my utter disbelief and disappointment with the mayor's decision to spend $15,000 worth of taxpayers' money to go to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention in Vancouver ( Piq