Opinion

Joffre parking—a deadly situation? The danger to public safety presented by the hubristic masses descending upon Joffre Lakes has gone beyond a critical point and must be addressed immediately before an incident occurs.

There never seems to be any shortage of weird and wonderful inventions that permeate the world of outdoor recreation. Take Jean-Yves Blondeau (a.k.a.

In 2007, Canada was one of four countries to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (with New Zealand, the United States and Australia).

About once a year, the perpetual bee in my bonnet' starts buzzing. It's usually around this time—peak touron season—which, oddly enough, coincides with peak local moron season.

Generally speaking, good weather revs all of us up to get outside and enjoy the day on a hike, on a bike, on foot—with our last destination nearly always one of five lakes in Whistler for a refreshing swim.

Don't just complain, do something Another Ironman weekend has come and gone, and along with the fanfare was the inevitable slew of complaints.

With the rise in another method of backcountry access comes yet another controversy. I feel like we've been here before...

It's our problem now, but not our fault The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) council recently took on the massive job of firebreaks and thinning of 25 per cent of the high-risk, overgrown forests in our area.

In case you have been spending all your time at the lakes this week, here's a reminder that Ironman is once again set to take over our community and a good portion of the Sea to Sky Highway for most of July 29.

A recent non-partisan study out of the U.S. has shown that a carbon tax won't harm the economy—but climate change will. The Stanford Energy Modeling Forum project ( worldscientific.