Opinion

New approach needed for municipal water management Thank you, Max, for highlighting a critically important issue we need to face as a community: water usage (Maxed Out, Pique , March 29).

Revelations last week that controversial, Victoria-based tech company AggregateIQ (AIQ) had access to the information of tens of thousands of B.C. voters should be cause for concern—but shouldn't come as a surprise.

In the dying days of the doomed regime of Stephen Harper, a curiosity occurred.

Protecting my livelihood With the recent story on the taxi industry and dealing with complaints, I'm here to defend the industry along with front-line workers of Whistler ( Pique , March 15, "Taxi companies respond to complaints").

Looking up at Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains around 8:30 p.m.

The fossil-fuel era must end, or it will spell humanity's end. The threat isn't just from pollution and accelerating climate change. Rapid, wasteful exploitation of these valuable resources has also led to a world choked in plastic.

If you have the good fortune to revisit the same storied places over the years, a few will always hold special sway. For me, Engelberg, Switzerland, is one of those.

It's spring, and as the snow retreats, we hedonistic Canadians begin to think about our next outdoor adventures—most of which will involve "trails" of some kind.

My skis shuffle ahead on the skin track in step with the rhythm of my breathing. My face snarls, widening my nostrils to allow more flow of oxygen to my overworked lungs.

Time to support First Nations snowboarders After reading this week's article on the First Nations Snowboard Club (FNSC) and its struggles, I would like to publicly call on Vail Resorts to fund this program in its entirety (Pique , March 15, "Dream Te