Opinion

Before he died on Nov. 7, 2016, the great poet Leonard Cohen offered a moving, prophetic warning in his final album's title song: "You want it darker / We kill the flame.

Renaissance, as described by Whistler Blackcomb in April of 2016, is dead.

When Donald Trump (a.k.a. #Dolt45, #MangoMussolini) travelled to the state of Utah on Dec.

Politicians never lie. Well, hardly ever. They're not into full disclosure, as a rule, but they know that if you lie, sooner or later you will be called out, and then you are in deep trouble.

Gondolamania! A skier's perspective Recently, Vail Resorts' Whistler Blackcomb announced plans to upgrade Emerald Express chairlift to a six-pack and Catskinner chair to a high-speed quad, which I think are good ideas that will help to improve the li

December 10, 1996. The foothills of Southern Alberta. Ice on the road. My first ski trip of the year. The jet stream arcs southeastward across the sky, a great, grey streak heading for Montana, playing hopscotch with the border.

How about the "Park to Peak Gondola" Forget the two-lane, ridiculous, $1-billion highway legacy. I liken this to connecting a fire hose to a garden hose, our in-town portion of the highway being the garden hose section.

I'm sure the good people at the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) are looking around for Christmas gift ideas. Well, I have a suggestion.

Traditionally, we've labelled events over which we have no influence or control "acts of God" or "natural disasters.

History never leaves Ireland alone.