Opinion

We are almost through our first real season with Vail Resorts at the helm of Whistler and Blackcomb mountains—and let's be honest, it has had its ups and downs (OK, that may be an understatement).

It should come as no surprise to hear that we are killing the things we love in nature. But a recent scientific paper has come to an even starker conclusion: we're also killing the very animals we think we're saving.

Only a handful of decades old, mountain biking is one of those sports where the inventors still walk this Earth.

We have all been thinking it since we heard the shattering news of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team and the death of 15 souls when the team bus and a semi trailer collided at an intersection of a long, lonely stretch of Canadian highway.

An illuminating evening A spectacular evening was orchestrated by The Westin Resort and Spa, Whistler to celebrate the successful second year of the Audain Art Museum on April 7.

Our health, well-being, food security, energy and economic progress depend on healthy, diverse nature. Clean water and air are essential to human life and health. Nutrient-rich soils are necessary to grow food.

Reading up on the evolution of alpine architecture, I came across this: "Mountains were a place to die, not live or work or lounge about in an iridescent Bogner suit, sipping a martini.

The World Ski and Snowboard Festival (WSSF) rolls around again next week, this time with a shorter, denser format.

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.