Opinion

In tough times, times of financial strife, everyone has something to say about how municipal governments spend tax dollars — and just how many tax dollars there are to spend.

A couple of Sundays ago I wanted to tour the Spearhead Traverse. The weather was fantastic, conditions bomber and daylight plenty. The only problem? I had no one to tour with.

Legacy lands are answer to housing Whistler recognized the need for affordable, resident employee housing long before the city of Vancouver.

Canada is inching its way toward the legalization of marijuana, and while some are crying foul over the slow pace of this Liberal election promise, I, for one, am quite content with the time it is taking.

You hear a lot these days about habitat destruction, the loss of forests, shorelines, and wetlands, and the long-term costs of these to everything from the ecosystem services we humans rely on, to the planetary carbon cycle that threads everything to

All nine community water systems on Lytton First Nation land in B.C. have been under boil water advisories at one time or another. Now the First Nation is taking an innovative approach to resolving its drinking water problems.

Apparently, there's a large, multi-discipline winter sports competition going on somewhere in Asia.

Supporting adventure tourism I was very pleased to see that Christopher Nicolson, (president and CEO of the Canada West Ski Areas Association) was able to make a presentation to council about the Adventure Tourism Coalition.

International tourism is growing faster than it has at any time in the last seven years.

When a diesel fuel spill took place on Jan. 31 near the Howe Sound community of Port Mellon, British Columbians were concerned.