Opinion

Opening remarks The Vernal Equinox next week signals a change of season. For the first time in six months day and night are (briefly) in balance.

Opening remarks Some of the most important findings for Whistler’s future have come not from the resort association’s research or the planning department’s monitoring system but from the mayor's ad hoc committee on youths.

Opening remarks What's wrong with open dialogue? A couple of points kept surfacing at Tuesday night's forum on union activities. The first being the forum itself.

More than 400 volunteers have been on Whistler Mountain this week, erecting fences, building safety systems and securing the course for the weekend's World Cup ski races.

Opening remarks On Monday the Whistler Valley Housing Society is scheduled to present a report to council on Whistler's affordable housing situation.

Opening remarks The status of the Callaghan Valley has always been a bit hazy. The Protected Areas Strategy study may clarify the situation — when a decision is finally made.

Opening remarks Asking questions and defining who we are In the Gulf Islands, the Napa Valley and other places where people consider their surroundings unique and deserving of careful attention, residents have come together to try and define what it

Opening remarks Questions for the union, the resort Just about everyone who lives in Whistler does so because they want to be here.

Opening remarks Council listens to community Monday night’s 4-2 vote to reject the proposal for a national freestyle team facility and 22 single-family lots was a significant, symbolic step by council.

Opening remarks Extraordinary circumstances need defining There were three major points to come out of Monday’s three hour public hearing on the proposal to build a freestyle training centre on Blackcomb and allow 22 single family lots in the Adventu