Opinion

A community coming together We would like to thank the Whistler community for the amazing outpouring of support and help in our efforts to bring a family over from Syria. The decision to bring a family to Whistler was not taken lightly.

I've often thought politicians inhabit a parallel universe. Maybe it's just widespread cognitive dissonance, coupled with a lack of imagination that compels them to engage in so much contradictory behaviour.

Turkey is the talk of the town. Whether it's turkey sale stories or a turkey recipe rundown, the feathered friend is top of mind.

The monster is plopped on the table with little ceremony. Loosed from the confines of the plastic bin in which it has incubated, it seems momentarily to consider escape, flattening to spread briefly in every direction at once.

God be with the citizens, we are back to the time of poverty," wrote Saudi Arabian blogger Rayan al-Shamri on Twitter last week. That's a bit strong, but he and his fellow citizens are certainly no longer living in the time of plenty.

How many people have to move? When my ex and I went our separate ways, leaving our two children in the wake, I was the one looking for a place to live.

Like most of Ontario, the land around my family cabin in the Haliburton Highlands once lay beneath an ocean of ice, a fact I'm fond of recalling on the very hottest of summer days.

Life evolved to live within limits. It's a delicate balance. Humans need oxygen, but too much can kill us. Plants need nitrogen, but excess nitrogen harms them, and pollutes rivers, lakes and oceans. Ecosystems are complex.

What is Whistler — who are we? This summer, we had a two-week road trip in B.C., exploring our beautiful, breathtaking, and diverse province.

It was like watching a disaster that you just couldn't look away from — closer to bad reality television than a U.S. presidential debate. But watch it millions did. Research firm Nielsen estimated that 81.4 million Americans watched the Sept.