Opinion

There are many sounds in Canada's forests, and not just a few of them are distinctly Canadian — a wolf's howl, the tock-tock-tock of woodpeckers.

A few weeks back, Eric Crowe, who grooms the Lost Lake cross-country trails, sent me a photo of a determined western toad he'd encountered on his grooming shift.

Thank you, Whistler Watermark Communications, Inc. has been privileged to manage the World Ski and Snowboard Festival for 11 years and I have been privileged to be part of the festival for 18 events.

It feels like we have been celebrating for weeks now — well, actually, we have as we took in all the events for the World Ski and Snowboard Festival and Easter as well.

The office of the President of the Reich is unified with the office of the Chancellor. Consequently all former powers of the President of the Reich are demised to the Führer and Chancellor of the Reich Adolf Hitler.

Since I started working as a geneticist in the early 1960s, the field has changed considerably.

Big shoes to fill I want to personally thank Sue Eckersley from Watermark Communications Inc. for indirectly having a huge impact on my life. I was sitting in Spain in 2006 and a friend said, "there's something on TV about a place called Whistler.

Walking the village and enjoying all the animation and vibe, it is hard to imagine Whistler without a World Ski and Snowboard Festival (WSSF). But with the announcement last week that Watermark Communications Inc.

I like to serve this with a splash of the driest sherry from Spain," says Patrik Strömsten, explaining the accompaniment to an appetizer of reindeer tongue and smoked reindeer heart on sourdough with pickled onions and gherkins.

It would be easy to feel overwhelmed right now as we are bombarded with information about spending in the municipal budget, as well as the endless announcements from the BC Liberals et al. , as the provincial May election approaches.