Opinion

For several months, Whistler has adapted to summer traffic that seems endless.

In my first hour working as an organic blueberry picker at Hare's Farm in Pemberton, I learn you don't actually pick so much as coax the precious fruit from the plant.

As I write this, Solar Impulse completed its remarkable journey: the first round-the-world flight by an aircraft that uses no fuel except sunlight. Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed in Abu Dhabi this week to global acclaim.

'Lazy drunks' grab teen's bike As far as I am concerned, Huka Entertainment, you can take the Pemberton Music Festival and shove it where the sun don't shine.

People have harnessed energy from moving water for thousands of years. Greeks used various types of water wheels to grind grain in mills more than 2,000 years ago. In the late 1800s, people figured out how to harness the power to produce electricity.

There are three main benefits to organic blueberry production," begins JD Hare, pushing up his cap in proper farmer fashion. "First, no detrimental impact to the environment.

Within a few days last week we learned from the newly updated Economic Partnership Initiative report that Whistler brings in an enormous amount of money. The 2016 report cited a breathtaking $1.2 billion in consumer spending by 2.

The million-dollar view from the deck of Raven's Nest restaurant atop Creekside Gondola can exhilarate on even the greyest of winter days. On a sunny morning in June, however, it's positively mesmerizing.

Bio-blast The Whistler Naturalists' 10th annual (and Canada's longest-running) BioBlitz was a huge success, thanks to the quality and quantity of over 70 scientists and volunteers.

There is a poignant saying that could help us all: Be the person your dog thinks you are. Your dog thinks you are wonderful and kind. To your dog, you are right even when you are wrong. You are exemplary. If only.