Opinion

Due to popular demand — and after having got a better handle on the new website and what it requires — a pdf version of Pique Newsmagazine is available once again.

Interesting announcement this week that the sled dog operation at the centre of the alleged 2010 dog massacre in Whistler has been turned over to a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to improving animal welfare.

"The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant." - Plato I love writing haikus. To me, the Japanese-inspired 17-syllable poem is the bonsai tree of creative writing. Elegant.

Another Great Community Effort

There was a line-up at the recycling container Tuesday morning. I couldn't help but smile at the irony of this after learning that Canada had pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol this week.

Canada's telecoms are some of the most profitable companies in Canada. Through 2010, industry profits were up over 10 per cent to $7.5 billion, divided by Rogers, Bell, Telus and other players. That's expected to shrink to around $6.

In her inaugural address after being sworn in as mayor Tuesday, Nancy Wilhelm-Morden quoted a French author and former member of the Resistance, Stéphane Hessel, who wrote: “If you spend a little time searching, you will find reasons to en

Legacy. It's a word that has so many layers. On a personal level it's what many of us think about when we imagine we are gone and wonder what we might leave behind — perhaps for our kids, our community, even our nation.

Android is a bit of a camel, if you go by the saying that a camel is a horse designed by committee.

"It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen ." - Herodotus He's an artist. A filmmaker. A deejay. A backcountry guide even.