Opinion

Did you know we have a nation-building sofa, and that it is travelling across the country this year to help celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation? Well, we do.

It's Christmas, and time for my annual crisis of conscience: to have or not have a Christmas tree in the home. For all of my adulthood I've had an uneasy relationship with this ritual.

Keeping grizzlies safe Thanks very much to the Pique and (bear researcher and writer) Michael Allen for responsibly publishing "Fishing Grizzlies" in the Dec. 22 issue and not detailing the location of these grizzly bears.

Like so many years before 2016 seems to have flown past. For most heading into 2017 is both welcome and also laden with a lurking apprehension. For an international destination such as Whistler the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S.

Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is very, very cross about last Friday's United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the creation of illegal Jewish settlements all over the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem.

This is traditionally a time when we think of family and friends and the relationships we have in our lives — well, at least most adults do: the kids are thinking about what is under the tree.

How much stuff will you give and receive this holiday season? Add it to the growing pile — the 30-trillion-tonne pile.

More needs to be done to house workers I arrived in Whistler a month ago. I quit my well paid job in Australia on a whim (after getting my IEC visa), booked a plane ticket and decided to do a season.

When I arrive at Meadow Park's fitness studio, the beats are already pumping. Because the studio shares its air system with the gym above, it's also freezing. That won't last — the music is already making me sweat. Or maybe it's fear.

The amazing snow last week made it feel like the good ol' days. But it also brought into focus some serious issues with traffic management in and around the village, and heading into and out of Whistler.