Opinion

"There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing." ~ Alfred Wainwright After an amazingly snowy start to the season it's hard not to let the current valley rainstorms nag us into fretting about all the what-ifs around weather worries.

Tourism is the single largest non-government economic sector in the world (a US$625-billion industry) and the most important economic activity for several local economies worldwide.

The untapped market of snowmobiling On behalf of the Powder Mountain Snowmobile and Outdoor Recreation Club, I am writing this letter in support of the Whistler RV Park's proposal to install new cabins for snowmobilers on the property.

I just finished writing a book on invasive species. Also known as alien, nonindigenous, nonnative or exotic, these are organisms transported and introduced outside their native ranges that then establish to become problematic in some way or another.

Here we go again. North Korea launched a ballistic missile of intercontinental range on Sunday (saying it was just putting up a satellite) only weeks after it carried out its fourth nuclear weapons test (which it claimed was a hydrogen bomb).

Except for nuclear and geothermal, all energy we use comes from the sun in one form or another. As sunlight reaches the Earth's surface, it powers heat transfers that move air and ocean currents, used for wind and tidal power.

Not often is it that men have the heart, when their one great industry is withered, to rear up in a few years another as rich to take its place, and the tea fields of Ceylon are as true a monument to courage as is the lion at Waterloo.

Have you sat opposite the parents of a drug overdose victim? You can feel that part of them has died, too. Have you talked with the police officers that find the overdose victims? They have to tell the family, the friends.

May takes to the stage On Jan.

Two thumbs up to WB In reading last week's article in Pique (Jan.21), "WB Women Encouraged to Rise Through the Ranks," I was very excited to see Whistler Blackcomb upper management take such a healthy position on this very important issue.