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Poison gas, red lines

Poison gas, red lines

Fool me once, shame on you. (The Taliban regime in Afghanistan helped al-Qaeda to plan 9/11. We must invade.) Fool me twice, shame on me. (Saddam Hussein is building weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We must invade.) But fool me three times...
The last portage

The last portage

He could smell the water. Or, to be more accurate — as he nerdily aspired in those days of pouch-bound nylon windbreakers and cowboy-constellated, flannel sleeping bags — whatever it was in the water that produced this ether.
Letters to the Editor for the week of June 30th

Letters to the Editor for the week of June 30th

Emission control RE: Letter to the Editor, "Woodfibre LNG will be one of the cleanest?", June 23, 2016: Clean Energy Canada at Tides Canada, who said in a May 2014 article in the Vancouver Sun newspaper: "Woodfibre LNG intends to link its facility di
Whistler's waiting game

Whistler's waiting game

Parents shouldn't have to wait years to get their child into daycare in Whistler.
The future is now for housing

The future is now for housing

My insistent, flashing phone-message light rarely brings me good news, and so it was with little surprise that I listened to a message left by an irate reader. But this message really struck a nerve.
South Australia sets an example

South Australia sets an example

First-time visitors to Australia are often drawn to the big city attractions of Sydney and Melbourne or the fabulous beaches of Queensland's Gold Coast.
Bye and sell

Bye and sell

Aminaminaminaminamummmm... The auctioneer's drone is like an air-raid siren fed through a kazoo, a continuing sound bending slightly upward then slightly downward in a seeming attempt to hit notes it never quite reaches.
Letters to the Editor for the week of June 23rd

Letters to the Editor for the week of June 23rd

Safety first In response to remarks made during the Whistler Community Forum on Wednesday June 15, we, at the Whistler Sailing Association (WSA), want to emphasize that both safety and respect for our community are core values.
So... Fort McMurray

So... Fort McMurray

Residents returned to fire-ravaged Fort McMurray last week and, as throughout the crisis, our national media had plenty to commiserate over: burned-out buildings, ash-covered everything, homes reeking of smoke and rotten food, thousands of refrigerat
Letters to the Editor for the week of June 16th

Letters to the Editor for the week of June 16th

Cheakamus DES heating system study The residents of Cheakamus Crossing were sold a bill of goods, a heating system that was supposed to be environmentally friendly, extremely efficient and very economical.