Opinion

The question that everyone really wants to know is who knew what when in the turbid Pemberton water scandal.

Opening the National People's Congress in Beijing last Saturday, Prime Minister Li Keqiang set China's growth target for the coming year at 6.5-7 per cent, the lowest in decades.

Spearhead should have a Ricker Hut Congratulations to the proponents of the Spearhead Huts project for receiving their park use permit to build a trail and hut system through the Spearhead Traverse.

As Whistler and its visitors are about to find out, experiencing the new Audain Art Museum brings a whole new dimension to the Whistler adventure.

Atop a lonely hill in a wide, windswept basin ringed by mountains, the full weight of mankind's ingenuity, ability and cultural enigma stood before us — backdropped by the even fuller weight of its occasional hubris, jingoism and inhumanity.

Fond farewell I would like to thank Alison Taylor for her 15-plus years reporting local news for this paper. Word has it she is stepping away from Pique Newsmagazine to focus on freelance and feature writing.

The numbers are in: tourism is up across all sectors in B.C. — way up. And because, comparatively speaking, this winter has been a good one, it's a time to do something I've put off for several years: take the pulse of B.C.

Two significant reports have been released by the municipality in as many weeks — the proposed 2016 budget and the Community Life Survey.

Celebrating a groomer legend When I first started working with Drew Tait 25 years ago he was already nicknamed Granny. Not that he was that old yet, barely in his mid-40s, but he was a wise patriarch and most definitely old school.

With ski jumping (or ski-flying, as it is also known) taking place at Whistler Olympic Park (WOP) recently, I'm reminded of how much this sport has always fascinated me.