Opinion

There are examples of species all over the world that are essentially the walking dead," said Stanford University professor Paul Ehrlich. "We are sawing off the limb that we are sitting on.

Heading to the Pemberton Music Festival? Please, please bring your own water bottle (not glass) and enjoy the valley's fresh, clean water.

People who live and work in the Pacific Northwest are wont to declare it more than just a pretty place — they say it's special.

Time for climate change action Climate change is widely recognized as a contributing factor to this year's drought and alarming forest fires.

My hometown, Vancouver, is in a rainforest, so we celebrate sunny days. People I talk to are enjoying the recent warm, dry weather, but they invariably add, "This isn't normal" — especially with all the smoke from nearby forest fires.

Use your brains Bravo to Drew Foyston of Whistler with his comments about sharing the roads as well as the rules of the roads ( Pique , June 25).

When ultra-hot weather drags on as it has (I've experienced more 38C days in the past three weeks than over my entire lifetime), and Whistler's otherwise lovely lakes become both unbearably crowded and annoyingly Swimmer's Itchy, I find myself longin

This last week saw both Orca and Humpback whales return to Howe Sound to hunt and explore the waters.

Alpha Lake parking nightmare The municipality needs a serious review on the Alpha Lake/Lake Placid Road parking situation. Clearly many of the parking bylaws are being violated in this area, especially now the summer weather is in full swing.

Full disclosure on this one: I'm a Kirby Brown fan. I like the companies he's worked for, I like what he's done for each, but most of all I like the ethics he brings to every endeavour, large or small.