Opinion

"For that dash represents all the time that they spent alive on the earth. And now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.

Thursday is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, and in the course of the day you are almost bound to hear or read somebody claiming that it "changed history.

Birds. We learn about them in school. We hear much about their migratory prowess. And every once in a while, we might clock some of it — a "V" of geese winging south, a blot of sparrows constellating the sky.

It takes a village Let's start with the end: Our son Evan is going to be fine. But we thought the worst on the evening of Saturday, June 6 when he fell (almost eight metres) from his bedroom window to the stairs below.

WTF is a prepper ? You're probably asking yourself that right now, and I can't blame you. I posed that very question the first time I heard the word — shortly after determining it wasn't a euphemism for Sous Chef or a malapropism of "preppie.

SAR thanks On Sunday, May 31, a Whistler Search and Rescue (WSAR) member was leading a 5.11 climb with a fellow rock enthusiast when a handhold broke free.

Every year the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) releases the Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) at this time. And every year it raises my eyebrows as I consider how much local government employees get paid.

Reading the news, it's hard not to feel a growing sense of unease.

A couple months back I was talking with Mike Gibeau — a former carnivore specialist who worked with Parks Canada for some 33 years and is now a conservation coordinator with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) — about the extensive GPS

Cyclists and drivers need mutual respect It is with great expectation I am sharing these thoughts with all users of our roads, and in particular drivers and cyclists transiting Highway 99.