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The Skiing Diaspora

The Skiing Diaspora

"The introduction of the modern lightweight skees has made it possible for all ages and both sexes to enjoy traveling over snow-clad land or ice, breathing in the cool, crisp air and feasting the eyes on the passing landscape and its myriad panoramic
Transit funding will drive Canadian cities into the future

Transit funding will drive Canadian cities into the future

Many people think of Canada as a landscape of forests, mountains, water and ice, but the Canadian experience is fast becoming focused on glass and concrete. Our 2011 census revealed that 81 per cent of us now live in cities.
Letters to the Editor for the week of March 19th

Letters to the Editor for the week of March 19th

Hats off Wow! What a great job Whistler Blackcomb has done with its snowmaking and grooming. But WB has gone one step further by developing a new run in Whistler's alpine.
Life with plastic — not fantastic

Life with plastic — not fantastic

It has been a few weeks since a report on the amount of plastic garbage in our oceans was released. It found that we were tossing about eight million tonnes of it into the seas every year.
Letters to the Editor for the week of March 12th

Letters to the Editor for the week of March 12th

The most stoked There is a huge amount of stoke in the people who live here and enjoy a diverse variety of interests and activities.
Islamic State: The worst case contingency

Islamic State: The worst case contingency

It's often a good idea, when faced with a really frightening situation, to model the "worst case" outcome and see how bad it could get.
Time to rethink school collaboration days?

Time to rethink school collaboration days?

Collaboration Days. Just say those words and likely everyone around will have something to say about them.
The storm

The storm

There's a natural human temptation to exaggerate over that in which we are in awe, and storms fall easily into that category.
Budget impacts all of us... so get informed

Budget impacts all of us... so get informed

For the first time in a long, long time the number of people under 35 years old attending the recent budget open house outnumbered those 50 and above.
PR Part 2: The digital dish

PR Part 2: The digital dish

After starting as Whistler Blackcomb's Destination PR Supervisor in 2004, Michelle Leroux continued to focus on leveraging the resort's laundry list of accolades through traditional core print, photo and film media.