Opinion

Climate change must be faced It is unfortunately too easy to establish just who is to blame for the weather — or more accurately the perceived change in climate — which has made for a disappointing winter in our mountain community.

Can you believe the weather? OK, that has to be about the most-asked question in the resort right now.

I tend not to even attempt to ski on weekends, but with friends in town I headed up first thing last Saturday to rip some 'roy for a few hours before the crowd descended.

Cell tower infrastructure inefficient I've been listening to this (cell tower) debate for a while and it has nothing to do with health and safety or network capacity: it's all about money.

When I first interviewed Viktor Orban 25 years ago, he was an anti-Communist student firebrand whose whole purpose in life was to free Hungary from Soviet rule. But you can travel a long way in 25 years.

Like a Chinese lantern, the sun burns mutely through a dense haze that hangs over the Port of Quebec, the muslin mist an interaction entre frigid air and the warmer, semi-liquid St. Lawrence River.

It's hard to believe that it's been five years since Whistler hosted the biggest event of its life — the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

When she was just 12 years old, my daughter Severn gave a speech at the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. She spoke with such conviction that delegates were moved to tears. It was one of my proudest moments as a father.

All hail the groomers Let's face it — the grooming department on Whistler and Blackcomb has been doing an awesome job of getting and keeping the runs on both mountains in really good shape these last few weeks.

Angela Merkel grew up under Communist rule in the old East Germany. She speaks fluent Russian. She has been the chancellor of Germany for the past ten years.