Opinion

"Whistler has become my sanctuary. It brings me so much joy to live here..." - Shauna Hardy Mishaw She's bold and confident and rarely takes no for an answer. She can be unrelenting too. Even abrasive when she feels she has to be.

Nine... hundred... million... dollars. Canadian taxpayer dollars. Being spent to provide security during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Last week we were able to learn about the conspiracy of scientists who suppressed scientific information against assertions that global warming is man-made.

"The growth economy is failing. In other words, the quantitative expansion of the economic subsystem increases environmental and social costs faster than production benefits, making us poorer not richer..." - Steady-State Economist Herman E.

Last week I looked at a few "in between" technologies like the Pogoplug, Slingbox and Apple Airport Express Base that you can use to connect all your different technologies.

"Paid occupancy rates of 65% or higher (annual average) are required by the accommodation sector in order to achieve economic stability in Whistler. This threshold has not been reached since 1999.

This letter is in response to Katie Fraser's letter "Listen Up!" (Pique, Nov. 19). I would like to thank Ms. Fraser for voicing her concern re the danger of pedestrians walking along the highway, especially at night.

"I think this was my best one ever..." - Whistler local Max Horner, 16 It's 6 a.m. and already we're standing in line.

There has been a lot of speculation in the last year about the fate of Fortress Investment Group, owners of Intrawest, the parent company of Whistler Blackcomb.

While most of our gadget purchases tend to be things - pieces of hardware like iPods and smart phones - some of the best new technologies out there are the things that work in between all those other things - accessories that let you get so much more