Opinion

When Sue Eckersley eases into the largest, softest, couch in Nita Lake Lodge's Cure Lounge, her trademark wan grin set like a level, it could be construed as a giant sigh.

Whistler Cup congratulations It was difficult to miss the large number of excited young ski racers around town this past weekend. With representation from around the globe, this was another world-class event for Whistler.

This (Arab) nation, in its darkest hour, has never faced a challenge to its existence and a threat to its identity like the one it's facing now," said General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, now the ruler of Egypt.

With Easter in the rear-view mirror, an amazing Whistler Cup feted and done, you can feel the resort-wide sigh of relief as we get ready to bid farewell to winter 2014/15.

New environment battleground The March 19, 2015 edition of the Pique Newsmagazine featured the "Science Matters" column by David Suzuki, which acknowledges, "cities cover only two per cent of the world's land area but produce 60 per cent of CO2 emiss

That you cannot please all the people all of the time goes without saying.

If there's one thing I know, it's ski towns. But it took a trip to the other side of the world a decade ago to make me realize why I lived in one, a knowledge reinforced ever since.

How long can you go without water? You could probably survive a few weeks without water for cooking. If you stopped washing, the threat to your life might only come from people who can't stand the smell.

Up until a few years ago, virtually every person in Canada who has ever donned a pair of cross-country skis knew who Herman Smith "Jackrabbit" Johannsen was. When he died peacefully in his sleep in Tönsberg, Norway, on Jan.

One for the ages I have an admission to make. I am having serious difficulty admitting that I am a senior. I can ski as good as I skied when I was 30 and Whistler keeps you young. I do not like the label "senior.