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Lights on, everybody’s gone home

Lights on, everybody’s gone home

Walking through the quiet streets of Whistler at 5 a.m. one morning last week, to catch the 5:30 a.m. Greyhound bus, I was appalled to see so many bright lights inside 90 per cent of Whistler Village stores.
Preparing for change

Preparing for change

In November there will be civic elections across B.C., and a presidential election in the United States. Next May there will be a provincial election in B.C. Between now and then there may well be a federal election.
Peter Andrews: Giving for the sake of giving

Peter Andrews: Giving for the sake of giving

Peter Andrews loves Sun Valley. He's had a place there for the last 35 years. Says investing in it was the best thing he ever did for his family. "I love the weather.
Coming through in the clutch

Coming through in the clutch

What a difference a couple of months and a lot of homework makes.
Best of the Webby’s

Best of the Webby’s

It seems like just yesterday I logged on to the World Wide Web for the first time (yes, I’m that old), with its dynamic HTML-based pages rising head and shoulders above all the other Internet protocols out there like Gopher, Telnet and Lynx.
Conversations are happening

Conversations are happening

I appreciate Councillor Zeidler’s comments that a “China-Tibet conversation is worth having in Whistler” (Pique May 1, 2008).
Whistler’s national team connections affirmed Another successful camp for Rob’s Rockettes…

Whistler’s national team connections affirmed Another successful camp for Rob’s Rockettes…

It was Boyd’s show. The camp was all his idea and no one else’s. And he put the thing together with the same quiet determination that led him to the top of the World Cup downhill standings 20 years ago.
Traditional territory well used

Traditional territory well used

Re: Clean digs in Whistler (Pique letters April 24) Francois Lepine’s assertion that there have been no First Nation archaeological sites found in Whistler couldn’t be further from the truth.
The price of Games

The price of Games

A report is expected to come to council this month that will detail how much Whistler has spent to date in preparing to host the 2010 Olympics.
Wesabe the best thing ever

Wesabe the best thing ever

A few weeks ago I put together a list of time saving software, and referenced a financial tracking and planning website called Wesabe (www.wesabe.com).