Opinion

We will miss you I was somewhat sad to read in your last issue ( Pique Aug. 29, 2013) that (Bob Barnett was) leaving Pique. We have been assiduous Pique readers since the summer of 1996, when we bought our first condo in Whistler.

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop and look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself: 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.

A dilemma is by its very nature a choice between evils, and that is what now faces other countries over the use of poison gas in Syria. All the options may be "on the table," but none of them are good.

Nine-hundred-and-seventy-five weeks ago, the first issue of Pique Newsmagazine was published. A day late and several dollars short of budget. The date on the cover of that first issue says Nov. 25, 1994, but it wasn't seen by anyone until Nov. 26.

Extraordinary Ironman My wife, Dr. Jen Law, and I were participants in the recent Ironman event and had the privilege of cycling through your beautiful town and valley.

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." - TS Eliot He's not normal. Of that, there's no question.

Last week I looked at the differences between laptops and desktops for different students, as well as additional back-to-school technologies like tablets and LiveScribe pens.

The Australian boat people are getting to be a problem. The first few million just got off the boats from Britain, pushed the Aborigines off the good land, and declared themselves the real Australians. This latest lot of boat people, though...

Time to experience and embrace Ironman As we lead into Ironman weekend, the excitement is building.

Knowing what kind of technology to buy when heading off to university is tough — do you get a laptop and try to use it for everything, or a desktop and use it in combination with other technologies? In a way it depends a lot on the courses your