Opinion

" Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe My brother-in-law had both his legs broken a couple of weeks ago. Really.

The helipad at the Whistler Health Care Centre has become the stage for a bureaucratic farce that threatens to become a tragedy at any moment.

WSAR and the Clinic heli-pad I have been asked by friends and members of the Whistler community, why Whistler Search and Rescue (WSAR) is so concerned about the Whistler (Health Care Centre) helipad? The following is a quick overview: WSAR's mandate

So Dean Nelson is threatening to take his successful WinterPRIDE festival elsewhere unless they get some money from the municipality's Festivals Events & Animation budget.

Take another look at heli-skiing I sincerely hope (BC Parks and the Minister of the Environment) have been following the "letters to the editor" lately in regard to the effect that mechanized access is having on Garibaldi Park.

"Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind ." - Bryan McGill It's not like he didn't like skiing.

Anyone who's lived in Whistler for a little while has probably figured out that the best time to buy winter gear is in the spring, and the best time to buy summer gear is in the fall, providing you don't mind being a year behind everyone else.

You can hear them shouting it in the horrible mobile-phone footage of the mob killing the wounded, befuddled Muammar Gaddafi: "Not the face, don't touch the face." They weren't feeling sorry for the dying dictator of Libya.

Now we've finally reached the age where video game consoles are as ubiquitous as toasters in modern households, it's going to be interesting to see what the next generation looks like.

" Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life... Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.