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Updating the Whistler model

Updating the Whistler model

Somewhere between last January’s Icon Gone event and the increasingly frequent horror stories about the labour shortage — that few people east of the Prairies seem to have heard about — a mind grown damp and mouldy from the summer of rain generated j
My online banking tirade

My online banking tirade

Without naming names, let’s say I keep all my accounts at a certain Whistler bank branch. I used to bank at different financial institutions in Ontario and Nova Scotia, then opened a new account at another bank when I arrived in Whistler in 1999.
The Prior Experiment - Taking ‘Whistler Style’ to another level

The Prior Experiment - Taking ‘Whistler Style’ to another level

There has been a lot of talk in Whistler recently about the need for economic diversification as the community grows and develops. And I totally agree.
Letters

Letters

More lighting required In last week’s Pique, there was a letter to the editor about a hit and run on Highway 99. The pedestrian was not seriously injured.
Letters

Letters

No rules on this road On Monday morning, at approximately 4 a.m., a very close friend of ours, Arni Arnason, was walking home from a house party.
Olympic tail wagging the Whistler dog?

Olympic tail wagging the Whistler dog?

I used to live in Whistler. Now I feel sorry for people living in Whistler. Everybody out there has been Olympically brainwashed. The rest of this province is now going to pay for your fancy crap. I hope it rains in 2010.
What Apple didn’t do

What Apple didn’t do

One Whistler blogger basically called me out on the fact that I’m always complaining that I don’t have the money to buy the latest tech gizmos, which may or may not have merit.
Pam Barnsley: Mocking middle life

Pam Barnsley: Mocking middle life

She’s says she’s a West Coast girl through and through. No doubt. From the time she moved from Whitehorse to Sechelt when she was 10, the Sunshine Coast was her seaside playground.
Letters

Letters

Still looking Eight months, hundreds of calls, hours of scouring the classifieds... And still no luck.
A new session is welcomed

A new session is welcomed

Back to school, but not back to Ottawa. “Canada’s new government”, which has been in power for more than a year and a half, announced this week that the current session of Parliament would not resume this month.