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Environmental electronics

Environmental electronics

In recent years the topic of e-waste has come to the forefront, as governments struggle with a new and increasingly insidious source of toxic waste at a time when recycling and composting is supposed to reduce our garbage output.
Letters

Letters

The people’s Games? I have spent several hours thinking about how to word this letter in a pro-active manner rather then sounding completely negative.
Ken Melamed: A mayor on a mission

Ken Melamed: A mayor on a mission

He grew up far from the mountains. Didn’t know much about snowsports at all. “We didn’t do winter sports in Philadelphia,” insists Whistler Mayor, Ken Melamed with a straight face.
The Tipping Point - Getting Whistler on the right side of the
environmental teeter Totter

The Tipping Point - Getting Whistler on the right side of the environmental teeter Totter

Things are heating up on the global climate change front. Just last week, for example, a report released by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) warned that we earthlings were dancing dangerously close to the edge.
Fall projects

Fall projects

We’re still more than three weeks away from the official start of the ski season, which is always the best time of year to relax, hang out with friends, spend some time on the couch, catch up on movies, or spend some time with your hobbies.
Letters

Letters

The ironic structure Every year that there are still some trees growing on the imaginatively named Lot 1/ Lot 9, I have the occasion to write a letter. This one might well be the last.
The cost of living in Whistler

The cost of living in Whistler

It costs about $26,000 a year for an individual to live reasonably well in Whistler, according to the Whistler 2020 monitoring report.
The price of a legacy

The price of a legacy

By now everyone is aware of the challenges of building in Whistler in the frenzied years leading up to the 2010 Olympics.
Leopard gets the jump on the competition

Leopard gets the jump on the competition

Mac users will have one more reason to be smug next week when Apple releases Leopard, the third major update to their popular OS X operating system. Apple is on a bit of a roll recently.
Letters

Letters

Good things under the shadow of the icon Should the Lot 1-9 “iconic” ice cover proponents entice a sugar daddy to take on all the iconic financial implications, they deserve to be knighted. Long shots sometimes come in.