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Venezuela After Chavez

Venezuela After Chavez

"The graveyards are full of indispensable men," said Georges Clemenceau, prime minster of France during the First World War, and promptly died to prove his point. He was duly replaced, and France was just fine without him.
Renate Bareham – Being Stefan Ples' Daughter

Renate Bareham – Being Stefan Ples' Daughter

" Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more.
The fuss over 4K

The fuss over 4K

Anybody can go out and get a 4K monitor for about $5,000, and some have suggested that the standard (also known as Ultra High Definition or UHD) — which is mainly used for digital movie productions — will become the next standard for home
Prisoner X and the Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight

Prisoner X and the Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight

Ben Alon, Ben Allen and Benjamin Burroughs are dead. So is Benjamin Zygier, an Australian Zionist who moved to Israel in the 1990s and became an Israeli citizen.
Google Glass, the next big meh...

Google Glass, the next big meh...

Google released another video last week showing all the cool things you'll be able to do with a pair of Google Glass glasses and their built-in transparent screens, onboard microphones and a camera that you can use to communicate with your smart phon
Mountain Crowding – what ever happened to R-E-S-P-E-C-T?

Mountain Crowding – what ever happened to R-E-S-P-E-C-T?

" 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.
Bureaucracy inaction; lives at risk

Bureaucracy inaction; lives at risk

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.
Letters to the editor for the week of February 28th

Letters to the editor for the week of February 28th

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
Event producers walk a fine line

Event producers walk a fine line

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.
Letters to the editor for the week of February 21st

Letters to the editor for the week of February 21st

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.