Opinion

Many years ago, when I was young and handsome, a friend inveigled me into taking a small role in a film he was making — a proper film, with a real budget and a commercial release, though mercifully it never got much attention.

In a town where the local economy is dependent on people's discretionary spending, the shape of the global economy is important. What direction the global economy takes in 2013 is anyone's guess.

If 2012 will be memorable for any reason, it will be the fact that technology has at last entered the mainstream of everything. Part of the credit goes to Steve Jobs, who passed away at the end of 2011 after a series of battles with cancer.

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." - Dalai Lama This is a Whistler story," he says. And I can't help but smile. For he's certainly got that right.

"Given that we can live only a small part of what there is in us — what happens with the rest?" - Amadeu de Prado We were hanging out in the alpine, waiting for the sun to set.

I'm not a particularly greedy or wantful guy, although if I found a few hundred grand lying around I could probably find something to spend it on — car, home reno, new furniture and maybe some new clothes to replace a selection of duds that mak

Here's an interesting statistic: the second-highest rate of gun ownership in the world is in Yemen, a largely tribal, extremely poor country.

Things look pretty good in Whistler this Christmas. To start with, it's going to be a white Christmas, something many other ski areas in North America were only dreaming about, until a storm dumped on the Rocky Mountains this week.

Slide for Hunger says thanks

Christian Rivera is kind of a dick. He plays a MOBA (Massively Online Battle Arena) game called League of Legions professionally for Team Dignitas as "IWillDominate," and on his own using a few other handles. He's clearly awesome at the game.