Opinion

Parking lot politics rebuked With only a few days left of summer vacation, and with Back to School displays all over the place, I wanted to say that while I am sad that my kids are heading off back to school (I love the summers with my children!) I c

WAVE ready to break As a previous employee of Whistler Transit, my co-workers and I worked hard at providing the best possible service for the Whistler, Pemberton and Squamish communities despite the lack of funds provided and support from both the m

Anyone in Whistler who has followed the 2010 Olympics with even a thimble of interest knows that the athletes’ village is being built on donated Crown land next to the former landfill site, across the highway from Function Junction.

I’m not one of those people that checks their Facebook profile daily, and generally my visits are limited to sending birthday messages, checking for updates and messages, scribbling on a few walls, and rejecting invites to use the Zombie application

Do you consider yourself an artist? It’s the question every creative, inventive person most dreads. Do I say yes and sound pretentious? Or do I say no and betray my passion? It’s the kind of conundrum that no one likes to address.

“The community will notice that $6 million doesn’t go a heck of a long way.

In my many years as a desk guy, I’ve grown to loathe many software programs. Office 98? Formatting a large Word document was impossible, as whole sections of text would suddenly change formats with no explanation.

Given the town’s roots as a purpose-built resort community, I’m always curious to hear people’s stories about how they ended up living at Whistler.

Hydrogen not viable as a fuel Thank you Pique Newsmagazine for the well balanced article by Matt Palmquist regarding hydrogen fuel, its current usage and future possibilities.

When the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami struck countries surrounding the Indian Ocean, killing more than 200,000 people and displacing over 1 million, people around the world rallied to the cause. Some donated money, others contributed time and effort.