Opinion

"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean." - Arthur C. Clarke I'd just returned from a month-long epic in the Alps. Whistler's snow had just transitioned from winter pow to late spring schmoo.

It's a bit spooky.

Many years ago the May long weekend in Whistler was all about cleaning out the cabin, the Great Snow, Earth, Water Race... and parties. Things have changed some.

Disc Golf Respect

Feds need to re-think

Usually I would leave the movie stuff to Feet Banks, but after seeing The Avengers last week — officially a billion dollar movie after only three weekends — I feel reasonably confident when I say that the comic book movie genre is far fro

(Humans) cannot discover new oceans unless they have the courage to lose sight of the shore.' - André Gide She lives in the very belly of the beast — a place where conspicuous consumption has been raised to a high art.

Measured several different ways, the winter of 2011-12 has been one of Whistler's best. Snowfall accumulations, of course, set some records.

In 2011, international tourism receipts exceeded US$1 trillion for the first time, up from US$928 billion in 2010. In real terms, receipts grew by 3.8%, following a 4.6% increase in international tourist arrivals.

Mother's Day — part two