Opinion

This letter was addressed to the board of school trustees of School District 48. A copy was forwarded to Pique for publication.

There is a limit to how much an item can be discounted before and after the holiday season, but the smart money knows that Boxing Day deals are not always as good as they sound.

Olympic gold medals, which we now know are worth $20,000 Cdn., are won in hundredths of a second or millimetres — tiny fractions measured after years of sweat and effort to be just that little bit faster, stronger, better than other competitors.

He sat across from me in the gondola. He couldn’t have been more than 18. Pimply chin and a beardless phiz. Unkempt hair and a grin that spread from ear-to-ear. He was so excited he could barely contain himself.

The next municipal election is in 12 months time, although in Whistler the campaigning will start shortly after we ring in the New Year, ’round about Jan. 2.

Technology has the ability to do lots of things, from running the most intense business applications to playing the most diversionary games.

‘Conspiracy theory’ attempts to deflect culpability The “shock and awe” suggested by council to the “sudden” budget shortfall is a puzzler with plenty of finger pointing and indignation.

Talk is cheap. And in my business, you get to hear a lot of it. Fortunately, you get to hear some great stories too.

While officials struggle with how to balance the almost limitless services and projects expected from the municipality in the period leading up to the 2010 Olympics with the finite financial resources that are available, a more familiar, more mundane

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.