Opinion

As Whistler has struggled to regain the heady numbers it enjoyed prior to the turn of the millennium there’s been a lot of focus on attracting visitors.

A couple of weeks ago Intrawest announced it was hiring Goldman, Sachs & Co. and launching a strategic review of its operations.

Google has been in the news a lot lately.

Time to look at snowmobiles The residents of Whistler have openly said that they wanted to place some controls on growth.

Lakehead University, tucked away in the northern Ontario town of Thunder Bay, doesn’t make worldwide headlines all that often but last week the major news outlets made an exception when the school said ‘no’ to wireless Internet access.

I had a brief discussion this week with a person who isn’t all that keen on the 2010 Olympics, primarily because of the money they cost, but who had spent a few days in Torino during last month’s Winter Olympics.

A leader in sustainability? I feel I’m at risk of turning into a crackpot. Lately I’ve written about the costs of public buildings and the state of environmental conservation three times.

Now that we’ve had a little time to digest the emotional side of the Torino Olympics, including the record number of medals won by Canadians and the handover of the Olympic flag to Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, what lessons can Whistler take fro

Like a lot of Canadians I went through a lot of emotions after watching Canada get bumped out of the Olympic tournament by Russia, Finland and Switzerland (previously known more for its cheese and chocolate than its prowess on the ice).

A perfectly executed Olympics, while most likely impossible to achieve, is one that will always plan well ahead for the ‘what-ifs’. Like ‘what if there’s a serious crash on the Sea to Sky Highway during the Games?’ On Feb.