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You can't have both

You can't have both

You can’t have both RE: Barnfield residents challenge price restriction covenant (Pique Dec.
Besides election fatigue, what are the issues?

Besides election fatigue, what are the issues?

A month from now, when all of the holiday stress is behind us, a brand new year stretches out before us and people may actually start to pay attention to the federal election, the vertical integration that the Olympics and First Nations issues have b
Virtually home for the holidays

Virtually home for the holidays

Do you Skype?
Don't believe the hype

Don't believe the hype

Microsoft's marketing machinations
Bridging polar extremes

Bridging polar extremes

I’m concerned about what seems to be a polarized split in the community…. clearly the business community doesn’t feel like it’s being served by the mayor, by municipal hall, by council or by the combination of all three….
Yay team

Yay team

Yay team Wow, what a last month it's been. I, for one, have learnt a lot over the course of this campaign. I've been in Whistler for seven years and think I'm relatively involved and engaged with our current issues.
Now comes the hard part

Now comes the hard part

After a tough, emotional and at times ugly election campaign, in which some voters threw as much dirt as the politicians did, Whistler has a new mayor and council poised to lead us into a critical three-year period.
Sony gives up DRM aspirations… for now

Sony gives up DRM aspirations… for now

Sony BMG was on the rope-a-dope last week over their new digital rights management software, pummeled relentlessly by technology critics, companies like Microsoft, and their customers who went so far as to launch a class action lawsuit against the co
Disappointed and stunned

Disappointed and stunned

Disappointed and stunned Just after writing my letter to our elected officials, I was stunned to read about the price increase for employee housing units being unanimously approved up to $192.50 per square foot, at the last council meeting.
The measure of three years

The measure of three years

Three years ago less a week, after another tough campaign, G.D. Maxwell wrote a feature story for Pique that attempted to put the outcome of the 2002 Whistler municipal election in context.