Opinion

Walking around Whistler these past two weekends, it was easy to feel upbeat along with the many visitors enjoying the village animation, shopping and relaxing in our hometown.

Digital music sales are going strong. The most recent study suggests that overall music sales are up around 1.6 per cent, with CD sales down around nine per cent in the first quarter of 2011 and with digital music sales up around 17 per cent.

" I was too whacked to ever become a permanent Whistler resident. If I'd stayed, I would have probably turned into the official town drunk... " Bosco aka Bob Colebrook It's not like he never moved away.

"Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government." Jeremy Bentham, jurist, philosopher, legal and social reformer. Well it looks like we all made it through the end of the world... again.

I am astonished that the town council of Whistler is so out of touch with the community and clients over the pay parking issue.

It is with interest that I read in the last issue of the Pique the very one-sided comments with respect to pay parking. There is another side to the equation and others in the community that feel differently.

Google is never shy when it comes to announcing and backing new innovations, but last week's slate of announcements at the I/O Conference - and this week - was fairly staggering even by their standards. Where to start... How about Android 3.

They call him Bosco. And there's no one quite like him. A fiery mélange of Charles Bukowski and Hunter S. Thompson, Bosco brought an edge (and a refreshingly twisted sense of humour) to Whistler culture that, in many ways, defined the place.

Gas pumps have taken on a whole new personality these days. In some ways they've become the "water-cooler" of commuters. As I filled up my SUV recently, groan, neighbourly chat started as usual with the vehicle driver next to me.

Let's make Sea to Sky the best place to live After an election that has been both historic and notably fuelled by political ideals at opposite ends of the spectrum, I would like to congratulate The Honourable Mr. (John) Weston (Conservative).