Opinion

Call it what it is In last week’s feature article (Bringing ethnic diversity to the slopes, Pique March 24), Ralph Forsyth writes: "Until 1967, non-white immigration to Canada was suppressed, by a mechanism of place of origin preference.

A study done a couple of years ago by Whistler-based Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners found that approximately 60 per cent of total skier visits to Whistler-Blackcomb came by way of airline travel. The study further found that about 30 per cent of B.

Government to table new law targeting file swappers After losing court case after court case to judges that don’t seem to grasp the nature or scope of peer-to-peer file swapping, the music industry changed tactics recently by lobbying the federa

Each side waiting for the other to make the first move

Here we go again Up front, let me say that I have substantial bias in the subject matter of this letter.

The numbers aren’t in on the winter of 2004-05 but the early betting is the final figures will show destination visits were not down too much; it was the lack of regional visits that really hurt.

A little over two months ago a company called GuruNet launched a unique website called Answers.com that is quietly, calmly taking the Internet by storm.

CUPE playing fair? I read the comments of representatives of CUPE 2010 in the papers last week with great interest and chuckled about Peter Davidson’s apparent concern about and for the community and those that live here.

In the mid-80s Whistler sent an official delegation to Victoria to plead its case for a resort tax.

Music industry contemplates nickel downloads In the last two years iTunes, the popular music organizing and download service from Apple, has sold an amazing 300 million songs for the average price of about a dollar.