Opinion

Not all quiet on the asphalt front Although the community has been fairly quiet on the topic of the asphalt plant in recent weeks, this doesn't necessarily mean that all is well. On the contrary: all is NOT well in Whistler.

Why are certain trees and ecosystems in Whistler worth saving, while others are not? I found council's comments regarding tree removal on Lorimer Road and the heli-pad irrational and ironic.

You are the controller. Seriously. The commercials were quite right about that. What is less obvious at this point is whether that's a good thing.

"So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it." - Indian Philosopher J. Krishsnamurti.

"2009 was a significant year for the municipality's fiscal planning. In 2008, the community had effectively reached build-out, which meant two things: growth came to a halt, and with it, the revenues that accompanied growth.

While iTunes is the undisputed king of the mountain for digital music, video - well, just about every type of pay-to-download media - it's a big mountain and there are a lot of different companies sitting comfortably in the foothills like the new Nap

"Language is, of course, man's greatest and most complex artefact, every word of which extends or involves all of his sensory life." - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher of communications I don't get it.

In 1964 a disparate group of Vancouver businessmen, who shared a common love of skiing, called on their friends and family members in an attempt to raise the outrageous sum of $800,000 - the money needed to put the first lifts on Whistler Mountain an

Missing the bus If you use transit to visit Squamish for shopping, to use government or medical services or to attend university, your ride is over. On Sept.

RE: Families of bullied teens won't back down, Pique Oct. 7 I congratulate the parents for taking their concerns to the police.