Opinion

If it’s broke, fix it I really enjoyed Andrew Mitchell’s attempt to explain the Single Transferable Vote in the Pique of April 28.

Like most all candidates meetings Tuesday eveningÕs affair in the conference centre created approximately the same number of questions as it answered, although an all candidates meeting is still a useful exercise to get a feel for the local candidate

KISS rule still the best By Andrew Mitchell Many years ago I sat my mom down to introduce her to something called the Internet Ñ I figured I could teach her enough that we could e-mail, she could read news and use a few websites online, do some banki

Olympic metamorphosis The SLRD public hearing regarding VANOC’s application to have the lands at Alexander Falls rezoned to permit development of the Whistler Nordic Centre was a breath of fresh, clean air.

Disk formats may put aside differences If you’ve followed this Cybernaut column for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that I have a bit of an unhealthy fixation with the ongoing battle over the next generation of high capacity DVD

In geo-political terms the Callaghan valley is Donald Rumsfeld territory: there are the things we know, the known knowns, there are things we think we know, there are known unknowns and there are the unknown unknowns.

Like many people of my generation, the television was a kind of a babysitter when I was growing up.

You can understand the frustration of Whistler’s 29 bylaw officers, sewage treatment plant and utilities workers, having gone more than two years without a contract, but frustration may not be the only reason the matter is escalating in the spri

Value is the issue In your April 7 article about the Pemberton Community Centre, I believe the message that you portray is not accurate.

Shortly after they were sworn in the current Whistler council and senior municipal staff held a strategic planning workshop, in February of 2003, to set goals and priorities for their three-year term.