Opinion

So the relocated asphalt plant is to be required to meet the provisions of the B.C. Clean Air Act. A most admirable objective.

The Olympics, and the years of preparation for them, brought a lot of people to Whistler for the first time. On an individual level, the Games sparked new relationships with the community and its residents. Exactly what we'd hoped for.

The Cheakamus Community Forest conflict over resource management issues has been common in B.C. over the last 20 years and clearly the current activity in Whistler indicates that they are not going away any time soon.

To return to the pre-recession days of three years ago, when Whistler hotel room rates were in three digits and sometimes four, rather than two, the destination travel market has to rebound.

Recently the television rebroadcasting website Hulu announced that they will be launching their service on both the Xbox 360 and PS3, on handheld devices and built into the software of various net-ready televisions.

Bob Styan’s life after ski racing

Every week when reading Pique, I'm disgusted by how many instances of drunk driving there are reported. Part of what makes Whistler so great is that everything is accessible by bike, on foot, a cheap cab ride or hitchhiking.

"It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.

Morning Andrew hates Night Andrew. Morning Andrew is tired and grumpy because Night Andrew kept him up late again, frittering around and finding interesting things to do instead of sleeping.

"The family that skis together bitches together." - Jack Styan, owner of Screaming Heights He wasn't your typical little fat kid. Sure, he was a little rounder 'round the middle than most other ski racers.