Opinion

November 2009 is the five year anniversary of "Winds of Change: A Healing Vision." I've been involved with the Winds of Change since its inception. As a committee member the energy and momentum ebbs and flows.

Largely overlooked in the recent communications fiasco surrounding the library, how energy efficient it is or isn't, and what it's costing to operate the building, was the municipality's commitment to become "carbon neutral" in 2010.

I bought a Sony Cybershot camera last February to capture family moments and other than some concerns about durability (cracked LCD, sticky shutter over the lens, sticky control dial, all courtesy my now 20-month-old daughter) I'm thoroughly impresse

My father died this past weekend. Ravaged by Parkinson's Disease - beaten-up by a tsunami of heart attacks and strokes - my 83-year-old dad looked nothing like the fine young warrior who represented Canada at the 1948 Olympic Games.

I attended the lecture by Dr. Helen Lenskyj, whom Pique reported to be a "respected author on the Olympic Games," and was most disappointed. I found her comments on the aboriginal support for 2010 to be most condescending and lacking supporting data.

Canada's closest neighbour, our greatest ally, biggest trading partner, the country that sneezes and Canada catches a cold - the United States of America is going to have a strong presence in Whistler and Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Microsoft released its answer to the iPod Touch last week to mostly positive reviews, and while I seriously considered purchasing the Zune HD, Microsoft is only releasing the player in the U.S. - for now.

Compromise. Not an easy concept to master for a hard-headed sports-warrior intent on his own adventures.

I arrived in town, English girlfriend in tow, Labour Day of '92. Ended up camping down at Alice Lake.

The stock markets are up, housing starts and house sales are rebounding and politicians are saying the worst of the recession is over, all of which are good signs for the economy and by extension that is good for the tourism business.