Opinion

A suggestion to council to save thousands of dollars: don't put the median back on Blackcomb Way! 1. Both ambulances and fire trucks have better access if there is not a median.

The good news for the tourism industry - and there hasn't been much lately - is that in Tuesday's Speech From the Throne the provincial government re-introduced the idea of opening the Pacific Gateway to boosting B.C.'s economy.

If you're still in the market for a Blu-Ray player, then you might want to hold off for a few weeks.

In the Aug. 6 Pique there was a great story written in regards to events and how key they are to the success of the whole corridor in the future.

About five years ago Premier Gordon Campbell challenged the tourism industry in B.C. to double in size by 2015.

Last week a Texas judge found in favour of a Toronto company's patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft, ordering the company to cease the sale of Word 2003, 2007 and Word for Mac 2008 in the United States.

It was the spring of 1979. The Crazy Canucks were the toast of the ski racing world. For a young teenager from Calgary, the idea of racing internationally with the likes of Mur and Pod and Irwin and Read was almost too fantastic to believe.

The recent decision by the B.C. Utilities Commission to not purchase power from independent producers is very welcome news. Contained in the report that their decision was based on is the fact that B.C.

Earlier this year the federal and Ontario governments came to the aid of the auto industry with $4 billion in loans to General Motors and Chrysler, two-thirds from Ottawa and one-third from Ontario.

Some weeks I might get an hour or two of quality time with my Xbox 360. Other weeks I might not play at all.