Opinion

With all the recent hand-wringing over spiralling Olympic costs and over-runs and stupid budget decisions made by elected officials who should know better, one of the most positive aspects of hosting the Games next winter has been woefully overlooked

It's almost like a bad science fiction novel. Somehow we've blundered into this strange little bubble where time has stopped. Know what I mean? Nobody who wields power in Whistler wants to talk about anything beyond February 2010.

RE: Golden SAR Incident Last week, I read with interest Nancy Wilhelm-Morden's comments regarding the motivation for her client, Mr.

Deep in the cranial folds of most Canadians, particularly those whose lineage that can be traced back in the direction of John A Macdonald, there is a region where the cerebral blood flows quickly and the neurons snap to attention whenever the word "

MySpace, once the golden standard for social networking sites, is rumoured to be teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. On June 16 the company announced plans to lay off almost 30 per cent of staffers, roughly 430 jobs.

In the crowded browser market, where Firefox now reigns supreme followed by Internet Explorer, Safari and Google Chrome, Opera has quietly been building its own fan base. There's a lot to like.

This letter was addressed to Mayor Ken Melamed and Councillors Grant Lamont and Eckhard Zeidler. A copy was forwarded to Pique for publication.

I was sure I did half the home chores.

Misery loves company, or so the saying goes. So in tough economic times, people feel a kinship if others are hurting, too. At the very least people want to know how others are doing.

Parties talk a lot about ruling from the centre, about bipartisanship, about the need to work together for the good of the country. I'm sad to say it's all bullplop. Grade A, 100 per cent bullplop.