Opinion

When I was a kid I spent a lot of time skiing and touring with my dad in New Hampshire's Presidential Range. Ever heard of it? Though modest by western standards, these are still impressive mountains - the highest peak in the range, Mt.

For those people in Whistler who ended 2008 vaguely cognizant of layoffs in the auto industry, the implosion of the commodities market, the chaos on Wall Street and Bay Street and questions about when and if the excrement was going to hit the fan in

It was a muted Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this year, with most tech companies reeling from the economic crisis and its impact on sales and stock prices.

I am writing to express my disgust at last week’s Maxed Out column. To publish a column in a local paper, in which G.D.

There are no avalanche experts. They’re all dead. – Ed Lachapelle, 1985 By Michel Beaudry Enough already. With mountain deaths dominating headlines this winter in B.C.

It all started at the dawn of human time, in an era when much of the world was terrorized by long vicious winters. Most tribes sought immediate shelter from these attacks; few regarded the cold months with any pleasure.

In the first days after Vancouver and Whistler were awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics, in July 2003, it was frequently said how so much of the infrastructure and so many of the Olympic venues were already in place that there was lots of time to work o

Web commentators wasted no time dubbing the simultaneous shutdown of thousands of Microsoft Zune players the “Zune Apocalypse,” conjuring images of Aztec curses and Mayan end-of-world mythology — which is about three years early given that the

In the past week there have been two fatal avalanche accidents outside the current operating boundaries of Whistler and Blackcomb.

Every year, the Whistler Village Church at Millennium Place puts on two Christmas Eve services for the enjoyment of local and visiting Christians, or indeed for anyone seeking an experience of warmth and love at this special time of year.