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Rent increase out of hand

Rent increase out of hand

Keep rents fair I am a renter in the Whistler Housing Authority Beaver Flats building in Creekside. I consider myself very lucky to be living in this housing and to have a fairly secure place to live, especially coming into the Olympics period.
Pimp your desktop

Pimp your desktop

For most people desktop customization is limited to placing the dock somewhere handy and loading a photo onto the background, but there's a whole world out there of icon sets, themes, and desktop management software that you can use to make your defa
Tax time in Whistler

Tax time in Whistler

It's probably not a coincidence that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) holds its annual meeting a week after most homeowners receive their tax notices.
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

School board has listened I wish to provide some background to the current discussions about the 2010 school calendar for Whistler Secondary School. Concerns are being expressed about both the substance and the process of board decisions.
Playing field favours rental managers

Playing field favours rental managers

Re: Owner-direct rentals questioned ( Pique news , April 30) The hotel tax is fair.
Better sense of timing needed

Better sense of timing needed

As President Barack Obama and others, keep emphasizing timing is important in tackling the recession.
The scamming continues

The scamming continues

For almost a year the spam filters at work and in my e-mail client kept the problem more or less at bay, but spammers are starting to sneak through the gates once again.
Feeling obsolete

Feeling obsolete

At home I have an old Apple eMac that I've upgraded as much as possible, but its days are numbered. It won't run Firefox 3.0 - I'd need to upgrade the operating system and the processor - and as a result my browser won't do a lot of the stuff I need.
The Dark Knight the only hope

The Dark Knight the only hope

Dear Batman, I know you're busy with all the shenanigans in Gotham, but do you think you could swing by Whistler on the upcoming May long weekend? Year after year it's been a weekend of mayhem with random beatings and theft and property damage and de
The status quo we know

The status quo we know

If Americans voted for change they can believe in last fall, British Columbians opted for the status quo they know when they went to the polls Tuesday.