Opinion

It starts this week, the naval gazing into the past year and the best, biggest, most awesome, most disappointing, etc. etc. of 2008.

Christmas Cheer: I’ll have some more of that please

With the holiday season upon us, it’s that time of the year when we begin to think of giving to others.

I am writing to ask the citizens of Whistler to give a gift back to a small independent business this Christmas season.

Could the timing be any worse? Just four days after Whistler Blackcomb proudly unveiled the Peak 2 Peak gondola to the world — a $52 million investment that critics note does not open any new terrain, but which has won over most of the skeptics who h

With hard times ahead, people are being cautious in their Christmas shopping this year and retailers are expecting their worst season in a decade and a half. Retail sales dropped 2.

“My mountain bike is worth more than my car…” – Dr Cathryn Zeglinski She grew up skiing on the side of a riverbank. Weathered the frigid Manitoba winters of her youth to eventually be crowned provincial ski champ there.

Sometimes it takes a global economic collapse to truly appreciate that the best things in life are free. whether you’re talking about taking a stroll through the woods, reading a book by the window, or downloading the best free software on the web.

“Skiing is a dying sport. And we have nobody to blame but ourselves. If we want this business to survive, we have to make it fun for families again!” – Charlie Locke By Michel Beaudry Lake Louise received an early Christmas present this year.

As a 14-year resident of this community I have had occasion to wonder what it is about Whistler that brings people here for a season and keeps them here for a lifetime.