Opinion

My bank recently sent my wife and I a brrand new Asus EEE PC after swittching service plans or somthing. We're not really sure why to tell you the truth, but we're keeping it.

Despite the litany of criticism I’ve received in recent weeks for my “anti-Intrawest” stance — and I’ll re-iterate: I don’t “hate” Intrawest, I just don’t buy into its propaganda blindly — those who have read my stories over the last 25 years know th

Re: How's this a good deal? and Peter Pan School of Sustainability (Pique letters Aug. 7) Well said to both Jill Almond and Jamie Pike for their respective comments.

How well do we know the people we are trying to attract to Whistler? For that matter, how well do we know ourselves? The lead story in the business section of Saturday’s Vancouver Sun described how great weather, new attractions and increased regiona

Not that there’s any good time for a telemarketer to call, but they always seem to pick the worst moments — dinnertime, sleeping-in-Saturday-morning time, in-the-washroom-but-expecting-an-important-call-so-I-run-out-wearing-a-towel time.

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candle

RE: Village parking deal great for VANOC, W-B and province, not so good for local taxpayers and regional visitors.

It happens. People get pissed off. They get insulted. So it goes. And the response is never slow in coming. That’s what you get for being presumptuous enough to put your opinions out there for all to read. Especially in this town.

“Events are what we do.

I couldn’t resist the headline — next to “go to bed”, “back to school” were my least favourite three words growing up, especially in August.