Opinion

What secrets are contained in the Vancouver-Whistler mini-bid book being presented to the International Olympic Committee this week in Switzerland, one can only guess.

The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, are the Internet’s equivalent of the Oscar’s, with a people’s choice award thrown in for good measure.

Like television 50 years before, the Internet was hailed far and wide as a brave new medium with the power to educate, communicate, and entertain the masses. It was an interesting theory.

The Victoria Day Weekend used to mark the end of the ski season, a time when all the Vancouver skiers – there wasn’t any other kind at Whistler prior to the 1980s – came back for a few last turns and to board up the cabin for the summe

You’re under arrest. That’s what the police would be telling you if the authorities really cared enough to find out what you’ve been up to online.

If you didn’t already know it was Local Government Awareness Week it will probably hit home when you get your property tax notice in the next few days.

"Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful... Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

I didn’t like the last Star Wars installment, The Phantom Menace. Not that I spent a lot of time in chat rooms bitching about it with other Sci-Fi geeks, but I have had some heated discussions on the topic with other Star Wars fans.

In fact there are still terrorists all over the world. It is easy to forget that walking with your family along the Valley Trail, or pushing your toddler on the swing as the first lazy days of summer displace the hectic pace of winter in Whistler.

"I think we have an invitation.