Opinion

One of tenets of weekly newspapers is if you write about the weather you’ve been experiencing for some time it’s bound to change the day your piece is published. I apologize for not writing about the weather sooner.

There are niche markets and then there are markets so small you have to wonder why companies bother to call them markets at all. Star Trek fans? That’s a niche market. Robot dog buyers? That’s just plain silly.

There have been a few Pique stories and letters recently that have mentioned Revelstoke, and pointed out some of the connections that may be of interest to Whistlerites as we head for 2010.

The first two words of the Vancouver Sun’s story on Tuesday that MP John Reynolds was stepping down as Conservative House leader and won’t be seeking re-election described him as a "political warhorse.

When’s the last time you heard someone you know talk about how luxurious their flight was, how much leg room they had, and the quality of the service? Okay, now when was the last time you heard somebody talk about how cheap their last flight was

Whistler’s Natural Mis-step Before the advent of the Re-Use-It Centre in Function Junction, recycling-minded folk would leave their reusable items outside the dumpster.

Prior to Christmas, an English family flew from the U.K. to Seattle, rented a car there and drove to Whistler. After 13 or 14 hours of travel they arrived, only to find that there was no one around to check them into their hotel.

Whatever your feelings on the overall expense and scientific value of space programs, there’s something unspeakably awesome about the whole concept of sending probes three billion kilometres across the Solar System to land on another planet or t

On Jan. 11 the SLRD board voted to oppose the proposed power project development on Ashlu Creek.

It may be getting a little late in January for New Year’s forecasts but that’s in keeping with a winter that has been stubbornly slow to produce snow, so let’s review the schedule for 2005.