Opinion

For every Courtney Cox discovered at a Bruce Springsteen concert, there are a million people auditioning for their big break.

Skateboarding to the Olympics

Okay, let’s cut to the chase. I’m in favour of the World Economic Forum holding its annual meeting in Whistler in 2004.

Sometimes it feels like someone peeled my skull back while I was sleeping and replaced my brain with a big cotton swab.

The growing list of regulars taking notes in the back row at council chambers is not a reflection on the movies being shown at Rainbow Theatre or the fact that The Boot no longer holds the Ballet on Mondays.

Quit complaining and go skiing

There’s been a lot of talk, and some fear, about the Olympic bid and how it will change Whistler if the Games do come to town in 2010. Some of it is understandable; fear grows when there is a dearth of information.

www.whistleritsournature.ca Whistler is in the process of adopting The Natural Step framework for a sustainable society, the goal of which is to ensure the long-term viability of the resort by having zero net impact on the surrounding environment.

Tens of thousands of people lost their jobs, and thousands more lost their shirts when Enron went bankrupt in December.

Pretend it’s July 2003, and in a 14 th century hall in Prague the IOC has just decided to award the 2010 Winter Olympics to Bern, Switzerland.