Opinion

Interesting that one week after Whistler-Blackcomb recorded its two-millionth skier of the season, federal Parks Minister Andy Mitchell announces there will be a cap on the number of skiers allowed in Banff and Jasper National Parks.

For such a highly planned resort, it’s ironic that Whistler is in such a mess over tourist accommodation.

On Feb. 15, Whistler council decided that rezoning chalets and villas was of such significance to the community that there should be at least five council members present to vote on each application.

A "local" paper recently dedicated several pages to the war in the woods it predicts will happen this summer as environmentalists face off with loggers over the proposed Stoltmann Wilderness.

If the state of British Columbia’s economy and political affairs in the spring of nineteen-hundred and ninety-nine could be represented by one location within the province it might be the Callaghan Valley.

If there has been one consistent mantra for Glen Clark’s NDP government from the day it was sworn into office it is "we won’t cut funding for health care or education.

About 10 years ago the Whistler council of the day tried to deny an escort service a business licence on the grounds that businesses aren’t allowed in residential neighbourhoods. It didn’t work.

Gambling policy latest example of NDP’s contempt for local governments The NDP just can’t seem to get enough of gambling. They’ve done it with public money for years, the catamaran ferries and the "balanced" budgets being two examples.

Evidence of just how busy this record breaking season has been can be found in the lineups — for lifts, on the highway and in the grocery stores — which are now nearly a daily occurrence.

Sometime in the next few months the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District will hold a public hearing regarding Whistler’s application to expand its landfill again.