Opinion

Nobody is sure exactly where the game of chess originated; India, circa 500 A.D., is the best guess of historians, although a version of the game was played in China and in Persia around this same time.

There was a strange convergence of forces affecting municipalities last week, in Victoria, where the Liberals outlined cuts in provincial services, in Vancouver, where the mayors of five of the largest cities in the country met, and in Ontario, where

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Store boat, grab skis

A Fine Balance So, I'm reading Rohinton Mistri's A Fine Balance .

Although I’ve come to see the guy sitting next to me on the chairlift who’s talking to head office on his cell phone as a pretentious, self-important yuppie – an archetype of a modern day class struggle, and a perfect example of everyt

The municipality is apparently tightening the reigns with this year’s budget, due to the economic uncertainty that is facing most of the world today.

Several years ago, about the time Whistler first began placing in the top three of American ski magazines’ annual resort rankings, a Vancouver ski columnist suggested Whistler be re-named and asked his readers for input.

A new year for skiing

New Year's Resolution; Are there people out there taking some of the issues of the past and with a new resolve, making an effort to improve? Good for them and may they succeed.