Opinion

The destruction of Whistler wetlands for 20 hydrogen buses only adds to the already wasteful exercise of the pointless hydrogen buses, Hydrogen Highway and other current provincial automotive hydrogen initiatives.

How did a development project go through more than three years of planning, revision, negotiation and certainly frustration — for the proponent, the municipality and all the people holding on to the dream of buying a home in Whistler — and get to the

Canada has had the iPhone unofficially for as long as the U.S., with users unlocking the software restrictions and simply buying a cell service plan compatible with iPhone’s capability.

I didn’t think the guy had a hope in hell. He was way too nice a person. Far too willing to play by the rules. Didn’t matter that he was perfectly suited to the job.

Michel Beaudry`s interviews with Myles Rademan in the last two issues of the Pique, come at an opportune time. The much anticipated Community Meeting with VANOC is coming up Tuesday, June 17 at Millennium Place, 5-8 p.m.

“Sustainability” has been linked to Whistler the way the Hockey Night in Canada theme song was linked to the CBC, although it probably hasn’t cost Whistler $500 every time it used the S-word.

Although the Apple iPhone is not the first touch-sensitive device out there — information kiosks have been using touch screen technology for 20 years — there’s no question it’s reawakened interest in the technology.

He’ll never change. Artist, athlete, iconoclast, rebel — Charlie Doyle is the stuff that Whistler dreams are made of. Actually, that’s not quite true. With Doyle, it’s more reality than dreams.

Will preparations for the Olympics be an issue in the fall when campaigning for municipal councils and school trustee positions gets underway in earnest? Not likely, although some people in Whistler may hold a grudge over the Lot 1/9 decision.

Just as it’s illegal to swallow a plastic bag full of drugs and jump on a plane, or to stuff a drugged parrot or exotic monkey in each armpit to sell to high end pet stores, it’s also illegal to knowingly traffic stolen goods across the border.