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Lisa Lefroy: Embracing life to the fullest

Lisa Lefroy: Embracing life to the fullest

I’ve said it before. And I’ll say it again. Whistler women kick ass.
IOC knows what it wants from Games, does Whistler?

IOC knows what it wants from Games, does Whistler?

At last week’s International Olympic Committee meetings in Guatemala Jean Claude Killy, who still holds the unofficial title of greatest ski racer of all time, presented the final report of the IOC’s Coordination Commission on the Torino Olympics.
Games are not the problem

Games are not the problem

> Since the Columbine Massacre, video game violence has been squarely in the media spotlight.
Building leaders today prepares us for future

Building leaders today prepares us for future

Thanks for yet another editorial on our collective need to focus on the period after 2010, asking whether we have “done enough to open the doors to a new generation of leaders willing to guide Whistler in the post-Olympic era?” (History teaches us to
Letters

Letters

A frustrating wait
History teaches us to look ahead

History teaches us to look ahead

If the Canada Day weekend didn’t fill tourism officials’ hearts with glee, and merchants’ coffers with lucre, maybe they’re in the wrong business.
iPhone a hit, but...

iPhone a hit, but...

The launch of the iPhone, Apple’s new phone, Internet and multimedia device, was a success at every level last week.
A lesson from Alaska: Diversifying the mountain offerings

A lesson from Alaska: Diversifying the mountain offerings

I’ve finally hooked one. A surge of adrenaline flows through my body as the line zings through my reel and my salmon takes off for deeper waters. Careful now. Don’t slip on the rocks. The current is strong here and I’m nearly waist-deep in it.
A tax holiday to think about

A tax holiday to think about

OK, I know I’ve harped on about this before, but this will be the last time, I promise! I just read today on the MSN money page that the five fat cats at Fortress pulled in close to $500 million in earnings between them for 2006 (each manager’s share
Another blunt instrument in the name of security

Another blunt instrument in the name of security

Last week Canada introduced Passenger Protect, the latest assault on civil liberties and another of the thousand cuts slowly crippling the travel business and everyone dependent upon it.