Opinion

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.

The Blu-ray verses HD-DVD battle is still a long way from being decided but video rental giant Blockbuster may have fired the critical shot last week with the announcement that they would exclusively stock Blu-ray disks for rental and sale.

He’s the Forrest Gump of the ski business. And like the fictional movie character, he’s never forgotten his roots.

Fortunately in offering us additional swimming docks on Alta Lake the municipality has built exterior showers to wash the swimmer’s itch from our skin.

In an effort to reach “the Canadian Tire voter”, the Conservative Party has decided to sponsor a car on the Canadian NASCAR circuit.

By Andrew Mitchell A few years ago Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would occasionally attempt to bill their customers extra for exceeding their monthly allowable bandwidth, prompting those people to immediately cancel their subscriptions and enroll

It’s been over 10 years since the accident. But even now, her voice changes perceptibly when she talks about it. “I made a conscious choice not to die,” says Kathy Podborski of her ordeal-by-avalanche during a helicopter-skiing trip in B.C.

As summer approaches (really, look at the calendar) and we head into the July-August political vacuum where few major decisions are made and public interest in issues is limited to vacations, soft ball and what books to read, we’re left to contemplat

These days the music industry is a legal minefield. Revenues are down, tensions are high, lawyers are jittery. They’ll sue 13 years olds if they even look at the latest Beyoncé single the wrong way.

It’s not easy being a retailer at Whistler. High rents, restrictive covenants, the seasonal ebbs and flows of mountain resort life — making a go of it here in the retail sector requires just the right blend of boldness, determination and creativity.