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Why we help

Why we help

In the effort to shape Whistler’s international outreach program, a community task force has just been formed last month. One difficult subject that needs to be dealt with is where and how we are going to start this outreach program.
Shelagh Bridgwater: Following in her parents’ foosteps

Shelagh Bridgwater: Following in her parents’ foosteps

It never ceases to amaze me how entertaining the “How I came to be living in Whistler” stories are.
Rethinking the death penalty

Rethinking the death penalty

Murder is the worst crime an individual can commit, and mass-murder is the worst crime compounded. Murder, by one definition, robs people of time they would ordinarily spend living.
Married to the Games? Whistler’s barely engaged

Married to the Games? Whistler’s barely engaged

Last October the RMOW revealed, to a breathless citizenry positively vibrating with anticipation, its long awaited strategic framework for the 2010 Olympics. The town just hasn’t been the same since.
Tragedy strikes home, 2,500 km away

Tragedy strikes home, 2,500 km away

I have lived in this area for many years and I am very hurt about the things I hear about drinking and driving. I have family and friends that are gone due to alcohol.
Cybernaut 1422

Cybernaut 1422

Star Wars at 30
Willy Raine: A pure passion for the mountains

Willy Raine: A pure passion for the mountains

I can still remember my first real conversation with Willy Raine.
The boom in B.C.’s tourism industry

The boom in B.C.’s tourism industry

Between 1865 and 1885 the eastern terminus of the BX Stage Coach Line was the British Columbia town of Savona, named after Francois Savona who in 1859 established a ferry service across the Thompson River where it flows out of Kamloops Lake.
A history of commitment to environment

A history of commitment to environment

A history of commitment to environment Re- Warming Thoughts, May 24, 2007 We at Whistler Blackcomb felt compelled to respond to Toby Salin’s “Warming Thoughts” letter to the editor in the Pique’s May 24 edition.
Patently wrong

Patently wrong

Lawsuits abound in the high tech world, as companies scramble to patent the obvious, and claim rights for concepts in perpetuity they had no intention of making and marketing.