Opinion

Re: Municipality to borrow $100 Million for Athlete Village construction I am very concerned that the RMOW has approved taking a loan to finance the Olympic Athlete Village project from the Municipal Finance Authority (MFA).

From the beginning one of the main selling points of computers was the promise of efficiency — one device that does everything.

Whistler council, rightly, has been getting grief about its plans to raise municipal taxes.

“The harder I work, the luckier I seem to get.” – Jack Nicklaus Talk about thinking outside the box.

“The harder I work, the luckier I seem to get.” – Jack Nicklaus Talk about thinking outside the box.

Lucky to be alive After reading about the frightening events that took place recently in Whistler, I am reminded of the exact same chilling tale I lived on Boxing Day, five years ago.

Alta States is all about celebrating the many — and varied — voices of the Whistler community (in its broadest definition). So in this very first column of 2008, I’ve decided to step back and let some of them speak to you directly. Listen well.

On July 24 last year Whistler council announced its priorities to the end of its present term, in November 2008.

It’s hard being a technology writer on a budget, writing for a small-town newspaper that doesn’t get sent samples of all the latest gadgets for testing.

Away with the manger The manger in Pemberton provided quite the topic for discussion in December.