Opinion

Is it any wonder some people still consider British Columbia a colony populated by hewers of wood and drawers of water? Sure, there are all kinds of high-tech industries in B.C.

At Monday’s council meeting the Whistler Housing Authority formally announced it was turning down the opportunity to purchase units in the 19 Mile Creek resident employee housing project.

By now most people in Whistler realize it has been a phenomenal winter, whether you use official numbers...

Last month Auditor General George Morfitt released a report which said drinking water was at risk in much of B.C.

Interesting that one week after Whistler-Blackcomb recorded its two-millionth skier of the season, federal Parks Minister Andy Mitchell announces there will be a cap on the number of skiers allowed in Banff and Jasper National Parks.

For such a highly planned resort, it’s ironic that Whistler is in such a mess over tourist accommodation.

On Feb. 15, Whistler council decided that rezoning chalets and villas was of such significance to the community that there should be at least five council members present to vote on each application.

A "local" paper recently dedicated several pages to the war in the woods it predicts will happen this summer as environmentalists face off with loggers over the proposed Stoltmann Wilderness.

If the state of British Columbia’s economy and political affairs in the spring of nineteen-hundred and ninety-nine could be represented by one location within the province it might be the Callaghan Valley.

If there has been one consistent mantra for Glen Clark’s NDP government from the day it was sworn into office it is "we won’t cut funding for health care or education.