Opinion

There is no shortage of issues facing Whistler and its elected leaders as the clock winds down and the pressure builds toward Nov. 19. And behind each issue there seems to be another interest group or conspiracy theory popping up these days.

Carmen remembered I met Carmen Ahiers so long ago I can’t remember where or why we met. All I know is that as a new arrival in Whistler, suddenly I had a new friend.

It appears as though Whistler’s summer of discontent will sail into the fall, which officially begins next week, and right through to the November municipal election.

On a recent flight from Toronto to Vancouver, passengers sprawled out over a half-empty plane, I spent a great deal of my time watching an older businessman out of the corner of my eye.

Teachers are frustrated After working a full school year without a contract, teachers are now preparing to take action to resolve outstanding issues at the bargaining table.

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Going back to school used to mean taking an apple to the teacher, but Apple Computers Inc. was heavily into back to school mode itself this week.

The kindness of strangers Thank you to the gentleman who stopped in his truck to see if my daughter was OK when she fell off her bike on the Valley Trail that runs by the highway just before Emerald on Saturday, Aug. 20th.

In many ways Google is the bad boy/bad girl celebrity of the Internet world – you can’t take your eyes off the company because everybody is watching to see what they do next. So far Google hasn’t disappointed.

No one is happy with the convoluted, tortuous path the arena issue has taken – or as some have suggested, been driven by the local media – this summer.