Opinion

In 1988 a group of Tapley’s Farm residents got together for a dinner party. The discussion followed a familiar theme: Whistler was growing quickly and young families were struggling to keep their heads above water.

If you’ve been browsing the web recently you might have noticed a growing number of references to RSS feeds, and probably were a bit confused by the reference.

If you haven’t had the pleasure of browsing through Google’s fascinating satellite maps, I suggest you drop everything and visit http://maps.google.com .

"All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

Go figure Whistler, under the VANOC banner is bending over backwards to supply a first class venue for the super athletes of the world in 2010.

Last week Microsoft Corporation won a huge battle for the hearts and minds of gamers around the world with the announcement that the company had signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Comics to collaborate on a series of online role-playing games.

Years from now, if historians want to look back at the state of affairs in Whistler in 2005, they could start their field research in Squamish, at the Paralympic arena built there.

Healthy democracy-sustainable future This letter was addressed to the mayor and council. A copy was forwarded to Pique.

To many people, including week a large number in Paris, Madrid, Moscow and New York, the quest to host the Olympic Games is an all-or-nothing competition.

After close to a year of NHL contract negotiations, which are finally wrapping up after a marathon session by the NHL Player’s Association and owners, hockey will return next season.