Opinion

One of the opportunities bidding for the 2010 Olympics brought to the province of British Columbia was to involve the Squamish, Lil’wat, Musqueum and Tsleil Waututh First Nations in the bid process.

How do we get our mojo back? We never lost it. We’ve always had it. It just seems we had it so good for a couple of years that everyone thought it was normal and started thinking that every year should go up by an amazing amount with no effort.

There are about 32 million people in Canada, which means there are 32 million Social Insurance Numbers, 32 million medical and dental files, and so forth.

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.