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It takes time to raise a village

It takes time to raise a village

In a super-heated economy, where construction costs have been compounding monthly, due to shortages of labour and demand for materials, and where the Lower Mainland construction industry puts out monthly bulletins explaining the scope of the construc
Summer bookmarks

Summer bookmarks

I’m all for long winters but after a long, cold winter and late spring I think I’m finally ready for summer.
The power of respect, Whistler on a budget, resale values

The power of respect, Whistler on a budget, resale values

Treat workers right For the last several weeks and months there have been many articles and ideas on how to help the “struggling” economy, and to be perfectly honest, it’s getting a little repetitive. So here’s a new slant on an old idea.
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

An open letter to the Village Of Pemberton’s Council and Staff and the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District’s Director Gimse and Staff We at the Pemberton and District Chamber of Commerce would like to express our discomfort with regard to t
Conservative agenda overlooks regional opportunities

Conservative agenda overlooks regional opportunities

The Cascade Bicycle Club, the largest bicycle club in the United States with more than 5,000 members, is a non-profit organization based in the Seattle area that works to "create a better community through bicycling.
Europe the place for summer sports

Europe the place for summer sports

Yeah, yeah the NHL playoffs are on but how interested is anyone at this point? There are two Canadian teams left, both are down 2-0 (as of Tuesday night), and the San Jose Sharks – who look like they are only playing as hard as they need to in order
How the Internet reinvented radio

How the Internet reinvented radio

Everyone knows the song Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. As soon as television came along no one wanted to sit and listen to someone tell stories or play music when they could watch it come to life on a screen.
Can you imagine?

Can you imagine?

The first slogan when Vancouver and Whistler began considering a bid for the 2010 Olympics back in the late ’90s was "Can you imagine.
Same old, same old, castles in the sky, cover girls too risque, radio news, Ashlu worries, and Boot kudos

Same old, same old, castles in the sky, cover girls too risque, radio news, Ashlu worries, and Boot kudos

User fee abusers So apparently our economic outlook is in free fall, the business community is looking for the parachutes, we elect a wholesale change in our council and we get the same old financial plan.
I hear that train a comin'

I hear that train a comin'

For nearly nine years, since the time the council of the day went on a tour of resort towns in Colorado and came back with the idea that the RMOW needs additional sources of revenue, we have been working our way towards unsustainability, at least as