Opinion

A few weeks ago, in anticipation of the federal election, Globe and Mail columnist Jeffrey Simpson called health care the third rail of Canadian politics.

Democracy, free speech and good taste will be put to the test in the coming months as Canada’s federal parties gear up for Election 2004.

It’s the economy stupid! I have been coming to Whistler-Blackcomb for over a dozen years but this year I have found it to be a real eye opener.

You can take the blue pill and wake up at home, safe in bed with the illusion that democracy works, or you can take the red pill and find out just how deep the rabbit hole – in this case a network of power and influence in this province – r

Internationally, Canada’s enforcement of copyright laws when it comes to the illegal downloading of songs and content from the Internet is a fiasco.

I am very sad and angry to learn that, barely two years later another member of our Pemberton, Mount Currie communities has been murdered.

There were lots of numbers thrown around at the Spirit of 2010 Business Summit organized by the provincial government nearly two weeks ago, but the most important numbers I heard associated with 2010 were demographic rather than economic.

Ever notice how your oldest CD – mine’s a copy of Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing – is starting to skip, no matter how well you may have taken care of it over the years? You check it over for scratches and smudges, find nothing, a

After listening to two days of presentations on the 2010 Olympics last week, in Whistler and in Vancouver, from the likes of Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports, Bill Malone from the Park City Chamber of Commerce, Terry Wright from VANOC, numerous b

This is a copy of a letter sent to John Furlong and Jack Poole of the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee. I quite agree with the legacy that the Olympics will leave for Vancouver and Whistler.