Opinion

I spent the recent long weekend touring Whistler's real estate open houses. I was looking for re-decorating ideas and was not a potential buyer, as I explained to all the agents.

By now most people have heard that the provincial government has challenged the tourism industry in B.C. to double in size in 10 years. Premier Gordon Campbell has been making the point since at least 2001. At the B.C.

If the progression continues, the Olympic Games might have to change its credo from "higher, faster, stronger" to "any edge I can get".

Up to now Canada’s space history is limited to a handful of astronauts, a few satellites, and two generations of robotic arms, but if all goes well in October, Canucks are finally going to be in the space race, eh? Canada’s contender for th

In this week’s Mountain News roundup of stories from other ski areas there is an article about how Vail Resorts is committing $600,000 over the next two years to a program designed to introduce minorities to snow sports.

Whistler's forests are "tinder dry" and the fire hazard extreme. The province is experiencing one of the hottest, driest summers on record. Forest fires in B.C.

A study done last year by Whistler-based Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners found that approximately 60 per cent of total skier visits to Whistler-Blackcomb came by way of airline travel. The study further found that about 30 per cent of B.C.’s 6.

Since 2002, more than 47 new communities in B.C. have been wired for broadband Internet, and more than 65 communities will be added this year. By 2007, high-speed Internet should be available everywhere in B.C.

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Pique Newsmagazine just got a new toilet. One of those water saving, two-flush jobbies that are all the rage in water-strapped European countries.