Opinion

Although face paint will probably wear off by then, it's never too early to start following the 2010 Olympic Games.

The NDP has only been elected to govern British Columbia three times - with five premiers - in the province's history.

Computer viruses and hackers are a problem, but is it possible that the cure – a pantheon of companies selling anti-virus software and security companies – are exaggerating the threat in order to profit from our fears? Think about it.

In 1998 the members of the Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver-Whistler to be Canada's bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics, but it wasn't an easy choice. Vancouver received 26 votes on the first ballot to Quebec City's 25.

The Vancouver Bid for the 2010 Games came through and covered the spread, much to the relief of Vegas bookies who put us in the lead with only days to go until the IOC’s decision.

So far summer in Whistler has been a nice mix of rain and sun. Last summer’s drought, though nice and warm, made it impossible to get any work done.

For a brief period about four years ago, Apple Computer held on to the personal computer speed title with the release of its G3 chipsets.

"We are going to give a gold medal to a city on July 2 but it is also very important to the Commission that the other cities do not have too many things to criticize us for.

Like the intriguing odour of the canned "delicacy" it is named after, Internet spam doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon.

It’s the summer solstice on Saturday, the official end of fundraising season and the start of summer, when the town resumes its regular job of looking after visitors.