Opinion

Whether it’s a sign of a technology coming of age or merely a testimonial to how busy and last-minute holiday shoppers have become, online retailers are jingling all the way to the bank.

If spam was a four-letter word we learned to live with in 2003, OCOG may be the four-letter word of 2004, at least around these parts.

The holiday season is peaceful for a reason. The people who make the news go on vacations, leaving reporters - with deadlines and pages to fill - no choice but to look to the past and the future for stories.

In a year when we lost a lot of folks - the roll call includes Dave Sheets, Bev Switzer, Kel Fenwick, Phil Porteous, "Andy" An Ty Lin, Daryl Stevenson, Mike Benoit, Ed Elliott, Jamie Burnette (the last four all in the Rutherford Creek disaster), Jami

Last week in this space, in a little pre-Christmas inspirational speech, we told you about Al Raine’s thoughts on B.C. challenging Colorado to become the pre-eminent ski/snowboard region in North America.

Telus, Canada’s second largest telecommunications company, made the leap into digital music sales last week with the announcement that its ISP division would be offering Puretracks to customers.

In last February’s throne speech, the provincial government challenged the tourism industry to double in size by 2010.

During the Iraq war it became abundantly clear that news – defined as an impartial account of current events – is hard to come by.

Spam appears to be protected speech when scrutinized under law.

A little more than a year ago BC Rail ceased operation of its daily passenger service between North Vancouver and Prince George, as well as its luxury tourist trains.