Opinion

Prior to Christmas, an English family flew from the U.K. to Seattle, rented a car there and drove to Whistler. After 13 or 14 hours of travel they arrived, only to find that there was no one around to check them into their hotel.

Whatever your feelings on the overall expense and scientific value of space programs, there’s something unspeakably awesome about the whole concept of sending probes three billion kilometres across the Solar System to land on another planet or t

On Jan. 11 the SLRD board voted to oppose the proposed power project development on Ashlu Creek.

It may be getting a little late in January for New Year’s forecasts but that’s in keeping with a winter that has been stubbornly slow to produce snow, so let’s review the schedule for 2005.

Whistler has come to the aid of tsunami victims in the South Pacific with several fundraising events, but in case you missed out you can still make a contribution online to the central charities involved in the effort.

Thank the Zamboni driver Credit, where credit is due. Nature has not been kind to Whistler skiers and boarders so far this season.

Welcome to 2005. Does anything make sense anymore? While much of Asia tries to deal with the devastation of the Dec. 26 tsunami, we in the Western world have been trying to understand it.

Need help fulfilling your New Year’s resolutions? You’ve come to the right place – I went six for eight on New Year’s resolutions last year, batting a solid 0.750.

On the eve of a new year, an election year for local governments in B.C., and barely five years before the Olympic dream of 1960 becomes a reality, we look ahead to what 2005 will bring.

The last thing you want to do in the computer world is to establish yourself as a giant because the bigger you get, the more hackers want a piece of you.