Opinion

"Too much information, running through my brain. Too much information, driving me insane.

Three years ago the editorial staff of this paper endorsed six of the seven present members of council, breaking a long Whistler tradition of local newspapers staying silent on endorsements at election time.

Naïve parents who believe that their children's video game addiction enhances problem solving abilities and hand-eye co-ordination may not be as out to lunch as previously thought.

The most impressive thing about Tuesday’s all-candidates meeting, aside from the turnout, was the enthusiasm and desire of people to learn more about the 20 candidates running for seven seats on Whistler council.

Kids are growing up fast these days, drinking coffee, talking on cell phones, getting tattoos, preparing their own meals, staying out late, and wearing clothes that you’re not comfortable seeing on a 20-year-old.

At the closing ceremonies of each Olympic Games he presided over, Juan Antonio Samaranche, the former president of the International Olympic Committee, used to say the just-concluded Games were the best Olympics ever held.

Park City’s Myles Rademan, a consultant to Whistler and other mountain resorts, once produced a series of principles describing people and life in resort towns.

The carbon age is now officially living on borrowed time. While our dependency on fossil fuels will probably continue to increase for the next few decades, the peak of our consumption is in sight.

In this week’s Cybernaut – 21 serious computer threats to consider and the one joke that everyone can agree on Eye on Spyware Contrary to what you might think, spyware is not a tuxedo or a two-way video wristwatch communicator with a built-

There’s little doubt the municipality has, over the last six years, failed to adequately address the issue of nightly rentals in residential neighbourhoods.