Opinion

It will likely be September before a draft of the transportation master plan is made public but in August Whistler will get a glimpse of the future, or at least what the future will look like if no changes are made to current transportation systems a

A public information meeting Monday regarding the future road network that will serve White Gold and the new Spruce Grove subdivision was a prime example of what Whistler, as a town, is all about in the latter years of the 20th century.

"Why isn’t my office there anymore?" Councillor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden asked during Monday’s council debate on the original Whistler Village and efforts to "revitalize" it. Good question.

There was a suggestion recently that work could begin as soon as this summer on one of the oldest skeletons in Whistler’s closet, Powder Mountain.

Trying to run a school board has got to be one of the most frustrating jobs in British Columbia. Perhaps only matched by being a student or parent of a student.

After all the pre-season hype about El Niño — "the weather event of the century" — it’s been another record winter for Whistler, both in skier visits and in room nights.

The provincial government, desperate for some good economic news, has certainly been high on tourism recently. "If we look to the future...

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While it comes six months after originally promised and is breathtaking in its scope, Intrawest deserves considerable credit for laying out its plans for Creekside and the remaining bed units it inherited with the purchase of Whistler Mountain.

Friends and neighbours Whistler’s council has been under a lot of pressure recently, with the 19 Mile Creek employee housing project and the issue of chalet- and villa-style accommodation particularly contentious issues.