Opinion

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.

Let’s see… When you want to buy music online, you can go to Apple (www.apple.com) and download iTunes, to the new Napster (www.napster.com), to PressPlay.com, to BuyMusic.com, to MusicMatch, to RealNetworks, to MP3.com, to EMusic.

The Olympics are a big part of Whistler’s future, but the future of the ski and snowboard "industry" is even more fundamental to Whistler’s well being.

If you didn’t happen to make it to the Whistler. It’s Our Future workshop last Saturday (Nov. 15), it’s not too late to get involved.