Opinion

There really wasn’t much new in Monday’s announcement by the Vancouver-Whistler 2010 Bid Society of facilities planned for the Olympics — alpine, freestyle and snowboarding events are planned for Whistler and Blackcomb, nordic events in the Callaghan

Perhaps the most crucial aspect of the Vancouver-Whistler Olympic bid has finally been made public.

With Labour Day out of the way, the kids back to school and the incredible summer weather apparently having come to an end, it’s time to get back to work.

To judge by phone calls, "tips" and letters received in the days following last week’s approval of the 19 Mile Creek and Lorimer Road employee housing projects these, and likely future housing projects, won’t have to just meet neighbourhood standards

Litigation first seems to be the way of Whistler Considering career choices in Whistler in the 21st century? Real estate agent and any of the construction trades probably shouldn’t be high on the list — providing of course the ceiling on development

"I’d like to qualify (my words): Every time I say ‘affordable’ I don’t mean it. It’s not affordable, it’s the best we can do in Whistler." – Ken Melamed, Aug.

Economic downturn may bring Whistler and Squamish closer together With the summer tourist season reaching its apex, officials in town to review the bid for the 2010 Olympics and one of the sunniest summers in years, it’s easy to forget that Whistler

Progress on employee housing is an attitude thing It was difficult to tell if there was any progress made on the employee housing front this week.

To understand the way politics work in this province sometimes it is better to skip the writings of John Locke and go straight to Joseph Heller. The Howe Sound school district, like many school districts in B.C.

Time to confirm Olympic bid, or not Whistler, not unreasonably, takes a certain amount of pride in its pioneering ways.