Opinion

As we browse through catalogues and shop for gifts for friends and family for Christmas, Hans Blix and his team of UN Weapons Inspectors are browsing through factories, bunkers and palaces, shopping for Saddam’s supposed weapons of mass destruct

In an article published last March in High Country News George Sibley contemplated place.

Death and taxes Kudos to the RMOW for commissioning a study to determine that the U.S. resorts have a tax structure which is more equitable and helpful to the resort sustainability than that experienced in Canada.

Interesting how Olympic bids evolve and perspectives on problems change. A month and a half ago Whistler was the stick in the spokes of the Vancouver 2010 bid.

In an ideal world, all anyone would want for Christmas is their two front teeth, and maybe world peace if your name isn’t George W. Bush. And if gifts absolutely had to be exchanged, the thought would actually count as much as the price tag.

To ski or not to ski

Time on your hands? You’re in luck. Killing time is an ancient art-form that probably predates time itself.

For the first time in recent memory, Whistler is going into an American Thanksgiving weekend with what the marketers might call "extreme early season conditions" (i.e., hardly any natural snow and a minimum of runs open).

And so the 14 th municipal election in Whistler’s history comes to an end, sort of. Congratulations to all candidates are in order. It takes guts and conviction to stand up and say who you are and why you should represent the people.

Treatment is worse than the cure