Pique'n Yer Interest

I have always liked the feel of a good guidebook. My dad has a fondness for them, and I often found myself skimming through his collection growing up.

I've only lived in Whistler for two-and-a-half years. It's been long enough to get a feel for the rhythm of this town, but it also means I've only known Whistler as the successful, bursting-at-the-seams resort it is today.

It's Christmas in October. This is the week that B.C. voters start receiving mail-in referendums on electoral reform, and a rare chance to make history.

I'll get this out of the way straight out of the hopper—I wasn't here or even all that close—for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Whistler and Vancouver.

Two weekends ago, I found myself in the middle of a park on a sunny Saturday in Washington state sitting in a circle of people discussing "stretching our edges on race and privilege.

An incredible thing happened—or maybe the incredible part is what didn't happen—at the first all-candidates meeting of Whistler's election season last Wednesday, Sept.

Last week, I went back home to Ottawa for a visit. It was perfect timing to escape the first dose of cold days and torrential rain that often signals the end of summer in Whistler. Luckily for me, Eastern Ontario was hit with a late-summer heatwave.

Last week, we learned of the sizeable illegal encampment that's been operating within earshot of the Upper Village—on a small island in Fitzsimmons Creek, near the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre.

"What do you want?" "Well, I was told outside that...

In the lead-up to the 2015 federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took part in a virtual town hall broadcast on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.