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Loving home—and leaving it anyway

Loving home—and leaving it anyway

Every day for the last week, I've enjoyed a morning coffee overlooking a lake in Northern Alberta with an 18-month-old. Our ritual went something like this: Me: Lucy, do you want to go have coffee? She: Yeah.
Playing the blame game

Playing the blame game

A proposal to add a massive 616-seat bowling alley, restaurant and games facility to the village has stirred up a wide variety of reactions from both the public and local business community in recent weeks.
Getting real about Instagram

Getting real about Instagram

Social media has changed the way we live our lives more than any other development in the last two decades. I'll often marvel that my job, which includes managing Pique 's social media platforms, wouldn't have existed a few years ago.
The millionaire homeowner revolt has become embarrassing

The millionaire homeowner revolt has become embarrassing

Over the last few months, the NDP's new 30-Point Housing Affordability Plan has received its fair share of criticism. And while I can sympathize with some it, this latest chapter is out of control.
Doug Ford and the petty politics of revenge

Doug Ford and the petty politics of revenge

People voting against their own self interest is nothing new, but not a lot has been said about the politics of revenge.
The price is what?

The price is what?

When I was a kid, getting sick and staying home from school wasn't entirely bad.
Hey, BC Parks: Tourists aren't more important than locals

Hey, BC Parks: Tourists aren't more important than locals

There is so much to be pissed off about right now: a taxpayer-funded pipeline slated to be built under the guise of the "national interest," the disaster that is America (take your pick of issues there), and the daily unveiling of a new privileged ma
The NFL's national anthem copout

The NFL's national anthem copout

Earlier this month, the NFL announced it had officially adopted a new national anthem policy, affirming its commitment to "continuing our collaboration with players to advance the goals of justice and fairness in all corners of society.
When the 'mental blocks' win

When the 'mental blocks' win

When I saw the post from Snowboard Addiction—a local company that produces instructional snowboard videos and products—I immediately clicked.
Celebrating community

Celebrating community

Recently in the Whistler Facebook group, someone asked a question along the lines of "what defines a local?" The question spurned a lengthy, opinionated and now-deleted thread.