Pique'n Yer Interest

January 1 is a fairly stupid time to persuade people to resolve to better themselves.

Tragedy casts a large shadow over Whistler, just like the twin peaks that have given the resort its claim to fame. Whether or not we want to admit it, death is never as far away as we'd like to think in our community.

The concept of earning equal pay for equal work shouldn't be overly controversial.

Christy Clark and her neo-con cabal have got to go. We can start by shining a spotlight on their chronic underfunding of education, the province's shameful child poverty levels, or B.C.

After a lot of dreaming, slow starts and meandering self-promises, I've crossed a few lines lately when it comes to the arts.

The hypothesis: Clever researchers have discovered that a 25-second delay at a vending machine can make the impatient opt for healthier snacks, which are delivered immediately in a pimped-out machine with a special platform that delays the drop-down

Getting from Point A to Point B — and occasionally Point C — in and around Whistler is getting more and more challenging by the week.

Why the f*@# are we still cutting old growth?" This emerged to a friend in a chairlift conversation. Not from a forest-savvy environmentalist, but an investment banker, a champion of the capitalist machine.

Whatever else could be said about Whistler's former MP John Weston, I will always admire the way he campaigned to become our representative for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country prior to the 2008 federal election.

You don't have to zoom out too far from the Whistler bubble to realize we're a blessed lot.