Pique'n Yer Interest

I have a teeny-tiny, slightly maddening claim to fame that no one else would know if I didn't mention it here.

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.

It just wouldn't be an Olympics without some kind of Lindsey Vonn injury drama, would it? The American superstar's crash last week, resulting in a partial tear of her reconstructed ACL, has made it questionable as to whether she'll be able to defend

Thinkers, researchers, scientists and artists discuss animals at risk

Last weekend at the downtown Vancouver campus of Simon Fraser University, I took part in a screenwriting fellowship offered by SFU's Praxis Centre for Screenwriters.

Hey big guy, Sorry, I know you're sensitive about your weight, I shouldn't call you that. You're obviously just big-boned.

The worst days I ever had at work came while sitting in the driver's seat of an 18-wheeler. In my late teens and early 20s I spent my summers steering big rigs to help put myself through journalism school.

During last year's Whistler Writers Festival, a panel convened to discuss the perennially elusive topic of mountain culture vs. culture in the mountains.

I went to Quest University in Squamish last week at the invitation of Dr. Eric Gorham to speak to his Media and Politics class and answer questions about my experiences in journalism in Britain and Canada over the last (gulp) 28 years.

There's a very complex, scientific diagram stuck to the fridge of my family's cabin that clears up an age-old confusion.