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Haters unite

Haters unite

In a recent interview on CBC radio's Q with Jian Ghomeshi, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast stated there were only two things in life she was truly certain of: that she's naturally anxious, and knows the alphabet by heart.
Youth is fleeting, you silly pothead!

Youth is fleeting, you silly pothead!

I fear I may have wasted my stoner years. Formative years they were, but now I question how I chose to spend those years traipsing through the suburban landscape of my hometown. I probably should have been snowboarding.

Go team?

Ice required to reduce swelling

The fine line

As any Whistlerite knows, the skiing life is full of lines: the line-up of cars on the highway and to enter (free) parking lots; line-ups for coffee, cafeterias, rentals and ticket buying (made all the more excruciating by the fact that you're lining

Parting shots

Three and a half years ago, Pique Newsmagazine took a chance on a brash young journalism student who was eager to start his career. He came from university with a chip on his shoulder and a desire to shake this town up.

The Movember month is the best month

It was day one of Movember. There were a few bald faces among my male colleagues, myself included, and it was refreshing, like a cool spring rain.

Votes to spend

Twenty-five candidates for council, six votes to spend. Six candidates for mayor, one vote. It's like lining up at the deli counter for 20 minutes and when you finally get up to the cash register you have no idea what to buy. And the menu is huge.

Past, present, future

An animal dies. Lying where it falls, it's washed over with sediment, mineralized, converted to rock and pushed down into the earth.

The escapist

The artist motions for silence.

An open communications strategy is essential

I've managed to stay away from criticizing the municipality since I've started working here, choosing instead to educate the public on how to deal with a crummy roommate and how to kidnap that roommate's dog.