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He Said, She Said: Face Off on Ideal Snow Getaways
Monday November 08, 2010
The Globe asked two of the country's most prolific ski writers, Lori Knowles and Iain MacMillan, about the makings of a great ski trip and found old friends don't always agree when it comes to planning a holiday on the slopes.
Inside Edge: Conquering Big Mountain Skiing
Thursday November 04, 2010
If you're itchin' to ski a big mountain but are worried about bumps, steeps and trees... read this. There's help in them thar hills...
Inside Edge: Ski Bums, The Time Is Now
Monday November 30, 2009
Dream of chucking it all and becoming a ski bum? Here's how...
2010: Friendly Games Building (Part II)
Friday March 13, 2009
World Press to Whistler: A teakettle costs how much?
Inside Edge: Colorado’s Most Doable Cat Skiing
Monday February 09, 2009
If you’ve always wanted to try cat skiing but have hesitated due to cost, accessibility or do-ability… Colorado may have a program that will finally get you into that snowcat.

2010: Games Building
Friday June 06, 2008
A brick-and-mortar glimpse of the building of Vancouver/Whistler’s 2010 Olympic Winter Games, By Lori Knowles
Telluride: Outside the Box
Friday June 06, 2008
An inside look at what makes Colorado's Telluride tick. By Lori Knowles
Spring Fever, Spring Festivals
Friday May 11, 2007
Lori Knowles does a survey of this spring's ski fests...
Icon: Réal Charette, 1919-2002
Friday May 11, 2007
If you’ve ever taken a ski lesson, you probably owe it to this man...
Go For The Snow
Friday May 11, 2007
Wallet-friendly ski trips to Canada's east and west.
Easy Flights To Tremblant
Monday April 19, 2004
Inside Edge, Toronto Sun, 2004
10 Reasons To Ski This Spring
Monday April 19, 2004
There are hundreds of good reasons not to hang up our skis and snowboards just yet...
Skiing the Austrian Tyrol by Schnäps and Schlepplift
Tuesday June 10, 2003
There are alms to the left of me, alms to the right of me: little brown huts on the Austrian piste — farmer’s refuges by summer, skier’s refuges in winter.
Opting for vacations at Canada’s up-and-coming ski areas
Monday June 09, 2003
There are reasons skiers gravitate east to Tremblant and west to Whistler. Their villages are great, their restaurants, nightlife and condos fantastic. And their slopes? Legendary.
A Warm and Windy Ski Tour Of Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Monday June 09, 2003
It’s as if you’re skiing on the moon. The landscape is treeless and barren. Like moonscape, it’s all rock and white dust — which in this case turns out to be snow, and lots of it
Inside Edge
Next Stop: BC’s Okanagan
Monday June 09, 2003
If you’re an Okanagan ski fan based near Toronto, you’ll be as stoked about the good flight news coming from Air Canada.
Rompin’ with the cowboys in Steamboat, Ski Town USA
Monday June 09, 2003
There’s a tradition in Steamboat. A big ‘ol cowboy tradition, as vital to Ski Town USA® as the Stampede is to rootin’, tootin’ Calgarians. It’s called the Cowboy Downhill.
The Eye of Sunshine’s Goat
Monday June 09, 2003
On a clear day at the top of Sunshine, you can see forever. The rocks. The peaks. Those fabulous pistes.
The Girlfriend's Guide To Whistler's World Ski & Snowboard Festival
Monday October 28, 2002
Girls, if you're headed to WSSF 2002, wait! You need a girlfriend's guide. Lori Knowles just happens to have one handy.
Club Med Skiers' Style
Monday October 28, 2002
A Club Med for skiers?
Go West On Budget
Monday October 28, 2002
Western ski vacations don't come cheap. But snowriders can carve extra bucks off the bottom line by opting for hostels and budget accommodation.
Silver Star: The road to El Dorado
Monday October 28, 2002
Shhhh… Silver Star's got a divine secret…something about double black diamonds, white gold and cowboy poets
Romancing Jasper
Monday October 28, 2002
Pardon me, boy… Is this the Snow Train to Jasper?
Innocence Lost: Wake-Up Call From Extremely Canadian
Wednesday October 16, 2002
Recovering Youth at Ski Camp in the wilds of Whistler
Wunderkids
Wednesday October 16, 2002
Meet Kye (rhymes with Hi). Kye Petersen. Twelve-year-old wunderkid of the late Whistler wunderkind, Trevor Petersen.
MISSION POSSIBLE: Ski Ontario This Season
Monday December 10, 2001
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to ski Ontario this winter.
Paying a Pre-Olympic Visit to Utah's Ski Areas (Inside Edge Column)
Monday November 19, 2001
Utah is abuzz with pre-Olympic excitement… sort of.
Showdowns Of Face Offs And Lap Dancing At The 24 Hours Of Aspen
Saturday November 17, 2001
It takes a lot for Aspen to go agog.
Film Festivals, Fashion Shows...
Sunday October 28, 2001
Film Festivals, Fashion Shows, Big Air Competitions… It's All Part of Whistler's World Ski & Snowboard Festival (Inside Edge Column)
Women on Top
Saturday April 28, 2001
Look up, way up… at the peak of the Collingwood "Escarpment", where five out of six ski schools are led by hot skiing females. What put these extraordinary women on top?
Philou, Philou… We Love You Philou
Sunday February 18, 2001
This profile of Philou Poirier proves why he's smart, sexy, multi-talented and the cool in New Sss..cool.
Total Ski Relaxation At Panorama (Indside Edge Column)
Sunday December 03, 2000
Note to self: Next time you want a relaxing ski holiday head for Panorama.
A Day in the Life...OF A CAT POWDER PIG
Wednesday March 17, 1999
An Ontario skier packs powder in the Selkirks
The Big White Giant
Thursday January 28, 1999
They sure got it right when they named it Big White
Teachable Moments
Thursday February 12, 1998
Former world champions help teach women how to move that 'centre of mmm… ass.'