Grateful to our summer instagrammers Amanda Ritchie, Crystal Conroy, and Lois Fay Thevarge, who returns this week with more poetry and inspiration, reels and good vibes. As the not so pretty pieces of yesterday release their hold on your consciousness &float off in a hazy wake. Should today dare to be so beautiful ( ? ) Yes, yes it … Continue reading Get your poetry fix over at our instagram this week
The sunflower maze is primed for August 18, tickets available online
Tickets for this year’s Pemberton Sunflower Maze at Laughing Crow Organics and the BeerFarmers are now available at https://laughingcrow.tickit.ca/events/16299 Open August 18 to September 5 100,000 Sunflowers grown to bring you joy. Be delighted with poetry, interpretive signs, and plenty of fridge-worthy family photo-ops. Bring your sun-hat and someone you care about for a memorable day … Continue reading The sunflower maze is primed for August 18, tickets available online
This week, archaeologists at work
This week, the Lilwat Nation Archaeology Dig crew, photographed below at Ullus, and shared by Johnny Jones, are working on a site featuring pit homes that will be carbon dated. Jones talked with the Pique back in 2016, when another site was carbon dated, showing the Birkenhead River location had been occupied between 300 and … Continue reading This week, archaeologists at work
Cheer on ILSA youth mountain bikers at Deep Summer tonight!
Come support our youth mountain bikers in Whistler tomorrow, invites Sandy Ward. Date: Tuesday, August 9th, 2022Showtime: 8:30 – 10:00 pm Location: Whistler Olympic Plaza – Free spectators’ viewing at Whistler Olympic Plaza and bike valet will be available.Five photographers. One wildcard contestant. Three days in the epicentre of the Crankworx World Tour: Whistler, British Columbia. This iconic photo … Continue reading Cheer on ILSA youth mountain bikers at Deep Summer tonight!
Campfire ban is underway until October 28
We've been so lucky on the wildfire front so far this summer, but temps have been high and the forest is dry. As of the weekend past, (Thursday, August 4) all campfires are banned throughout the Coastal Fire Centre, which includes the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast and Sea-to-Sky. The campfire ban is in effect until … Continue reading Campfire ban is underway until October 28
A new basketball court is under construction
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cghk8oyh7ip/?hl=en Construction of the Community Basketball Court began this week at Signal Hill Elementary School with the hopes of being ready this fall! Follow @pembertonrecreation for more details. Special thank you to:Pemberton Valley Utilities & Services Committee (PVUS)Graham and the team at Murphy ConstructionPatrick at Alpine PavingIan at SD#48Lions Club
a poem for stillness and a refreshing image for the last day of july
If you were to write your own recipe for august, inspired by this post from the Wild Matryoshka, what would you invite in? Less words and more water? Pauses are not easy to find in life. I may have taken a pause from some work obligations, but the wave rolls back in with family obligations... … Continue reading a poem for stillness and a refreshing image for the last day of july
More on the new Bike Park
from the Village of Pemberton's media release, here are the details you might be clamouring for, about Pemberton's newest recreation facility slash destination slash hangout: The Bike Skills Park is open from dawn to dusk daily except during Quiet Hours (11pm – 7am Monday to Saturday and 11pm – 9am Sunday and statutory holidays). The … Continue reading More on the new Bike Park
PORCA continues to make Pemberton a rad place for kids to ride, with registration opening for the Fall Youth Mountain Bike Program on Tuesday
Registration: Opens Tuesday, August 2nd - 7pmPORCA is pleased to bring back the Youth Mountain Bike Program for Fall 2022! They are offering two different days and programs, please note ability level and day/time when registering and click on the correct button below. Development ProgramAbility: Intermediate and AdvancedDay: Sundays (4 sessions)Duration: 10:00 am - 1:00pm (3 hours)Dates: September 11, 18, 25, Oct 2Ages: 7-13Age Calculation: Must be 7 at start of … Continue reading PORCA continues to make Pemberton a rad place for kids to ride, with registration opening for the Fall Youth Mountain Bike Program on Tuesday
Crystal Conroy’s instagram takeover is a cool drink of water on a hot day
I am slowly working my way through the book Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice, by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel, which I heard about on the For the Wild podcast, here. They draw parallels, in the book, between the micro and the macro - the state of human bodies and the state … Continue reading Crystal Conroy’s instagram takeover is a cool drink of water on a hot day