Hey! Listen up! Kalan Wi! Today is National Aboriginal Day. The Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre has activities all day long, including an artisan market, outdoor BBQ and children's crafts and scavenger hunts. They will also feature a performance from local Mt Currie/Pemberton band, Kalan Wi, who the Province called "more local than global" but with a … Continue reading Word of the Week: Kalan Wi
Today, local officials and leaders from the Mt Currie Band, the Village of Pemberton and the Squamish Lillooet Regional District toured the istken site at the base of Signal Hill. Watch this space for more details about what was shared and learned.
What's for dinner tomorrow night? Why not stop by the first Farmers Market for the year? Steve and Bryce St Arnaud will be playing some tunes to soundtrack the market's new location: Market Square, in the parking lot in front of the pharmacy.
Dragon-boaters, your community is proud of you! At this weekend's Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, Pemberton paddlers once more proved their might. The Laoyam Eagles continue their winning streak, taking their 14th consecutive junior title. The Laoyam Falcons placed third in the same Championship final, putting both teams on the podium. Congratulations, too, to … Continue reading Shout-out: Laoyam Eagles, Falcons and Pemberton’s legendary paddlers
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Here, kitty, kitty, kitty. Thanks to Pembertonian Lisa Fernandez whose trigger finger was quick enough to catch a photo of this bobcat (Lynx rufus) sighted on the Hurley this weekend.
Recent news from the One Mile Lake Nature Centre: A new inlet channel and fish rearing habitat is being built. The goal is to allow the beavers to continue to build dams but ensure a dedicated flow into the lake. This is an extension of the outflow channel built in 2009. While the work is … Continue reading Free the beavers.
We ask Veronica Woodruff, whose instagram snaps of local flora and fauna are already a WellnessAlmanac favourite, a few questions. What makes a steward and how do you know if you are one? Veronica Wooodruff: Have you ever heard a bird call and wondered, ‘What is that? I hear it all the time?’Or have you … Continue reading Q+A: Stewardship Pemberton
Nothing happens without hard work and good people. Congratulations to everyone. Check out these awesome pics from the Pemby Skate Crew on facebook.
Right now, my garden is full of cilantro that self-seeded last year. (I can't work out why the only things flourishing in my garden are the things I didn't even plant.) (Probably because it's actually a weed.) Every week, I gather fresh leaves and make batches of this cilantro pesto. It's an amazing spread on … Continue reading Recipe: Cilantro Pesto
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