Featured in this week's Question are local youth, Tashayna Peters from D'arcy and Attila Nelson from Mt Currie, who have just returned from a four-month stint in Africa after being selected as two of 10 participants in this year’s International Aboriginal Internship Program administered by the Victoria International Development Education Association (VIDEA). Now home, they … Continue reading Shout-Out: Humanitarians Tashayna Peters and Attila Nelson
I prevailed on friends (and Icecap Organics harvest box customers) Gary and Zoé Martin, to share their kitchen secrets, after listening to the mouth-watering adventures they got up to last season. The first harvest boxes were delivered last week, with a supply of fresh cherries. Which were transformed shortly thereafter, in the Martin kitchen, into … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Cherry and Almond Muffins
Spotted while mountain-biking down JimJam last week - a red-headed pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus.) Largest of its kind in North America, and one of 6 woodpecker species likely to be seen around Pemberton/Mt Currie, the pileated woodpecker was doing what woodpeckers do best. Pecking wood. Scouting for a nice ant colony to tap. A great … Continue reading Sighted: Red Headed Pileated Woodpecker
So awesome to see these local athletes were the cover-stars of the last-ever special "Pemberton edition" of the Question.
Pemberton fitness trainer, Lindsay May, shared this article as a reminder to be wary of those "fitspiration" images that feature women with rock-hard abs and sweaty torsos, alongside motivational messages. Here's some of the article. (You can read the rest, here.) Be very aware of any “fitspiration” that is advertising something. Nike, Lululemon, workout DVDs, … Continue reading Coaches Corner: Choose to be Healthy and Strong, not Pretty.
Pemberton Rotary has confirmed it will be a major sponsor of the 2012 Winds of Change Wellness Gathering! Rotary President Lizz Kelly announced this week that it will provide financial and membership support to the 3rd annual fall gathering. The support is welcome news as it ensures the Gathering can be sustained for another year. … Continue reading New Partnership Announced for the Winds of Change
Strawberries are busting out right now, blueberries are on the way, salad greens and spinach have been flowing. Tomatoes are just around the corner and every week there will be new veggies to drool over. Just 5 of the reasons to stop by the Pemberton Farmers Market this week. (Wednesdays, 4-7pm, outside the pharmacy on … Continue reading Event: Farmers Market in Pemberton Wednesdays
Winter and summer shoe couture, Lil'wat style. Snowshoes made from bent wood and twisted rawhide, and moccasins sewn from salmon skin with hide lacings, make me think the dictionary is missing a few words. Like "indigenuity" - what you get when indigenous meets ingenuity. (Thanks for finding and posting the photo, Johnny Jones.)
Three years ago, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Constance Barnes drove her car into a house. It was a very public melt-down. After her DUI, she made extreme changes to her lifestyle. Last week, she celebrated 3 years of sobriety, AND, 3 years as a cyclist. She got a bike for the first time after her … Continue reading Coaches Corner: It Gets Better
The Wellness Almanac 