Spices are a vital part of healthy cooking; they provide nutritional and medicinal values and have been used not only for seasoning foods and creating perfumes, but also for love philters. Spices may be the bark, root, bud, fruit, or berry of a plant. Most of the flavor and aroma of spices comes from oils … Continue reading Nutrition: Spice Up Your Day
Lil’wat Nation Chief & Council Inauguration Saturday, March 16, 2013 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Ullùs Gymnasium Come welcome and celebrate with the Lil’wat Nation Chief & Council of 2013 - 2015 Coffee, tea, and finger foods provided. Bring your hand drums and your favourite food to share. Let your Family & Friends know.
Local birder John Tschopp keeps a close eye on the winged things of Pemberton, sharing his sightings with other keen ornithologists. He was able to confirm for us that "Grumpy" (as shared on Feb 23 here at the Almanac) is a Great Horned Owl. And shares another sighting with us, of the sharp-shinned hawk. We … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Artist, sculptor, entrepreneur. Mike Tyler is a self-taught Canadian artist. Since beginning on his creative path, Mike's various styles of art have left their mark in, and on, some of the finest homes in Whistler, B.C and beyond. After finishing Business College in Ontario at the age of 21, Mike moved to British Columbia to … Continue reading Work In Progress: Mike Tyler of MT Studio
Guess what? You can now find us on Instagram. Follow us at thewellnessalmanac. Thanks to our Instagram Curator, photographer and Pemberton-based graphic designer Gary Martin, our Instagram gallery is slowly populating with (sun-soaked) shots of the neighbourhood. As introduced on our Contributors Page, Gary helped launch the Wellness Almanac’s recipe series and in 2013, will … Continue reading A Year in the Life: the Instagram project, comes to Winds of Change
Congratulations to the newly elected (and re-elected) members of Chief and Council. The results of the election are posted below. ELECTED CANDIDATES CHIEF PHILLIPS, LUCINDA TO THE OFFICE OF COUNCILLOR ANDERSON, JOSHUA RYAN GABRIEL, VAUGHAN IRVING, CHRIS JOHN, JOANNE JOSEPH, LOIS (MAMAYA7) JOSEPH-BRUCE, MAXINE NELSON, DEAN MITCHEL NELSON, FELICITE V. PASCAL, NADINE SMITH,TARA STAGER, ROSEMARY … Continue reading Results of the Lil’wat Election: Congratulations Lil’wat Chief and Council
Gary and I recently popped into the The Pony on a Thursday for the locals pizza and beer night and were very excited to see a selection of specialty meats from Two Rivers Meats of Vancouver in the refrigerator. Two Rivers believe that people should know where their food is coming from, and that it was produced ethically and … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Buffalo Chili (because the things we do with ducks are classified)
Yes, daylight savings sometimes feels like daylight losing... but at least it's SPRING-like out there. Soak it up! Enjoy the extra bit of evening light.
On nomination night in Mount Currie I wrote about some of the idiosyncrasies of the Indian Act which governs elections for most First Nations in Canada. By "idiosyncracies", I meant things like 2 year election cycle, no requirement to be Lil’wat to run for Chief, and candidates holding both the Chief and Councilor positions. The … Continue reading Getting out of the Indian Act: One Step at a Time
Our greenhouse is filling up fast with tiny transplants and it's the best feeling after a long winter - I absolutely love this time of year. The little ones are warmed by wood heat and protected from any more Pineapple Express storms heading our way. We start a few annuals quite early on the farm … Continue reading Spring annuals for the cutting garden
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