Planning has been underway for the Nkwukwma Pemberton neighbourhood for some time. Lil'wat member and new staff member at Tom Barratt Landscape Architects, Amhani Jones, is creating a Cultural Interpretive Plan for the development. She explains, "This new neighbourhood (and Pemberton as a whole) holds a lot of Lil’wat cultural value with legends, pictographs, CMT’s, … Continue reading Invitation to Lil’wat community members, to help integrate culture into the Nukwukwma Pemberton development

"Can we please have ten minutes of your valuable time?" asks the Chamber. "When we end our newsletters, 'how can we help your business?' we mean it!" Your input helps the Chamber enhance services and allocate resources, recognize strengths, pinpoint areas for improvement, and gain insights into your key concerns and aspirations in the business … Continue reading Chamber members, please give your input in a 10 min survey to help make your Chamber even better

The growing season is coming to an end, and that puts us square in the middle of the bounty of harvest season. If you are a regular, you know that Friday at the Farmers Market is a life-affirming and delicious experience and if you haven't had a chance to swing by the Downtown Community Barn … Continue reading Three more weeks of Farmers Markets, as of today, 3pm – 6pm

Don't let the weekend hold you back from getting your hands on a great book, sending some emails, or borrowing a game, a puzzle, a dehydrator, or some other fantastic thing. It's official! The library is now open 7 days a week! Starting this weekend (Sunday, October 15th), the Library will be open on Sundays … Continue reading Breaking news! The library is now open on Sundays!

Spel'kúmtn Community Forest is hosting a mushroom walk on Friday, October 13, from 10am - noon. Reserve your spot at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-walk-mushrooms-and-forest-ecology-tickets-733478362527?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwAR0z0TGwsBuVQPsJqIswgWBvL61tDp0RBgRlcu5VRaypmrsKNVnpl_Znoks Transportation will be offered. Departing Tsípun at 9:30am, Chevron 9:45am Returning around 12:15-12:30 Please message or comment at the Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089455131197 or email spelkumtncf@gmail.com to let organizers know if you'd like … Continue reading Come talk mushrooms with Kukwpi7 Gelpcal and Andy MacKinnon, Friday Oct 13, 10am – noon

I only learned about SPARK, the "Supporting Parents Along the Road to Kindergarten" program hosted by the Sea to Sky Community Services, when my kiddo was 4 1/2, so we aged out of the support too early... but what I did experience was helpful and incredible. Parenthood is a fully immersive crash course in something … Continue reading Parents of under 5 year olds, this wonderful program is open for registration now

If I weren't already trying to work out how to be in two places at once, on Thursday, I would be here, too... Because Andy MacKinnon is a legend in the mushrooming world. A forest ecologist who lives in Metchosin, BC, he will present to the Pemberton & District Library as a guest of the … Continue reading Fungi & Forest Ecology: a free talk with Andy Mackinnon at the Pemberton & District Library, Thursday October 12, 7pm

If you were as blown away by Signal Hill's Pit Cook last year and want to be part of it, now is your chance! The team is looking for volunteers to help out with set up and lots of running around to each classroom. Friday 27th October 12noon - 3pm Please get in touch with … Continue reading Signal Hill Pit Cook is looking for volunteers

Sometimes I get myself tangled up in this thinking: if "we" are the source of all the bad that has been visited upon First Nations (we settlers, we newcomers, we land-stealers, we non-First Nations), then the cure must be for us to leave. Given that my people were displaced from parts of the United Kingdom … Continue reading Roxanne Joe’s reflections on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation