via Mason Ducharme 100 Whistler women have joined forces, to meet each season, and donate $100 each to a local cause. By harnessing the power of working together, their modest personal contribution makes a big impact. That impact, this quarter, has just sent a big love bomb and vote of support to Lil'wat Nation youth. … Continue reading 100 Women of Whistler support Lil’wat Nation Youth Centre

A difficult childhood isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Here's your permission to acknowledge it, and approach it, as a healing journey. (For a long time, I thought it was such a cliche to have "childhood issues", especially given that I wasn't horribly abused, and that my job as a grown … Continue reading A difficult childhood isn’t something you just get over as you grow up.

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Up now, until late October, the Pemberton & District Public Library hosts a mini-show by Levi Nelson, called "Commercial Break", featuring the award-winning artist's work from 2016 to 2019. Levi's work is gaining prominence locally, and I predict he will become a national icon - it's beautiful and wonderfully thought-provoking.  

What is the good life now? Why, look here, consider the moon’s white crescent rounding, slowly, over the half month to still another perfect circle– the shining eye that lightens the hills, that lays down the shadows of the branches of the trees, that summons the flowers to open their sleepy faces and look up … Continue reading Patience. A poem for late summer, by Mary Oliver

The first time I read The Marrow Thieves, the award-winning dystopic YA novel whose author Cherie Dimaline will be at the Whistler Writers Festival this year, I missed the whole point. I was drawn deeply into the story of Frenchie, a Metis teen who was on the run with a ragtag band of kids, and … Continue reading Have you ordered your copy of The Marrow Thieves yet?

The Village of Pemberton has been undertaking some work on affordable housing, updating the information on hand from the previous 2009 data, and filling in gaps from the Affordable Housing Background Report, July 2019 with a lens specifically on Seniors. Now, the Village would like your feedback on its DRAFT Age-Friendly Affordable Housing Needs Assessment. Your feedback will … Continue reading Take the Village’s affordable housing survey, provide feedback on the opportunity to age in place

Join Indigenous Entrepreneur and Keynote Speaker Teara Fraser at the Kick Off of the Indigenous Tourism Startup Program, helping boost Indigenous Tourism from Lillooet to Fraser Valley and beyond. The event takes place on Monday September 9, 6pm - 9pm, at the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre in Whistler, and admission is FREE. Teara Fraser from … Continue reading Celebrate the kick-off of the Indigenous Tourism Start-Up Program, with guest speaker Teara Fraser of Iskwew Air, September 9

It’s an ugly truth. When I first encountered climber Craig DeMartino, I felt a little bit sorry for him. He was inspiring, for sure. Remarkable in his resilience, absolutely. But, with his right leg amputated below the knee, I saw the absence more than his remarkable presence. DeMartino was a professional climber and one of … Continue reading Imperfect, but adapting to it