The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) Board and staff are seeking your input on short-term rentals in the SLRD. At the January 30, 2019 SLRD Board meeting, the Board requested a survey be conducted in order to gain community input into the Board's direction regarding short-term rentals. You input will help shape the Board's future direction … Continue reading The SLRD seeks your thoughts on short-term rentals – Survey live until March 7

Wellness is family hikes, an office with a view, kitchen dance parties while cooking up a storm, wondering if maybe you need a better filing system for your fitness class notes, and X Box Just Dance... Everyone has a different path. I always love seeing the way wellness finds expression in our community, and discovering … Continue reading Lara Parnell instagrams her take on wellness

File under "Winter birds of Pemberton". On Thursday, John Tschopp came across this flock of Evening Grosbeaks, within sight of the Pinesiskens and red Crossbills, causing him to observe that "the road along Miller Creek is very 'birdy.'" So if you're feeling birdy, you know where to go.

I tried to post this image to my tumblr account today - it's kind of a scrapbook of inspiration I keep, because I know I will want to refer back to this wisdom. But they said it didn't meet their Community Content guidelines - it was "adult content". So I thought, damnit, I'm going to … Continue reading Let’s honour growth and change, instead of fetishizing “ageing”

The year is old enough that you might finally be writing the correct date on things (2019?!? WTF! Almost March?!?!), which makes it apt, and a little unkind, to say, "how are those resolutions going?" Actually, the question is just an excuse to share this wonderful comic from the Awkward Yeti, via Stay Wild. Some … Continue reading Resolution check-in

Artwork by Elise Gravel. Right now, my five year old son would probably tick yes to all of these things. I hope he grows into a person who feels free to continue liking what he likes, without feeling a need to censor those inclinations, to accommodate other people's expectations of what is suitably manly or … Continue reading Like what you like

Sammy Losee shared this other day. I can relate. Then her friend advised that the hole in the pasta spoon is specifically designed to be the amount of pasta you need for a single person serve. What?!?!?! Can anyone verify this? My personal wellness is at stake.

We've just celebrated our 103rd guestagrammer at instagram.com/thewellnessalmanac. It's a project that began in January 2016, as a way to step into each other's shoes, to close the gap in our own ability to imagine the lives of our neighbours. I've been so heartened and fulfilled by the experiment. I've developed friendships and relationships out … Continue reading The stories we tell, versus the stories told about us

On Monday 4 February, Natalie Langmann represented her employer, local construction company Murphy Construction, before the panel judging the Small Business BC awards, making a case for why  Murphy Construction Corp., currently among the top 5 candidates, should win the award for best employer in the province. I hope they win, because I would like … Continue reading What does a respectful relationship look like? Seeing each other. Lil’wat Nation and Murphy Construction Co’s partnership is a good example. Plus, the video might make you cry.