Author: Lisa Richardson

Anderson Lake fire becomes more aggressive. Community Info Meeting at 6pm Friday Aug 24 at N’Quatqua Community Hall

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At 6pm on Wednesday, August 22, the SLRD announced an upgrade to the evacuation alert, issuing an Evacuation ORDER. The Grouse Creek fire, which has been burning since August 11, continues to exhibit increasingly aggressive behaviour. The following is shared from https://www.slrd.bc.ca/inside-slrd/notices/emergency-notices/update-anderson-lake-grouse-creek-fire-k72289-evacuation-order-issued. For updates, visit slrd.bc.ca, or follow https://twitter.com/slrd_bc. You can also subscribe to SLRD Alert, if … Continue reading Anderson Lake fire becomes more aggressive. Community Info Meeting at 6pm Friday Aug 24 at N’Quatqua Community Hall

Falling therapy

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“Advanced Women’s Climbing”, an all-day clinic offered at the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy in Squamish July 21-22, seems innocuous enough when I sign up. I have taught enough women’s only ski clinics to know that an all-yin environment can instigate some great breakthroughs. What I hadn’t anticipated was that our guides, Arc’teryx endurance athlete and mountaineer … Continue reading Falling therapy

Take the Indian Horse challenge to learn a phrase or two in Ucwalmicwts

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Once a month, or so, an invitation lands in my inbox.  This month, the invitation came courtesy of Professor Shirley Williams who was born and raised in Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island and now resides in Peterborough. She has lectured across Ontario promoting Nishnaabe language and Culture. She received her B.A. in Native Studies from Trent … Continue reading Take the Indian Horse challenge to learn a phrase or two in Ucwalmicwts

Village of Pemberton and Lil’wat Nation to partner on Community Forest

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Media Release, July 30 2018, via The Village of Pemberton THE VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON & Líl̓wat Nation TO PARTNER ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY FOREST Village and Lil’wat Nation Form Spel̓kúmtn Community Forest Corporation PEMBERTON, BC – Earlier this week, Líl̓wat Nation and the Village of Pemberton signed incorporation documents for the formation of … Continue reading Village of Pemberton and Lil’wat Nation to partner on Community Forest

Khelsilem shares the reasons we need thriving indigenous languages and how we can make it happen, on TEDx

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What does it mean to live by your name, your indigenous name, not your English (or "government" name) that comes from the territory you grew up in?  A lot of patient spelling-it-out introductions... Squamish language speaker and teacher, Khelsilem explores this question and the importance of indigenous language, and being generous as a language teacher, … Continue reading Khelsilem shares the reasons we need thriving indigenous languages and how we can make it happen, on TEDx

Sign up now for Before School Care

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The Pemberton Child Care Society offers “Before School Care” for children attending “Signal Hill Elementary School” and “Ecole de la valley”. Before School Care is available when school is in session. Before School Care begins at 7:30am and will conclude with children being escorted to school ready for class. Programming includes a light breakfast consisting … Continue reading Sign up now for Before School Care

Fibre optic network is coming to Village of Pemberton

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On July 24, the Village of Pemberton announced that "blazing fast" internet speeds and "enough bandwidth for generations to come" will be coming to Pemberton, by 2019, thanks to a $5 million infrastructure investment by TELUS into fibre optic. This investment is part of TELUS’ commitment to invest $4.7 billion throughout British Columbia between 2017 … Continue reading Fibre optic network is coming to Village of Pemberton