Come out Sunday December 10th and help BC Ambulance and Sea to Sky Community Services support local families in need by bringing your donations of food or toys. Monetary donations also accepted by cheque, payable to Sea to Sky Community Services, and eligible for a tax receipt. The Ambulance stuffing will take place from 12 … Continue reading Stuff the Ambulance December 10
With the cold, wet and snowing weather arriving, the Pemberton Secondary School Aboriginal Leadership class is running their second annual Warm Clothing Drive! They are thankfully accepting warm and water proof clothing donations to be distributed to families throughout the region. Help everyone stay warm this winter and please keep an eye out for the … Continue reading Warm Clothing Drive – clean out your closets of warm waterproof gear by December 15
This photo, from Polek Rybczynski's Sea to Sky Photo journal was taken in Pemberton on November 12. The caption I used for it is something I have been saying to myself all year. Just about my whole life actually. Simple Life. The longer I live though, the more it becomes evident to me that I … Continue reading It’s all in the mind: Polek Rybczynski simplifies his approach
Thanks to Richard Nott who responded to our post on the Pemberton Community Forum inviting people to advocate for ongoing funding to the province's Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative. Nott did a little background reading on the CAMH and shared these facts. In case you saw the post and mentally filed … Continue reading 1 in 5 of us is struggling with a mental health or addiction problem.
What do you do if you, or a youth you know, or love, is at risk of self-harm? Like, WHO DO YOU CALL? The Pemberton Local Action team of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative (CYMHSU) has created several Suicide Intervention Toolkits, for youth, professionals, and parents and care-givers. Click on … Continue reading Suicide Intervention Toolkits now available, thanks to Pemberton’s Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative
"eagle-eyed" John Tschopp spotted a northern harrier last Monday late in the afternoon while it was catching mice. When it was perched on a fence post, I realized how owl-like some of its features are. It was already quite dark, not the best picture. It looks like a cross between an owl and a hawk. Some … Continue reading A little bit owl, a little bit hawk: Northern Harrier in the ‘hood
About 50 days before our baby was due, an acquaintance at a dinner party asked, “So, do you have your bag ready?” “What bag?” asked my partner, the whites of his eyes showing. He’s the logistics guy. He’s the list, plan and equipment guy. If there’s a bag to be packed, he’s the one making … Continue reading Put away the props, put down your weapons
I approached our MLA, Jordan Sturdy, on Canada Day, to invite him to be one of the guestagrammers for our account, thinking it was a long-shot. I mean, at a certain point, one has to be so careful about one's persona that certain things are just easier to refuse. Or maybe his handlers wouldn't allow it. But … Continue reading Even MLAs have rough days and need a wellness check-in: Jordan Sturdy looks back on his week as our instagrammer-in-chief
It starts with Mountains of Art and the Gathering of Artists, and ends with New Years Eve. That's right. Your calendar is about to explode. We've tried to round up some of the festive things happening in the 'hood this month. Click each event for more information. It's a work-in-progress. We'll endeavour to keep it … Continue reading [Updated] Holiday calendar to help you get a handle on things happening around the community in December from Photos with Santa to where to ring in the New Year with the kids
I don't want these to be her last words because my biggest personal lament about Riva's passing on September 18 2017 at the age of 25 is not getting to read her over the years, not having the chance to follow the evolution of her thinking. But even as the silence of her passing encloses … Continue reading Rethinking Reconciliation: Riva Fisher on Unsettling Pemberton
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