This post is submitted by Erin Stewart Elliot on behalf of Communities That Care. Erin lives in Birken, and has three significant passions: a) collaboration and teamwork, b) individual and community capacity building, and c) being an artist. Erin is interested in conducting research, exploring how people learn, creating the potential for positive change, and … Continue reading Invitation: Learn more about Communities That Care, Sept 27
The Pemberton Farmers’ Market runs every Wednesday from 4pm to 7pm from June 19 to October 9, on Frontier Street (in front of the pharmacy and new liquor store), and features almost 20 different vendors, live music, community groups, and the most spectacular backdrop around. Find out what’s fresh by following them on twitter, @PembieMarket, or … Continue reading Faces of the Farmers’ Market: Camel’s Back Harvest and a recipe for Choc Chip Pumpkin Squares
The Spirit Within Festival is back for the second year in a row with many different programs for all ages. Some highlights for families over the weekend: Thursday September 26th Vancouver Aquarium Aquazone Are you curious about the Salish Sea? You and your family can learn more about marine invertebrates that live in our shared … Continue reading Event: The Spirit Within Festival, Sept 26-29
The Winds of Change calls out to our communities to learn more about Residential Schools and to speak openly about the healing path we need to walk on together, because, as Chief Lucinda Phillips says, “No one in our community is exempt from the impact of Residential School because of the intergenerational effects of the … Continue reading Gallery: Waves of Healing
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has a mandate to learn the truth about what happened in the residential schools and to inform all Canadians about what happened in the schools. Residential Schools for Aboriginal people in Canada date back to the 1870s. Over 130 residential schools were located across the country. The last … Continue reading A Week for Reconciliation
For more than 120 years, thousands of Aboriginal children in British Columbia – some as young as 4 years old – were sent to Indian Residential Schools funded by the federal government and run by the churches. Lil’wat children were taken to St. Joseph’s Mission at Williams Lake, St. Mary’s Indian Residential School in Mission, … Continue reading Join Together in Reconciliation: Announcing the first Reconciliation Week, September 16-22 2013
Terry’s Marathon of Hope took place in 1980 with the simple objective of informing Canadians of the importance of finding a cure for cancer. With fierce determination, he ran an average of 42 kilometres (26 miles) every day for 143 days. Terry was forced to end his run on September 1, 1980 when the cancer … Continue reading Event: Terry Fox Run, Sept 15
Note to self: Farmers Market, today, 4 - 7pm. Take reusable bag. And food scraps. All the better to close the loop... Do your grocery shopping, support local growers and makers, and drop off your compost and recycling, all in one hit. (Better still, ride your bike, and get a mega-boost of planet-lovin' karma points.) … Continue reading Wellness: Close the loop at the Farmers Market
In our ongoing series of profiles of Pemberton Farmers' Market vendors, we're excited to introduce Tanina Williams. The Pemberton Farmers’ Market runs every Wednesday from 4pm to 7pm from June 19 to October 9, on Frontier Street (in front of the pharmacy and new liquor store), and features almost 20 different vendors, live music, community groups, … Continue reading Faces of the Farmers’ Market: Tanina Williams
