If you stopped by at the Pemberton Farmers Market yesterday, you might now be enjoying locally grown eggplant, cucumbers, cabbage, carrots and zucchini, as well as organic blueberries. Local blueberry growers, JD and Sharon Hare, are profiled this week at Choose Pemberton. Find out more about their adventures here. If you were to write a … Continue reading In season: Blueberries
This Sunday, the 3rd annual Defeat the Duffy will take place... a testament to all the hard-core, lung-busting, intense athletes that populate this neck of the woods, and who think that a weekend ride up a mountain is a fun way to earn your latte... Check out the details on their facebook page. As Christine … Continue reading Event: Defeat the Duffy, July 14, 10-2
Today is the day! Voting is underway for Pemberton's BMX track in the Kraft Celebration Tour. Throw your support behind this awesome community initiative.
Here is the full text of Pemberton poet, Trish Belsham's award-winning poem, Let Birds Fly. LET BIRDS FLY Skirt hem scraping dips and folds into The rough wooden floorboards Open spacious barn, I circle palm In hand to his velvet touch Starlings swoop and scream high in the hole To sky, where the roof peaks, … Continue reading Inspiration: “Let Birds Fly”
For the sixth year in a row, Whistler has been quietly embedding poetry into its public spaces at the Poet's Pause sculpture on Alta Lake. An annual call for submissions invites poets to embed their word art in Whistler's wild places. This year, new Pemberton resident, Trish Belsham, was the poet selected as winner of … Continue reading Work in Progress: poet Trish Belsham
Here's to courage, honesty, and speaking your truth. 16 year old Pemberton student, Dawn Archer, has shared her battle with depression, online, in a story recently featured in The Question. Take a few minutes to watch My Recovery Story. “I’m not ashamed of having mental illness and I’m going to talk about it. I want other … Continue reading Shout Out: Dawn Archer
The blue grouse (dendrapagus) breeds at the edge of conifer forests in high and mid mountain areas. One of BC's legendary upland game birds, the male blue grouse has a "ventriloquisitic courtship call" that can be heard for miles. BC has over 50% of the world's population of blue grouse. For most of the year … Continue reading Sighted: Blue Grouse
