Thanks to Nicola Jones for sharing this release, just out from the province, advising that BC Parks is going to continue using a pre-registration day-pass program this summer to attempt to manage traffic at Joffre Park. As of Friday, June 17, 2022, people accessing Golden Ears Park, Joffre Lakes Park and three trailheads at Garibaldi … Continue reading This summer, you’ll need a day pass to hit up Joffre

When I first clipped this image, it just made me happy... the forest therapy component of our Active Hope Climate Squad has been landing in me, and landing me, in a place of feeling held, and right-sized, and connected. Today, it comes with a tinge of sadness, because a bear has been destroyed after several … Continue reading Hey forest-wanderers, this one is for you

I was lucky to attend the Pemberton Secondary School's Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, as a guest of a rather special grad, Tanina Williams. More on Tanina's story to come. It was my first grad ceremony since I walked across a stage myself, to shake some officials' hands and step into an unknown future and a … Continue reading What the parents of the Class of 2022 said to send them on their way – Nic MacPhee’s awesome grad speech

I am grateful and happy to introduce the Wellness Almanac community to Troy Knecht who is running our instagram account this week over at instagram.com/thewellnessalmanac. I'm grateful because, over the years that we've invited people to take the reins of the account and share with us for a week, I've met community members who consistently … Continue reading This is Troy. Troy would be happy to go for a run with you. Troy is our guestagrammer this week. Say hi to Troy.

Just up the way, our friends at the Whistler Writers Festival are hosting a summer stories and songs evening, at Maury Young Arts Centre this Thursday, 7-9 pm. Local pro skier and photographer Chad Sayers will share the stage with CBC storyteller Grant Lawrence, National Poet Laureate Louise B. Halfe - Sky Dancer, and award-winning novelist Jasmine Sealy, … Continue reading Local photographer joins literary line-up on stage at Maury Young Arts Centre, Thursday, tix $25

What: Reclaiming Indigenous History with Dr. Paulette SteevesWhen: 6:30 pm Thursday, June 16th Where: Online via ZoomCost: Free!  Join the Pemberton and District Library for a virtual talk about new understandings showing Indigenous people arrived in the Americas before 12,000 years ago, from her book The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere.About Dr. Steeves:Paulette Steeves. Ph.D. (Cree- Metis) is an Indigenous archaeologist. She was born in … Continue reading Reclaiming Indigenous History: Virtual author event with Dr Paulette Steeves at the Library June 16 6:30pm on Zoom

Seeings as the sun has really just made an appearance, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, you're definitely not too late to plant a seed and see what comes of it. The wonderful humans at Stewardship Pemberton and the Feasting for Change program have re-organized the seed library to make … Continue reading You can take home FREE seeds from the Library

A few weeks ago, an online summit took place to explore answers to the question What If? What if we generated more food and energy locally? What if artists and activists learned from each other's strengths? What if our creativity could be a force for good in the world, rather than just being co-opted to … Continue reading Together we can resist imaginatively

PSS' Class of 2022 will have a farewell ceremony tomorrow at the school - the Procession and commencement takes place at 10m. Students will "parade" to school, at 9:15am, with their personal "gradmobiles" escorted by emergency services, to the PSS bus loop. All are invited to find a spot along the way to cheer on … Continue reading Con-GRAD-ulations – Pemberton Secondary School’s grad parade and farewell ceremony is tomorrow, Saturday June 11

Leanne Prain is a yarn-bomber and writer, the co-artistic director of The Imprint ( a literary collective founded with poet Laura Farina to explore participatory acts of writing in public spaces), and a Comox Valley raised kid now living in Vancouver on the unceded ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh. During the pandemic, … Continue reading Win a copy of The Creative Instigators Handbook and discover the artsy wildness in you