It's good to lead with pancakes. Do you like pancakes? The Pemberton Valley Trails Association is holding their Annual Spring Trails Maintenance Day this Saturday, April 9th. Head on down to the Pemberton Bike Co parking lot, between 9 and 10am, bring your own coffee mug (if you can), and get fuelled up to then head out and … Continue reading PANCAKES! PVTA Spring Trail Day invites volunteers to buff and trim the trails, Saturday April 9

On Friday, Pope Francis, the supreme leader of the Catholic Church, received delegations of First Peoples from the country now known as Canada, and ended these encounters making an apology for the role the Roman Catholic Church played in the notorious and genocidal residential school system. This moment had been outlined by the Survivors of … Continue reading What does a papal apology mean?

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/screening-of-sam-me-community-climate-action-plan-launch-tickets-295530899877?fbclid=IwAR1w0H6RHSC-QPeBhMSgiA8-rsOKbyjW3kMpPMRRzgvvU1nKB43ePMUa-Jg To officially launch Pemberton’s Community Climate Action Plan, a special screening of "Sam & Me: Lessons from a Life on Snow" featuring local PSS Student Sam Tierney and Whistler’s Mike Douglas, is happening at the Library on Wednesday! The free film screening, panel discussion and prizes, will serve as a fundraiser for “Protect Our Winters” … Continue reading Screening of Sam and Me, at launch of Pemberton’s Community Climate Action Plan – register now for Wednesday April 6 6pm show at the Pemberton Community Centre

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbTeP01g4c9/ I recently revisited this piece of a podcast conversation between Russell Brand and Brene Brown, about what it means to be in your integrity, and the way being compassionate requires being boundaries. Part of the conversation centres around whether or not we can hold the belief that people are doing the best they can. … Continue reading Do your best. It’s all good.

IN the final instalment of the Library's Wellness Series, hear from Dr Jill Scott about hormones and how you can support hormonal balance in your body. Small changes in our hormones can cause big changes in how we feel. With sleep, diet, environment, age, medications, and stress our hormones can change enough to get our … Continue reading Hormones are not a dirty word. Learn more about these magical chemicals, on Monday, April 4, 7pm

According to the Wild Matryoshka, the storyteller Stasha Ginsbourg, today, often known as "April Fool's Day" has its origins in an earlier calendar... In the Middle Ages, up until the late 18th century, New Year's Day was celebrated on March 25 (Feast of the Annunciation) in most European towns. In some areas of France, New … Continue reading What if today was the beginning of your year? What small thing might you start doing?

Registration is now open for part-time Business and Leadership courses running this spring. These courses are accredited through BCIT and brought to Whistler in partnership with the Whistler Institute, as part of a collaborative effort to bring public post-secondary education to Whistler. For more details on spring classes in Digital Marketing, Presenting and Analysing Data … Continue reading Spring courses from the Whistler Institute/BCIT are open for registration

I have a friend who measures his power by how many direct-reports he has beneath him in his workplace org chart. I worry that he hasn't really felt peace or passion in a long time, although the direct reports have kept increasing. I have a friend who used to say, by way of an insult, … Continue reading What is the source of your power?

The first phase of the Pemberton and District Chamber of Commerce's Love Pemberton, Buy Local campaign was really a reminder about the power you have, as a shopper, to support and shape the place you live in. Every dollar you spend weaves you into connection, and helps grow a more resilient local ecosystem. It matters … Continue reading The Chamber’s LOVE Pemberton Buy Local campaign busts out beautiful portraits of local business folk, starting with Clemens Machilek at Ars Lignea

Billed as an amazing true story of Chaplin John Weir Foote - the only Canadian Army chaplain to win the Victoria Cross for valour during the Second World War, told through a riveting, one man performance, Padre X is brought to us by Pemberton’s own Renata Zablotney. Coming to the Pemberton Community Chruch this April … Continue reading Theatre. Here. Treat yourself. Buy tix now!