Join Stewardship Pemberton's monthly Green Drinks on Monday, November 20th, 6:30pm, at Town Square Pemberton for a conversation with Jeremy Valeriote about environmental advocacy and stewardship in the Sea to Sky area. As a father, professional engineer, AWARE Board Director and BC Green party MLA candidate, Jeremy truly believes we can balance human development with … Continue reading Green Drinks happens once a month at Town Square. November 20 features Jeremy Valeriote

Did you see this cool story in the Pique? Pemberton’s award-winning science journalist turned author, Nicola Jones, introduced her new children’s book to the community at a recent library event. Saving the Spotted Owl: Zalea’s Story began years ago when Jones wrote an illuminating cover feature for Piqueabout efforts to recover B.C.'s endangered spotted owl population. The northern spotted owl … Continue reading Have you read Saving the Spotted Owl: Zalea’s story yet?

On Friday, Signal Hill Elementary School hosted a Harvest Pit Cook. (I wrote a little bit about it on Wednesday.) Principal Krista Brynjolfson gave a shout-out to all who'd come together to make it happen, and I wanted to share her words and some of the photos here. It was beautiful to be there, under … Continue reading Reflecting on the Signal Hill Harvest Pit Cook

Via news release on Friday, November 3, the Squamish Lillooet Regional District shared the following: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Board announces appointment of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Heather Paul will join the team in January 2024 Pemberton, BC – The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Heather Paul has been named … Continue reading SLRD announces Heather Paul as new CAO

Also, thanks to Patricia Westerholm from whom I poached this. If you’re burning the midnight oil or bingewatching an entire series when Saturday becomes Sunday, you might witness the weird moment that 1:59am becomes 1:00am, as the clocks wind themselves back. Or you might enjoy a bonus hour of sleep. Or you might still have … Continue reading Daylight Savings time ends this weekend, November 5, so set the clock back an hour and enjoy the sleep-in

If you had blocked out some time on Sunday to rake up the leaves or rip everything out of your garden, let me save you the time! The earth quite appreciates that stuff falling into a blanket of decay. It provides habitat for small beings, and nurtures the soil. So you can save that energy … Continue reading Leave your garden and leaves for the bugs, and clean up the Dirt Skills park instead! Sunday afternoon, bring your dirt-wear

What is the future of salmon? Gillian Steele, Community Advisor from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, is the guest speaker at two events on Saturday, at One Mile Lake Nature Centre, hosted by Stewardship Pemberton. Walk at 10am, or talk at 4pm, and learn more about this keystone species and the places we … Continue reading Salmon, Climate Change and the Future: free talk at the One Mile Lake Nature Centre, Saturday Nov 4, Walk at 10am, Talk at 4pm

Talking about "the ancestors" can be provocative language to some... But we all have them. And many traditions and cultures make a practice of honouring and acknowledging the ancestors around this time of year - from the Celtic wheel of the year honouring Samhain (pronounced Sow-heen), to the Dia de las Muertas. Some say the … Continue reading What offering might you make to your ancestors today?

"Will there be fireworks at the school?" was the logistical question in our house this morning, given the costume question was finally resolved. Alas, the answer is no, not tonight. As shared by the Village of Pemberton: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 | 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 We regret to inform the community that this year, the Pemberton … Continue reading No Fireworks at Signal Hill tonight. Neighbourhood pets rejoice.

On Thursday, September 28, 2023, the Pemberton + District Chamber of Commerce hosted a "lunch and learn" in recognition of Truth and Reconciliation Week, with Skalúlmecw Chief Dean Nelson and Rosemary Stager-Wallace as the keynote speakers. Rosemary graciously agreed to let us share her words here. Énsta sTsekonamus Katitsa, my name English name is Rosemary Stager-Wallace, … Continue reading Hearing from Rosemary Stager, CAO of the Lil’wat Business Group