Don't trash your Halloween pumpkins - compost them back into soil to grow more pumpkins! Come check out the Pemberton Pumpkin Smash happening from noon until 3:00 p.m. at the Pemberton BMX Track (across from the Community Centre). Bring your halloween pumpkin to the Pemberton BMX track Sunday November 1 between noon and 3pm. Pumpkins will … Continue reading Pemberton Pumpkin Smash is happening today, noon – 3pm, at the Pemberton BMX Track
We're halfway through National Waste Reduction Week. The SLRD's Zero Waste team have been inviting folk to share your garbage hacks and recycling tips, and win. It's an invitation to show how you love this place, reduce waste, inspire your friends and reduce landfill bloat. And all it takes is a photo or suggestion online. … Continue reading Share your household garbage hacks, invites the SLRD, to win. Actually, we’ll all win. A better planet.
It's a busy weekend in Whistler with the Writers Festival and Naturalists' Fungus Amongst Us Festival taking place. If you're planning on staying closer to home, don't miss MADE on Saturday, and a visit from Eric Walters, YA and Children's Book author at the Pemberton Library on Sunday. That's what you call an embarrassment of … Continue reading Meet YA and children’s Author Eric Walters at the Library, Sunday 18 Octoberm 11:30am
The ever-evolving MADE, celebration of Music Art Dance and Expression, has added some new twists this year, so be sure to mark Saturday October 17 in the calendar and get your art-fix in. Under one roof, at the Pemberton Community Centre. As Pemberton Arts and Cultural Council chair, Marnie Simon says: Come be inspired by … Continue reading Make it to MADE, October 17, for a day of kidlet fun or an evening of grown-up art appreciation
The federal government might have stopped funding National Aboriginal Addictions Awareness Week in 2012, but Lil'wat community leaders are in their 10th year inviting the community to acknowledge Lil'wat Addictions Awareness Week, a week of activities focusing on health, sobriety and wellness. A sobriety walk from the Xetlocaw school will take place today at 1:45pm. … Continue reading Happy Lil’wat Addictions Awareness Week. March starts at 1:45 today!
Ethical eating author Dr. Michelle Catherine Nelson will read from The Urban Homesteading Cookbook, her book about earthwise consumption, at the Pemberton Library on Thursday night. In the book, Nelson shares what she learned from her family history of backyard food production, her Ph.D. in conservation biology and sustainable agriculture, and a whole lot of trial … Continue reading Urban Homesteading talk at the Library, Thursday, October 8, 7pm
When a Birken family is in distress, the Birken community steps up to help. Mudfest on Saturday, October 3 at Willowcraft Farm is a fundraiser in support of the people who have lost their homes and belongings as a result of the recent area mudslide. All are welcome, no matter where you live. Mudfest offers … Continue reading Meet you at Mudfest? Musical Fundraiser plays up love, support and tunes for Birken neighbours, October 3
When a mountain collapses and buries your neighbours' homes, what is there to do but sing about, and try and raise a ton of money to help them get back on their feet - especially given that debris flows are deemed "acts of God" by insurance companies, and leave you uncovered. All are invited to … Continue reading Mudfest fundraiser for Birken Slide Relief, Saturday October 3 at Willowcraft Farm
Power of the river is pretty much top of mind this week. Rivers are the arteries of our planet; they are lifelines in the truest sense. ~ Mark Angelo Stewardship Pemberton have been inviting us to pay attention, get into the flow of things and celebrate the rivers and streams, every year, and their BC … Continue reading Celebrate BC Rivers Day at One Mile Lake, 11-2, Sunday 27 September
It's a community tradition, and it's returning after a 3 year hiatus. Rain or shine, at the Downtown Community Barn, this Saturday, the Pemberton Barn Dance, annual community fundraiser, shindig and celebration, raising funds for Rotary and Lions Club projects. What started in 1995 as a small single purpose event in the Pemberton Meadows, grew to … Continue reading Pemberton Barn Dance comes home, to the barn, Saturday 26 September
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