Discovering great stories from the Sea to Sky region – from Horseshoe Bay through Squamish and Whistler to the Pemberton Valley inclusive of Birken and D’Arcy. The Whistler Film Festival has just debuted the Sea to Sky Shorts Showcase, a new regional filmmaking competition with a $2,000 prize for the winning film.  The showcase aims to … Continue reading Win $2000 for a short film! Local filmmakers invited to showcase their perspectives at Whistler Film Festival

On September 30, School District 48 invited Dr Mark Lysyshyn, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Vancouver Coastal Health to a zoom information session to help address the onslaught of parents' concerns, as kids wrapped up their 3rd week at school. It was later posted online to the SD48 website, and I sat down Thursday … Continue reading When VCH and SD48 host a zoom chat

Have you given any of your attention to the warnings being put out at senior levels of government and public health? What I hear reverberating through my news feed is this: The fall could be wickedly challenging, courtesy COVID-19. I don't want to say "Brace for it" - because I don't think that feeling of … Continue reading Make friends with maybe

This post is republished from @bentlily, a poet who began writing a poem a day when her son was born. It spoke to me, and I wanted to share it. My little guy had an epic 9-year-old meltdown the other day.I’m a classic conflict avoider so I hate standing in these storms. I always want … Continue reading So many storms later – a poem by @bentlily

An alternative approval process is a weird kind of public process that is cheaper than holding an election or referendum but easy to miss, so we wanted to share this here, via SLRD. The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) is seeking participating area approval of electors by way of Alternative Approval Process (AAP) to fund the … Continue reading If you don’t support the borrowing of $800,000+ to relocate the Pemberton Transfer Station, you MUST vote by 4:30pm October 13

On Wednesday, October 7, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m, live via ZOOM, the Whistler Public Library hosts a conversation with Styawat, Squamish Nation ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph, founder of Sḵwálwen Botanicals, (one of my favourite instagram pages.) Learning about plants can be one of the most beautiful inquiries with potential to improve your own health, your … Continue reading Gathering Medicine: A Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Perspective on the Role of Culturally Important Plants in Indigenous Resurgence

The hottest annual event in town is... Stewardship Pemberton's annual Mushroom talk. I mean, I'm not joking. It sells out every time. It's such a beautiful window on this community that this is what floats our collective boat. This year, it goes virtual, which I am SO THRILLED about because leaving my house after dark … Continue reading Everything you need to know about mushrooms: at the library, virtually, October 8

"This week has felt particularly heavy," wrote Village of Pemberton Mayor Mike Richman on the 26 September, in his weekly message, before urging us all to join him wearing an Orange Shirt today, and make a commitment to learn more about Orange Shirt Day. Village of Pemberton staff sport orange shirts in 2019 to express … Continue reading Wear your orange shirt today. “By learning from the past, we can create a better future,” says Pemberton Mayor Mike Richman

Have I raved about meditation yet? I would never say "you should try it", because I have a deep aversion to being "should"-ed and try never to "should" anyone. My meditation teacher, Susan Reifer, doesn't talk that way, either. When she speaks about meditation, in the 45 minute evening sessions she offers, for free, through … Continue reading Learn to meditate: your future self with thank you. Free mini workshops through Whistler Library, Oct 27 and 29