The Pemberton Museum reported in its July newsletter that it has received a significant donation from Johnny Jones in late May. Johnny donated a musket rifle barrel that he found at Q'alatku7em (33km) and a metal spear found at Twin One Creek. He also donated two huge pyrite rocks for the displays. His donation … Continue reading Johnny Jones donates musket and spears to Pemberton Museum which may prove to be among the oldest items in the collection

It's not really cost-effective, this pickling and preserving business, I realize, as I empty another $20 bottle of Bragg's apple cider vinegar into a pot. My husband keeps checking in, nervously asking "Are you having fun?" because these evenings are cutting into my Netflix/book-reading time, and I tend to be an angry-and resentful-if-you-aren't-also-contributing house-cleaner. But … Continue reading Picklepalooza: preserving high summer for my Future Self (and friends)

In Ucwalmictws, the language of the St'atl'imc Nations, the word for harvest is k̓úl̓tsam̓ Beautifully, it isn't just a noun, it's a way of being: meaning also - "Take only what you need and use what you take." It's not just the "what", it's the "how." I love the way this makes me reframe what … Continue reading k̓úl̓tsam̓: This harvest time, learn the Ucwalmictws word

https://www.instagram.com/p/CD6q6J0hzpd/ Every Saturday, on their instagram account (you ARE following @pembylibrary, aren't you? It's amazing.) our local library staff recommend a great read. The recommendations run the gauntlet from cookbooks to beach reads to can't-put-down-crime novels, to stuff that might knock you our of your comfort zone... like the latest suggestions, from Brennan: Seven Fallen … Continue reading Pemby Library Staff Picks: Seven Fallen Feathers

  On the weekend, a fire engulfed four townhomes in the Cottonwood complex, before being put out by the Pemberton Firefighters Association. (Thank you firefighters!) Four families have lost their homes. We extend our deepest condolences to them, and to the Cottonwood complex. According to the community forum posts, everyone and all animals were safe. … Continue reading 4 practical ways to be a help (and not a hindrance) to someone in shock/trauma

K ukstumkacw, thanks, to Levi Nelson for permission to share his recent work, Indoctrination.   The title refers to "the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically." As more and more people I know are exploring home schooling or what the fall might look like, and how they … Continue reading Levi Nelson reveals his new work, Indoctrination

  Dystopic fiction might not be the best bedtime reading these days - depending on your level of anxiety - but Waubgeshig Rice's novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, is worthy, despite the dark set-up. It's gripping. The main characters are incredibly relatable. And, for a white-bodied person, it's a pretty powerful experience to be able to … Continue reading Read: Moon of the Crusted Snow

In June, Blair Kaplan Venables, local PR maven, writer, founder of the I Am Resilient Project, and Chamber of Commerce director,  released her first book, Pulsing Through My Veins: Raw and Real Stories From An Entrepreneur. It spent its first week as No 1 in Hot New Releases in Entrepreneurship AND in Women in Business, and … Continue reading Chatting with local entrepreneur and author, Blair Kaplan, about writing books, vulnerability hangovers and sobriety

As of August 7, it was 20 weeks since B.C. declared a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and now we are also in the midst of what is typically our high-risk period for wildfires. In April, an SLRD community literally got a trial by fire of evacuation during a pandemic, when … Continue reading Be Smart. SLRD Chair Tony Rainbow’s August message talks fire-smarting and fatigue