On the radio the other day, I heard this stat: the average Canadian will spend $100,000 on Christmas over their lifetime, with a sizeable portion of that dedicated to decorating the house! So, as I reel from that figure, I'm appreciating some of the tips that Growing Great Children have shared of late, of … Continue reading Make this Christmas more crafty and kind than consumptive
If childcare impacts you, contribute your voice to an important Needs Assessment and Survey that is getting underway. Community input is vital to the success of the project. Input can be contributed by online survey, which we will share as soon as it is launched. The project launches with a community workshop on: Monday, November … Continue reading Child Care Survey Underway. Be Sure to Add Your Voice. Kick-Off Info Night and Workshop, Monday, Nov 26, 7 – 8:30, The Rec
Come and support local artists and entrepreneurs at the Pemberton Children's Centre Christmas Bazaar. The Bazaar is at capacity, with tables sold out to local makers. As always, the ever popular cookie table will be raising money for the Children's Centre. Check out the crafts and artisan goods, live music and food, for a great day … Continue reading The Christmas Craft Bazaar moves to the Pemberton Community Centre this year, December 1, 10am – 3pm
Bev Newsome, our most recent guestagrammer, shared this the other day, and it was a seasonal reminder for me - an apt one on this Black Friday ode to shopping frenzy - not to get too caught up in the slippery idea that what makes the season is more stuff. Diane Zaste, another of our … Continue reading Lil’wat’s Annual Gathering of the Artists moves to the new Ts’zil building, Sunday December 9 10am – 4pm
Rats moved into my compost pile this fall, so we decommissioned it, for the time being, until we can potentially starve the buggers out. This week, as I tossed my food scraps into the garbage bin, I felt a pang - what a waste! All that glorious compost! Going to landfill! It's a crime. I've … Continue reading Digging into waste
It's Film Festival season for a reason. The early nights make gathering together in front of a screen the best kind of medicine. On Wednesday, 28 November, the Xet'olacw School offers an awesome opportunity to see a positive film, The Radicals, and speak with the filmmakers, the night before it screens at the Whistler Film … Continue reading Screening of The Radicals at the Xet’olacw School, Wednesday November 28
You know you've made it big, as an artist or entertainer, when you only need one name. Madonna. Beyonce. Sting. Prince. Cher. Ira. Yes, you know you I mean. The Pied Piper, the one (and only) who can get all the kids (and most of the grownups) grooving. Growing Great Children brings Ira Pettle to … Continue reading Holiday Singalong with Ira comes to the Pemberton downtown barn, November 30, 4:30 – 6:30
Register NOW for January! The new Ts'zil Learning Centre is happy to offer the foundation level Ucwalmícwts course starting in January. Whether you are a beginner, or someone with more experience who would like to brush up, or to just be around the language more, this course is for you. This class is expected to … Continue reading Introductory Ucwalmicwts classes beginning in January. Register now.
You're invited to the 12th annual Mountain of Art. Art matters and Pemberton Arts Council is celebrating a community arts collaboration of mountain culture with live music, art, food, and festivities. We are lucky to have so many talented artists in the corridor. With over 30 artists displaying and selling their master pieces, don't … Continue reading 12th annual Mountains of Art show celebrates where we live, what we create, and the creators among us, November 24, 7pm – 11pm $25
Yesterday proved to be a good day for our birding correspondent, John Tschopp, with sightings of a portrait-ready snow bunting, a peregrine falcon in a roadside cottonwood, trumpeter swans, northern harriers and even a kestrel. Tschopp had already spied a small flock of snow buntings, the previous week. Rare visitors to Pemberton Valley, snow buntings … Continue reading Birds of November: raptors, snow buntings, and a great horned owl
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