This year's Terry Fox Run will take place Sunday, between 10am and noon, and is being hosted by Kufuka Fitness. Choose between a 1 km or 5km distance, with "base camp" located at Airport Park, just past the Meadows Golf Course. If you are interested in volunteering on the day of, or donating baked goods, … Continue reading Terry Fox Run September 16

Two Pembertonians will take to the stage at the 2018 Whistler Writers Festival on Friday, October 12, from 6:15pm, for the reading event Cooks with Books: Passionate Locavore Edition. Traced Elements contributor Nidhi Raina’s samosas and chutney have become famous at the Pemberton Farmers Market. And new Pembertonian Nicolette Richer is the creator of the … Continue reading Locavores on stage at the Whistler Writers Festival

Anyone who has lived in this area for a little while is aware that our community is going through some growing pains.... nowhere has responded as quickly, positively and proactively (in my opinion) as the Pemberton & District Public Library. I wonder if that's because staff have such constant and direct contact with so many … Continue reading Library upgrades underway. Support the next phase at Oktoberfest, October 13. Tickets on sale September 14.

The Whistler Film Festival has just announced a new sponsor that will cover the $1250 participation costs for the 2018 Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship, for travel and accommodation and 2018 program fees. The only fee now required by Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship applicants is the $50 application fee. The application deadline has been extended to September 17, to … Continue reading Got a short film or webisode script you’d like to workshop? Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship applications due September 17, with $1250 cost covered by sponsors

It's apple and pear season! If you have a fruit tree in your yard and are worried the bears will get to it before you can use all that fruit, send an email to pembyfruittree@gmail.com. The Pemberton Fruit Tree Project team will get the fruit off the tree for you and they will leave a … Continue reading The Pemberton Fruit Tree Project is ready to glean your tree…

Are you willing to challenge your perceptions about First Nations? First Contact, a new documentary, explores this question, by taking six Canadians, all with stereotypical opinions about Indigenous People, on a unique 28-day exploration of Indigenous Canada. It's a reality TV show, like the Biggest Loser, only what people are invited to shed are not excess … Continue reading First Contact documentary blends reality TV with reconciliation, airing on APTN September 11-13

Stewardship Pemberton presents the fourth family-friendly field trip on Sunday, September 9, as they head to Anderson Lake for a N'Quatqua guided tour of the Gates Creek Spawning Channel at Anderson Lake. Meet at the Community Barn at 10am to carpool, or at the spawning channel in D'Arcy at 11am. A huge thank you to … Continue reading Gates Creek Sockeye Salmon Spawning Tour for families, leaves the Community Barn at 10am, Sunday September 9

I missed this, mid August. In case you did too, enjoy the winning Crankworx' Dirt Diaries film, "Mother Earth," which was shot on Líl̓wat Territory, by Damien Vergez, featuring cultural performers Alex Wells, Daniel Wells, Jenice Wells, Oyiyek Wells, and Ted Bonaparte. Six filmmakers were featured in Dirt Diaries, with short films that ran four to … Continue reading When mountain biking and Lil’wat cultural performers come together… Dirt Diaries winning film