The Pemberton Child Care Society offers “Before School Care” for children attending “Signal Hill Elementary School” and “Ecole de la valley”. Before School Care is available when school is in session. Before School Care begins at 7:30am and will conclude with children being escorted to school ready for class. Programming includes a light breakfast consisting … Continue reading Sign up now for Before School Care
On July 24, the Village of Pemberton announced that "blazing fast" internet speeds and "enough bandwidth for generations to come" will be coming to Pemberton, by 2019, thanks to a $5 million infrastructure investment by TELUS into fibre optic. This investment is part of TELUS’ commitment to invest $4.7 billion throughout British Columbia between 2017 … Continue reading Fibre optic network is coming to Village of Pemberton
Even though we haven't yet met, I was pretty stoked to hear that David Ward had moved home for work, to take a position at the Village of Pemberton, as I've been a fan of his photography for some time. Now I can be assured his lens will be trained on local sights... and keep … Continue reading Knee deep in the Birkenhead River, David Ward chases the light
2018 Slow Food Cycle | Sunday, August 19 Where: Pemberton Meadows Road at the location of the old Pemberton Community Centre. Look for School District 48's Bus Garage and Playing Fields just north west of the Village of Pemberton. When: 9 AM to 3 PM on Sunday, August 19 Cost: $5 per person / $20 per family … Continue reading Slow Food Cycle returns August 19 – with road closed to vehicle traffic between 10am and 3pm
They juggled busy workloads, doubled as students and blazed trail, as graduates in the inaugural class of the Indigenous Community Development and Governance Diploma. Huge congratulations to Lil'wat Nation Councillors Kík7ak Helena Edmonds and Lhpatq Maxine Bruce on their graduation from the Indigenous Community Development and Governance Diploma program. The … Continue reading Lil’wat Nation Councillors Kík7ak Helena Edmonds and Lhpatq Maxine Bruce graduate with Indigenous Community Development and Governance Diploma
Join the One Book, One Corridor challenge, and join in on what promises to be a powerful community-wide conversation. I picked this book up after seeing the Library's Staff Picks Saturday post. YA books can make the best reading, because they're often shorter to power through... The material isn't lightweight... but they tend to be … Continue reading Must-read: The Marrow Thieves
After I finished reading the New York Times long feature on how we lost Earth, about the realization in the 1970s and 1980s that climate change was real and would impact the survivability of the planet, and how the United States thwarted a global resolution to stop it, in 1989, (back when we really could have made … Continue reading Reconciling energy and Indigenous rights
Always an inspiration, Janet Ouchterlony, (who has previously posted for us on her penchant for finding hearts everywhere, on her kids' love of bannock, on parenting, the food bank, local mountain bike champs and being able to do random acts of kindness of other people), shared her experience at last weekend's Iron Man, and we had to share. … Continue reading When you enter Iron Man on a whim…
What do sunburns, travel pictures and invasive species have in common? They are all things you could bring back from your summer vacation if you are not careful! Invasive aquatic plants and organisms can travel on boats, trailers, SUP’s, kayaks, fishing gear, and bait buckets. It is paramount that you thoroughly clean, drain, and … Continue reading Do you Clean, Drain, Dry? A guest post from the Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council
Farm stands and honour boxes are what defined Pemberton to me, for a while. But that was in 2015, before Erica Van Loon graduated from high school, before Riley and Michelle found another piece of property to rent, before Bathtub Garden's flower fridge folded... I know that local eggs can be found, by those in … Continue reading Goat Mountain farm stand opens for one day only!
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