Are you between 18 and 25 years of age, and any of the following: a family caregiver, a new Canadian, someone who hails from a diverse ethnic background First Nations/Inuit/Métis a resident of northern Canada LGBTQ2S with a diverse educational and linguistic background in care? The Mental Health Commission of Canada is looking for youth … Continue reading Youth with lived mental health experience sought for national Youth Council
The numbers are in and added up from Pemberton's cold Christmas Bird Count on December 15. John Tschopp shares that the cold is reflected in the lower bird number, but the species number is surprisingly high. The surprise of the day was a Barn Owl at McEwans. A white-throated Sparrow was also a rare visitor. … Continue reading A cold Christmas Bird Count reveals a surprising number of species
This week's column is an expansion of an earlier blog post, about my big takeaways from the 2016 Instagram Project, which has just, thanks to Paul Charron, this week's guestagrammer, become the 2017 Instagram Project. Please join us - as a follower, or a contributor. It's really fun. https://www.instagram.com/p/BGmjQMOMraT/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac +++ I can tell you within … Continue reading A year of Instagram takeovers
We've been blessed by our amazing contributors. So contributors, or aspiring contributors, why not share your story with an even larger audience? The Whistler Question has launched a new personal essays section, a la the Globe and Mail's Facts and Arguments page: Here's the official Call for Entry When: Ongoing call for stories Where: The Whistler Question … Continue reading Share your story: Personal Essays wanted for the Question
Good morning. Happy New Year. And where do we go from here? Last year, we shared 365 posts from 24 instagrammers, 8 photographers and more than a dozen different contributors. 20,000 people visited the site. Our goal, for the most part, was to inspire you to look around and see the beauty, resilience, and courage all … Continue reading Where do we go from here?
Trees wrapped in lights are pretty much my favourite thing right now... The early dark is held back, somehow... or better still, embraced, by the glow and lightshow. I drive through Pemberton, through Mt Currie, out the other side, and the Village, friends, neighbours, have wrapped lights around lamp-posts, trees, along their eaves, and they … Continue reading Georgina Dan’s Christmas photo is just a tree, plain and simple and shining with hope.
The recent cold spell caught me unprepared for the many photo opportunities it offered; the day after I noticed the shimmering sheath of frost on the branches along the path leading to One Mile, the snow commenced and fell until the branches bent and shed their glory. (Fortunately, the feathery frost world has captured my … Continue reading Ice
I have a friend who was buried in an avalanche a few years ago. By some miracle, he was revived, and he now jokes that the anniversary of that day is his other birthday, because he got the chance to come into the world again. So, when Pemberton/Whistler raised guide, photographer and adventurer, Sam McKoy, … Continue reading Close call: A cautionary tale about driving Highway 99 from guest writer and local guide Sam McKoy
As beautiful a sight as it is, to see a herd of wild horses out grazing in big open fields, it's scary when driving home at dusk, to think there might be horses on the road. Horses at large in our neighbourhood is an issue the leadership at Lil'wat Nation are addressing. Kudos to Chief … Continue reading News from Lil’wat Nation: Taking Action about Roaming Horses
Amie said she was a bit short on inspiration this week, so she went for a walk around One Mile Lake, and found enough inspiration to spread around in spades with a series of snowscape photos. It reminded me of a quote I read earlier from the artist Morley, thanks to Kalmia Hockin: "We … Continue reading When snowflakes amass, amazing things happen
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