We're halfway through National Addictions Awareness Week, so it seemed timely to share this post from the First Nations Health Authority. Mental Wellness is the balance between the social, physical, spiritual and emotional life within First Nation's individuals, families and communities. Mental Wellness is more than the absence of mental illness. It encompasses all aspects … Continue reading Substance abuse from a First Nations perspective, and why there are no band-aid solutions or quick fixes.

Libraries are about so much more than books. The book is just a handy symbol for what they really represent: intellectual freedom. To wit: Wednesday's FREE event at the Library - improve your document-creating savvy with Intermediate Word. Computers are available so nobody needs to bring their own but space is limited. Call the Library … Continue reading Boost your computer savvy with a free Intermediate MS Word seminar, 6:30 Wednesday at the Pemby Library

6 days in to a new government, and 3 weeks past the election, I reserve the right to remain hopeful. I felt hope crest like a rogue wave the morning after the election, and it surged again, when I heard tales of a friend who works in Ottawa on the Hill, who was greeted with … Continue reading Choose hope. It’s not pathetic, it’s pragmatic.

The SLRD has shared the latest weather alert from Environment Canada: a Special Weather Statement for Howe Sound, Whistler and the Fraser Canyon. A powerful storm will hit British Columbia on Thursday and Friday, producing strong winds and heavy rain across the South Coast. The storm is expected to hit the South Coast late Thursday morning and continue through … Continue reading Weather warning: it’s set to be a soggy one with “copious” amounts of precipitation

Watch this. Really. Take the 15 minute coffee break, because reading the transcript can't convey the power of what Brene shares halfway through, when she's talking about getting the thumbs-up or thumbs-down from a swim coach, and why hope has its roots in failure.

Most of us have more than just one identity. I've heard this called having a hyphenated-identity, and that resonated for me, as someone who grew up in one country and then made my life in another. Dr Evan Adams, an actor, physician, Salish man, and the Chief Medical Officer for the First Nations Health Authority, … Continue reading Take off your blinkers and try two-eyed seeing, with this TEDx talk by Dr Evan Adams on Wellness