Journalists love celebrity deaths... it gives an excuse to sound off about topics that aren't often okayed by editors as column fodder. Lately, everyone has been talking about Phillip Seymour Hoffman and that means, everyone has been talking, or not talking, about addiction. I don't know anything about Hoffman, heroin or addiction, to be honest. … Continue reading Addiction, Philip Seymour Hoffman and who to call for help
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Sexual Health Survey, Responses Due Feb 15
A research project is underway through Quest University in partnership with the Howe Sound Women's Centre Society to study the sexual health of residents in the Sea to Sky Corridor, particularly focusing on sexual health, sexual education, occurrence and conditions of sexual assault, and service use. This is your chance to participate in some important … Continue reading Sexual Health Survey, Responses Due Feb 15
Free ZUMBA fitness party dance class, Sat Feb 15
Show off your moves or learn a few new ones. Warm up. (Even the music is red hot.)
Inspiration: Only Breath
This poem by Rumi struck me as kind of appropriate, after following Mo Douglas' adventures as an activist in Sochi. Only Breath Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or … Continue reading Inspiration: Only Breath
Shout-Out: Pride of Pemberton, Mo Douglas
She braved the threat of suicide bombers, third-world accommodations, and real-world bigotry from a government that has recently been throwing people in jail for their opinions. Pemberton's Mo Douglas returns from Sochi this week after a mission to make a difference - to meet with the IOC and agitate for change - ie to … Continue reading Shout-Out: Pride of Pemberton, Mo Douglas
Register Now for Seminar on Helping Prevent Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies, April 1
I jokingly posted a link to this article in the (not that esteemed) newspaper in the UK, Daily Telegraph, with the headline "Children of mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy 'better behaved". But after I posted it, I felt a bit queasy - FASD is not a laughing matter. This seminar being offered free for … Continue reading Register Now for Seminar on Helping Prevent Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies, April 1
Skills: MS Word for Beginners, Feb 12
Free Event: Family Movie Matinee, Feb 8
Event: Empty Bowls Food Bank Fundraiser, Feb 21
The Whistler Pottery Club's ceramic artists have been busily creating bowls for a new food bank fundraiser. "Empty Bowls" is an event where people purchase a handmade bowl and fill it with delicious soup made by some of the resort's top chefs. This is the first year the pottery club has organized it, though … Continue reading Event: Empty Bowls Food Bank Fundraiser, Feb 21
Hug a Timber Framer this Spring
This spring, work will begin to prepare the Frontier Street site for the arrival of 45 master and intern Timber Framers from across North America to raise Pemberton's Community Barn. The Timber Framers Guild will lead a ten day barn raising that also serves as a workshop in timber frame construction. Participants will travel … Continue reading Hug a Timber Framer this Spring
The Wellness Almanac 