The Pemberton & District Museum & Archives Society just announced, with sadness, the resignation of Curator/Executive Director, Niki Madigan, after 14 years of dedicated service to the museum. “Niki has brought a unique skill set to the museum. Her strengths include leadership, organizational skills, integrity, and youth mentoring; as well as her dedication to her … Continue reading The Pemberton Museum farewells curator Niki Madigan

Hearing tell of the IPCC's (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) latest report and wondering what the heck to do? It's a fair question... after all, denial has gotten us only so far... Like, this far. Like, the point of no return. So, let's talk about how we can turn towards the trouble, instead of running … Continue reading POW launches a new training program to help you get started as a climate champion

This. Is. Beautiful. If water can change it's molecular patterning when exposed to the word "love" versus "hate", what changes ripple through our bodies, when someone genuinely tells us they find us beautiful? This art project was shared by Janet Pashleigh on Facebook the other day, and it is worth the 5 minutes. How would … Continue reading How does your face change, after you’re told that you’re beautiful?

The 2022 Paralympic Winter Games start today! Ethan’s races are on the following days/times, in local PST: - March 5 @ 6pm / 18km race - March 8 @ 6pm / Sprints - March 11th @ 10pm / 10km Race Link to CBC broadcast schedule: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/streaming-schedule Thanks to Kelly Cosgrove for pulling all this info … Continue reading Tune in to the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games to cheer on Ethan Hess

This update, from Oliver Richman, reads to me like a treatment for a movie... it totally had me tearing up. Stoked to share it here and cheer on the PSS Senior Boys Basketball team as they head off to Provincials next week. Local athletes from our region consistently do this community proud. As co-captain of … Continue reading The underdogs are on their way to provincials! PSS Senior Boys Basketball team overcome pandemic set-backs, fundraise in 36 hours, and do us proud

I've been following @loisfay for a while, liking liking liking her beautiful poems, prompts and insights so much, that I finally reached out and asked her to share her words here, too. (I think it was initially the fact that she identified herself as 'crazywritergurl' that made me think we'd be friends.) We bonded over … Continue reading We have a poet-in-residence for the first time! Welcome new contributor, Lois Thevarge, from N’Quatqua, with writing Wednesdays

Look, I like to talk about feelings. But not always. Some feelings are just... not fun to feel. Or talk about. I have been thinking a lot about those uncomfortable feelings and how our avoidance of them, of feeling/processing/metabolizing them creates more trouble because it seems there's a lot of trouble in the world right … Continue reading Shall we talk about feelings? (Only my favourite topic, ever.)

The world-class athlete game is strong in this small town - with Ethan Hess following Trinity Ellis over to Beijing, to compete at the Paralympics in March. This Pique profile of Ethan has already been shared 800 times, so you might have seen it already - if not, have a read. His story is incredible … Continue reading Cheering on Ethan Hess

Last week, another dying owl was noted near the Riverside Wetland trail. Stewardship Pemberton and other community advocates have noted that almost ten birds of prey (five dead owls, 2 dead hawks tracked by Stewardship Pemberton) have been found dead or dying very close to Pemberton's town. It is presumed that many of them are … Continue reading The best thing to manage the rats, are the owls. The worst thing for the birds of prey right now, are the poison-laden rats