In its bi-annual assault on our circadian rhythms, the powers-that-be-that-decree-what-time-it-is (who even IS this?!?) have decreed that 2am Sunday November 7 is not actually 2am, as you assumed, but is technically 1am, whereupon the hour you just experienced, between 1 and 2, will repeat, although you, yourself, will keep moving forward through time, not backwards, … Continue reading Clocks are going to fall back on Sunday Nov 7

Indigenous Women Outdoors is excited to open applications for their 2021/2022 Winter Backcountry Skiing and Splitboarding Mentorship program! This program is open to all Indigenous Women and Nonbinary community members who live in the Sea to Sky area and are intermediate skiing and snowboarding riders. It will run from December 2021-April 2022, with a commitment of … Continue reading Applications now open for backcountry mentorships for Indigenous Women, thanks to Indigenous Women Outdoors!

Santa PAWS is back! For those of you that don't know, this is Pemberton Animal Wellbeing Society's biggest annual fundraiser and will be held on November 28. More details to follow about the event in the coming days but PAWS is currently looking for support from local businesses to donate to the silent auction/raffle. If … Continue reading Santa PAWS returns

We're proud to share that Lil'wat actor and playwright, Yvonne Wallace, is performing from October 28 til Nov 7, live theatre! at the Russian Hall. For more about #WhatNow and to buy tickets, visit http://alleytheatre.ca/productions/whatnow/ So #metoo happened. What now? After collecting hours of audio interviews from people of different genders, sexual orientations, cultures, ages … Continue reading Yvonne Wallace in #WhatNow play at Alley Theatre until Nov 7

My kiddo went to the pumpkin patch and came home with a perfect pumpkin. Such a fun tradition. Pumpkin carving by Sofia Towers, age 8. Photo courtesy Natalie Langmann. And then, this reminder, from Anne Marie Bonneau, the Zero Waste Chef, came: south of the border in the US, 1.3 billion pounds of uneaten pumpkins … Continue reading How to keep 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkin out of landfill, with the Zero Waste Chef

You can read the report directly at https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Executive_Summary_English_Web.pdf, or join us as we continue to work our way, thoughtfully, absorbing, digesting, learning and unlearning. Today, from the introduction to the TRC Final report, we review "what is reconciliation?" What is reconciliation? During the course of the Commission’s work, it has become clear that the concept … Continue reading “What is reconciliation?” Reading The Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, p 16 – 21

Yesterday, when writing about the invitation to take care with Halloween costumes, to not amplify racism or oppression, I remembered a conversation I had with local mom, gymnastics coach, actor, leather-maker and costumier, Seija Halonen for a Mountain Life magazine story. Seija was sharing about the way dressing up can allow you to unleash all … Continue reading Unpacking whiteness

via the SLCC How did a culture flourish, before the fur traders and gold seekers arrived with their stores and supplies? Sometimes, as supply chains teeter and we learn about massively loaded container ships blocking canals or dumping combustible and hazardous mining chemicals into wild seas, I think: that has got to be a better … Continue reading Rattlesnake plantain is a natural band-aid

For the second year in a row, my poor kid has gone off to school draped in a sheet. He's mostly happy being a ghost - there's something about being hidden that appeals to him and he's mastered a pretty good spooky wafting move - but there are challenges - easy to trip, hard to … Continue reading How to dress up for Halloween without assaulting a people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9_OEzPEpY&feature=emb_logo The award-winning Vancouver short film 'Joe Buffalo' by filmmaker Amar Chebib is available to watch online, after The New Yorker picked up the distribution rights and shared it on its YouTube channel. The short film chronicles the journey of Joe Buffalo, great grandson of the great peacemaker Chief Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), residential school survivor and professional skateboarder, and mentor … Continue reading The story of Joe Buffalo, skateboarder, survivor