There's something magic about this time of year... especially if you garden in a way that permits messiness... and you haven't deadheaded everything. (My speciality.) I love the wild abandon of my garden in the fall, and that I can stroll through and tickle the fading cosmos and calendulas and little clusters of seeds will … Continue reading Go save some seeds

I'm going to hazard a guess and suggest that most of us probably grew up under a power-over paradigm - ie there were people in your life who had authority over you, and you basically had to submit to them (or defy them), until you eventually became powerful enough that other people had to submit … Continue reading How do you get kids to do what you want them to?

Go for a run. Or a walk. Or a ride. On Sunday. Any where. Any way. Alone, or with a fundraising team. Do it in the memory of Terry Fox and in tribute to anyone you've known and loved who has had to stare down a cancer diagnosis, and cover some impossible terrain. Last year, … Continue reading Terry Fox run goes virtual, One Day. Your Way. on Sunday, September 19

On Thursday May 28, the chief of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation, Rosanne Casimir, shared news that ground-penetrating radar had revealed the remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. In June, the House of Commons unanimously passed legislation to make September 30 a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day … Continue reading How do we mark Orange Shirt Day this year?

The Pemberton & District Public Library and Whistler Public present Barbed Choir in Pemberton, BC "because I'm still in love with you, I want to see you dance again..." Do you love to sing? Do you love meeting new people? Do you like all types of rock music, new and old? Come out and sing … Continue reading Seriously? A singalong?!!! Wednesday September 15 6:30pm

The Pemberton Museum and Mile One Eating House are cooking up something special - September's Date Night series! Thursdays, from 5pm to 7pm, on September 9, 16, and 23, you can reserve a private table in the Pioneer Village and enjoy one of three delicious Mile One dinners, and a Sparkmouth drink, for just $20 … Continue reading Date Night at the Museum rolls out Thursdays, with Mile One Eating House

A writer friend, Jayme Moye, went out to Fairy Creek's River Camp on June 26 to cover the effort to save the old growth from Teal Jones' machines, for Outside magazine. Last night, she shared that River Camp is gone. Destroyed by police. The 1000 year old known as Grandfather Tree is now in the … Continue reading before we mourn the trees, we speak for them

There can be many challenges and barriers to bringing a new tourism idea, experience or partnership to fruition. I can think of a few just now, sitting here, starting with pandemic fatigue, uncertainty about what's to come, and how lonely it feels to do the heavy lifting to bring an idea to life. One of … Continue reading $3000 tourism innovation grants available, apply by Oct 6

Heads up. In case you missed it, there's been a snap election called by the PM, and we're headed to the polls on Monday September 20, 2021. Election day is : Monday, September 20, 2021 Advance voting takes place on : Friday, September 10, 2021Saturday, September 11, 2021Sunday, September 12, 2021Monday, September 13, 2021 EDIT: An All-Candidates … Continue reading Vote – in advance, by mail, or on the 20th

I had thought sending my kid off to kindergarten was nerve-wracking. Then, I had to send him to school in the middle of a pandemic. And today, here we are again. That's my grade one'r there, with his stuffy/support crew, being drummed into a new year. If that is not a picture of all our … Continue reading A back to school blessing: Stucum Wi