Are you interested in taking your PMBIA Level 1 Mountain Bike Coaching Certification? PORCA's Executive Director, Bree Thorlakson, is organizing a private course in Pemberton for April 17-18th. Please contact bree@porcabikes.com if interested and she will send more details when she gets them this week. Priority will be given to those interested in coaching for … Continue reading Wanna become a bike coach?

So, according to my sources, today marks the moment here in the Northern Hemisphere, where we experience the Spring Equinox... "a time of balance between the light and dark and a day to celebrate new beginnings." As an added bonus, and something I've only just started to learn, it also marks the shift from Pisces … Continue reading Happy Spring Equinox and Happy Astrological New Year!

Áma sq̓it!! Indigenous Women Outdoors and PORCA are putting together a mountain biking program this summer and we are looking for Women that might be interested in getting out and enjoying the amazing bike trails on our territory. The program will be open to 6 women identified community members and will include 6 sessions with … Continue reading Lil’wat girls and women – want to learn to mountain bike together?

Pemberton's Kera Willis from Mountain Horse School is a feature speaker at the Healing with Horses Collective Telesummit, which is happening virtually this week. Kera's talk on "how to bring kids together with horses in ways that catalyze healing, communion and wonder" will air on Friday, March 19 at 6am, and you'll then have 24 … Continue reading Free talk on awesomeness and healing power of horses, with local guide Kera Willis, Friday March 19

I'm doing a course right now on community development, offered through Capilano University, led by the wonderful Yvonne Wallace, called Everything Present in the Seed. What I've learned so far is: 1. it's invaluable to approach things through an indigenous lens. It's so enriching. And 2. the best place to start, any project, is with … Continue reading Signal Hill gets trees and field trips for the spring, from the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation’s Environmental Fund!

I always appreciate John Tschopp's email, with seasonal updates and reminders to head outside and enjoy our fellow valley-inhabitants. Especially given that they're accompanied by his wonderful photos, that slowly have helped me learn to identify some of these friends. Spring migration is in progress in the valley. Trumpeter Swans and Canada Geese are back … Continue reading Spring is in the air and it sounds like birdsong

I try to maintain a healthy skepticism about politicians, because so often I've observed they say one thing, and then act differently, especially once they're in power. It's almost accepted that you'll massage the truth in the role - at least at higher levels. I think that's also why I appreciate the power of local … Continue reading The pep talk I needed this weekend, came from the Mayor of Pemberton

I read out my partner's horoscope to him the other day (I mean, how great is Rob Breszny, who writes the horoscopes that appear in the Pique?) because, even though my fella has pretty much zero interest in the astrological omens, this was just so good: Author Leo Buscaglia told us that among ancient Egyptians, … Continue reading Find joy, receive joy, host virtual dance parties

https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flilwatnationculturecentre%2Fvideos%2F245295260420609%2F&show_text=true&width=560 The Lil'wat Nation Culture Centre and Events page recently shared this incredible video from the First Voices app, explaining how to introduce yourself in Ucwalmícwts. I love it because I have been attempting to greet the trees on my morning walk in Ucwalmícwts - it is the language of this land, a language they … Continue reading Introducing yourself in Ucwalmícwts

Before you hit the hay on Saturday night, skip your clocks (that are still manual) forward an hour... Daylight savings starts Sunday March 14, which means at some mysterious moment while you're possibly deep in sleep, the clocks simply change, an hour evaporates, and the morning will now come around earlier... or something. The fact … Continue reading Spring forward: daylight savings time begins 14 March