If staring at your own four walls for the better part of 2 months has gotten you aching for some different scenery, or fresh art, take heart! Art is happening. Levi Nelson's imagery has been applied to the hydro boxes to make them look less like eyesores or infrastructure and more like amazeballs.   Meanwhile, … Continue reading Art springing up – keep an eye out for local artists’ murals

As of May 19, charities and non-profits who deliver essential services to those in need can access a new federal $350 million Emergency Community Support Fund. Eligible projects should: Address a pressing social inclusion or well-being need caused by COVID-19, by supplying the necessities of life, supporting activities of daily living, such as through education … Continue reading New Federal Emergency Community Support Fund

Welcome to the first edition of a Mental Wellness Video Series with Registered Clinical Counsellor Greg McDonnell, of McDonnell Counselling in Whistler, produced in partnership with the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation. Greg has worked in the area of social service delivery for 30 years and has owned a successful private psychotherapy practice since 2007 http://www.mcdonnellcounselling.ca This … Continue reading Resilience and Hope in the time of COVID19

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1737069635630?fbclid=IwAR2tPWVA1N2_0sL6RklJEOlsgrJCwTQydjINqMNs2rQrkGbh-HgkZfjmT0I Anna Helmer has been a proud advocate for Pemberton soil and organic potatoes forever, and last week, as urbanites start thinking about where their food comes from, she talked to CBC radio's On the Coast, about local food systems, what the pandemic has meant, how the Farmers Market might change, and why potatoes should … Continue reading Local farmer Anna Helmer talked “Growing Pains” and spuds with CBC last week

On the evening of Monday May 18, as the long weekend was winding down, a big black crew cab truck drove through the Lil'wat community, where four older Lil'wat friends were visiting with each other, outside, 8 feet apart from each other, carefully observing the social distancing recommendations. The passers-by were driving by with their … Continue reading Racists, we need to call you out. We need to remind you that we all bleed, hurt, are vulnerable. As are you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCatlN2PhI&feature=youtu.be What does resilience look like? Well, my friends, we're walking it, right now. Bumpy. But still putting one foot in front of the other, and constantly adjusting your load, depending on whether you need a hand, or are feeling strong and can lend one. When Heather Geluk saw this video of Andy Grammer performing … Continue reading Crowdsourcing the feels

"Like you," wrote Mayor Mike Richman in his weekly message on Friday, "I have a ton of questions as we move towards the reopening of the Province and how this gradual shift towards the ‘new normal’ will affect our community. "Throughout the pandemic we have been receiving very specific guidance from the Province and Dr. … Continue reading “Phase 2” begins today: here’s what the Mayor of Pemberton had to say

On Tuesday, this online survey was launched, with an invitation for people in BC to share their experience - in fruit-eating, soft-drink binging, mental health, income affects, visiting, illness - via online survey. By the time Adrian Dix and Dr Bonnie Henry has finished the press conference and walked back to the legislature buildings, thousands … Continue reading Take the BC survey

I would like to go for a walk with Connie Sobchak right now. That's what I have realized, as I scroll through Facebook. So I'm noting it down as a thing to do, when the current contractions release a little bit. I think it might be helpful for me to start a list, of things … Continue reading What if a forced pause is not punishment, but a beautiful opportunity to just stop and notice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz7wtTO7roQ From SLRD Board Chair, Director Tony Rainbow: We humans are creatures of habit, and this weekend, even though so many of our habits have been disrupted by eight weeks of social distancing and staying home and complying with the province’s guidelines, we’re wired, it seems, to want to get out the tent or open … Continue reading SLRD Chair Tony Rainbow says: don’t forget our fire fighting frontline workers