Join the 1st Annual WWF Canada's Kids' Fun Run in Pemberton, around One Mile Lake, this June 9th (https://www.kidsrunfornature.ca/run-details-pemberton)! This is a race for kids of all ages to raise awareness about World Wildlife Fund - Canada's efforts to protect Canada's wild habitats and ecosystems. Featuring 1 km, 3 km and 5 km course options, this … Continue reading Announcing the debut of the WWF Kids’ Fun Run in Pemberton, June 9
Is your garden free of invasive plants?
This guest post comes from Claude-Anne Godbout-Gauthier, the Education & Outreach Coordinator at the Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council, to help ensure that the things you're tending in your garden this spring are beneficial to the ecosystem. Is your garden free of invasive plants? Spring has sprung, and the Sea to Sky Invasive Species … Continue reading Is your garden free of invasive plants?
Spring. Exploding. Equals Happiness.
This is exactly how spring makes me feel. Kudos to Shayla Wallace for her amazing eye.
Red Devils Alumni fundraiser: Golf tournament and dinner dance, April 27
Spring is the season for community fundraisers - with Lip Sync Battles, socials, silent auctions and golf tournaments keeping your calendar packed with good times for great causes. The Red Devils Alumni Association raises funds to ensure local students can participate in sporting events. Tickets are available at Scotiabank, the Legion, or online http://www.reddevilsalumni.com Here's … Continue reading Red Devils Alumni fundraiser: Golf tournament and dinner dance, April 27
PORCA’s Annual Fundraiser hits the Legion, Saturday May 4, 7 – 11pm
The shindig of the year - PORCA's fundraiser and silent auction, takes over the Legion on Saturday May 4. Since 2016, PORCA has grown steadily, and now boasts 610 members, enabling the club to donate $6010 to the Pemberton Valley Trails Association through membership dues and $2000 towards local trail maintenance. The club aims to … Continue reading PORCA’s Annual Fundraiser hits the Legion, Saturday May 4, 7 – 11pm
UPDATE: Event Postponed until Fall 2019 Stewardship Pemberton’s Lip Sync battle fundraiser returns, May 3
Update April 29 2019: from Stewardship Pemberton Society: We were late getting our event announced and we feel like we are competing with a lot of other great fundraisers and events we don't want to take away from. Look for us again in October 2019! If you have purchased tickets please get a refund from … Continue reading UPDATE: Event Postponed until Fall 2019 Stewardship Pemberton’s Lip Sync battle fundraiser returns, May 3
Free tax return filing at the Library
If you are living on modest means and have a simple tax situation, volunteers will help you prepare your income tax and benefit return, for free! Book a spot at the library, by calling 604 894 6916, or pop by.
Tick season: be alert
My first tick sighting of the season came courtesy Rich Prohaska's instagram account, March 25. I *may* have said a rude word. Or two. I try to be Buddhist-ish, (do no harm), but that compassion doesn't really extend to ticks, leeches or mosquitoes. This time last year, Leslie Anthony, one of my nature gurus, shared … Continue reading Tick season: be alert
Lil’wat celebrates signing the Nlháxten /Cerise Creek Conservancy Management Plan
via Lil'wat Nation On Wednesday April 3 the Land and Resources Department hosted a community dinner to celebrate the signing of the Nlháxten /Cerise Creek Conservancy Management Plan. The Nlháxten /Cerise Creek Conservancy is located along Highway 99, just north of Joffre Lakes Park, and is within a larger Nt̓ákmen Area identified in our 2006 … Continue reading Lil’wat celebrates signing the Nlháxten /Cerise Creek Conservancy Management Plan