While the Ironman Canada event has been re-routed this year, so as not to travel through Pemberton, highway closures in Whistler will still impact local businesses or those travelling south through Whistler. This year, the bike leg will travel from Rainbow Park on the west side road, through Alpine, down along Highway 99 to the Callaghan, … Continue reading Plan your travels around Ironman, Sunday July 29
I recently discovered a robin building a nest on the beam under our deck. We've come to call this area Robin Condos due to the prolific number of nests that get constructed there in a season. It's a perfect setting for a nest - out of the sun, wind & rain. I've always thought that … Continue reading Serendipity & Robin’s Eggs
via the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District In April 2017, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-45 (the Cannabis Act) and Bill C-46 (the Act to amend the Criminal Code) with plans to make non-medical (i.e. recreational) cannabis legal in Canada by July 2018. The bill received Royal Assent on June 21, 2018, meaning that it has officially … Continue reading The SLRD is preparing for cannabis legalization. Take a 5 minute survey to share your thoughts, and get up to speed on some of the impacts
Our friends at Murphy Construction will be capturing the beautiful work in progress of Lil’wat Nation carver Ashley Joseph. Ashely has started working on the wooden doors at the future Ts'zil Learning Centre. We can't wait to watch the process unfold and look forward to sharing it.
Stewardship Pemberton and the Pemberton and District Public Library are joining forces to bring Catherine Karpman, of From the Garden Shed, to talk about seed saving, pollination techniques and getting the most out of your vegetable garden.
The Canada Day Spud Run is ten kilometres long but in my mind I covered several hundred. Our course marshal led us across the highway to the start and already my thoughts began roaming as they took me back to a few early mornings running various trails behind this same woman. As we rounded the corner at … Continue reading Spud Run Rambles
You bring the children (up to 6 years old) and the Child Care Resource and Referral team will bring the toys - hoops, pop-up tents, balls, shovels, buckets, trucks and dolls - to Underhill Park, the tot park in the Peaks townhouse complex, beside the trail to the Community Garden and Nature Centre. Play group … Continue reading Playgroup in the Park, Thursdays, starts July 5, 9:30 – 11am
Know 'em, name 'em, and drive 'em out of town. Tackling Invasive Species, which I now see can be a gesture of reconciliation, helping to decolonize our local landscape, as well as an act of stewardship, starts with knowing thy enemy. The Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council is on it. Here are your 5 … Continue reading The 5 Most Wanted Invasive Species
In conjunction with the release of the film, based on Richard Wagamese's incredible book, Indian Horse, a #Next150 challenge has been developed, inviting people to step up to the challenge of decolonizing our minds, our culture, our country, and moving towards a deeper and meaningful state of reconciliation. This challenge dropped in my in-box the … Continue reading Decolonize the landscape: tackle invasive species
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