PORCA is proud to announce it's inaugural women's enduro — a glorious amalgamation of Pemberton's greatest assets: potatoes, trails, and rad ladies! The Spudcrusher Enduro. Get out what you poutine. PORCA, you are killing it. Good luck riders. And thanks to all the volunteers, trail fairies, friends and advocates out there making Pemberton such a … Continue reading Spudcrusher Enduro on Saturday: Go, girls, go
Red flashing lights mean stop! Give the school bus a brake.
On the last day of April, Michelle Beks who lives up the Valley on what you'd assume is a quiet rural road, but is actually anything but, posted on the Facebook Community Page that she was feeling angry. She had picked up her grand-daughter from the bus, and learned that tow cars had blown past … Continue reading Red flashing lights mean stop! Give the school bus a brake.
Rise: a documentary from the communities along the Lower Lillooet Lake Road
Last year, Xa'xsta (also known as the Douglas First Nation) successfully applied for a $405,000 BC Jobs grant, to create training, mentorship and opportunities for entrepreneurs in the communities. This video gives a small peek at what has been accomplished through the Roots of Indigenous Strength & Entrepreneurship program, a unique entrepreneurship focused program piloted here. … Continue reading Rise: a documentary from the communities along the Lower Lillooet Lake Road
Mortal Shock
Navigating death and aging and injury, the tricky slippery pathways toward having more compassion for our bodies For one summer, the year I turned thirty, there was a deck on the house I lived in. It was torn down by the fall, for being too close to the lot line. We moved out that October, … Continue reading Mortal Shock
How to remove a tick
I watched this video (found via Outside magazine) with a kind of train-wreck horror. Ticks are on the increase, as are instances of tick-borne diseases. It takes several hours for a tick to transmit infection, even after they've latched on. (Lyme disease is thought to take up to six hours.) So be vigilant, and scan … Continue reading How to remove a tick
Shayla Wallace captures the radiance
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiyaSeGlt4_/?taken-by=shay_law This stopped me in my ever-scrolling tracks and Shayla gave permission to share it here. Then I checked out some of her most recent photos and wanted to share them all. Offered here as your daily reminder to slow down and soak it in. Photos by Shayla Wallace.
A warrior for Wisdom: talking with Wanosts’a7 Lorna Williams, Part 1
When Mt Currie’s Xetólacw Community School was created in 1972, it was only the second Band-run school in all of Canada. Starting a school was literally a groundbreaking move for a First Nations community. Lorna Williams was one of a handful of community members, many of them parents with small children, many of them survivors of … Continue reading A warrior for Wisdom: talking with Wanosts’a7 Lorna Williams, Part 1
Lil’wat Empowerment Group for Women, Thursday May 31, 11:30 – 2
Maker Mondays stop motion movie: Surf’s UP
The Pemberton & District Public Library is proud to present the second of three movies made at Maker Mondays: Stop motion movies session, Surf's Up by Arleigh, Maile and Lilly! Maker Monday sessions are designed for children to encourage innovation, creativity, learning and discovery. In the spring and fall the Library offer monthly sessions covering a … Continue reading Maker Mondays stop motion movie: Surf’s UP
Blue Nosed Twitchers
What if your nose was blue? Whenever I look at a ruddy duck, so named for its body colour, of all things, and not its bright blue nose, this is the phrase that comes to mind. Takes me back to my classroom days when it was popular to call out randomly, “you’re a ________” when … Continue reading Blue Nosed Twitchers
The Wellness Almanac 