The temperature is rising at the library. In February, the Pemberton & District Library announced that it had a plan. Bursting at the seams, in order to better accommodate all the community's needs, and wring every inch of functionality out of the space, the Library plans to redesign - and create more space for programs, improve … Continue reading Help fill the Library’s book thermometer and fund the redesign
The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District released the first video in its series, Love This Place, Reduce Your Waste, last Thursday. New videos will be dropping every month starting April 16th! The video series will showcase local waste management facilities throughout the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, and take viewers on an exploration of common global waste related issues. … Continue reading SLRD releases a visual reminder why we don’t want to trash the place with new video series
Thanks to Leslie Anthony for permission to share the following nature-lover's wellness alert. "It’s spring and the deer #ticks are out in #Pemberton, one of the most heavily infested areas on the South Coast due to high deer (primary host) and rodent (secondary host) populations. This is a sub-adult tick, about the size of a … Continue reading Tick season – be alert
On Sunday, May 6th, Stewardship Pemberton hosts their second family-friendly community field trip, ‘Spring peepers and sleepy snakes‘. Ever wonder where snakes go in the winter? How can Pacific Tree Frogs survive when temperatures dip to -20°C? Can a salamander really regrow limbs? Meet some of our local herptiles and learn about their habitats and cool … Continue reading Spring Peers and Sleepy Snakes: Stewardship Pemberton’s May 6 Field Trip invites you to unleash your inner herpetologist
Repair Cafés are free meeting places that are all about repairing things - together. At the Repair Café you should find the expertise, tools and materials required to help you make many of the repairs you need. Volunteer specialists will be on hand to help and guide the repairs. The SLRD and the Pemberton Men's … Continue reading Repair Cafe – have local handy experts fix your busted stuff, Sunday April 29, 10am – noon
Sammy Losee writes today's guest post, in response to an earlier post, and this very cool study. I "know" Sammy about as well as she "knows" me: which is to say, we might recognize each other in the street to say hello, yet have read each other's thoughts (she kicked off 2018 at the helm of our instagram account), … Continue reading Science says it takes 200 hours to become good friends. Sammy Losee says what??!
"Yes," said Tanina, "I'll do a takeover." Even though she doesn't really spend a lot of time on instagram, (understatement!), she works in education, so she knows that the best teachers allow themselves to be students, to be beginners. Plus, she has so much to share. She is a wool weaver, a carver and a … Continue reading Tanina Williams takes over our instagram
Do you live in Pemberton? Yes. It's a confusing question. In 2011, a somewhat piecemeal boundary expansion was done, that brought the community's watershed and southern boundary into Village jurisdiction, but still left a lot of gaps, confusing service areas, and despite the arduous process, didn't really fully represent "the functional boundaries of the Village … Continue reading Boundary Extension Open House, Wednesday April 25, 6-8pm
Canada’s Godfather of Indigenous Cuisine, David Wolfman, reveals the way food transforms us - not through rigid definitions and diets, but as a path into a great big interconnected web of life and stories. I asked Chef David Wolfman if he thought eating an all-indigenous diet would transform me over time, and he laughed. Wolfman … Continue reading Eat your way home
I’ve been meeting quite a few new folk around town lately, since joining a couple of clubs that have me socializing somewhat more than usual. My running group affords me up to an hour and a half, sometimes more of visiting time and one of the questions many newcomers have for me is “so, how … Continue reading Changes
The Wellness Almanac 