The Pemberton & District Museum has a plan, to create a trove of memories and tales and jokes and funny sayings, from around these parts, as a way to commemorate the 150th year of confederation. I personally feel a bit conflicted about the whole Canada 150 years anniversary - especially if it's just a billed … Continue reading Got a tale to tell? The Museum needs 150 of ’em
I rode a quick lap of No Err the other morning. It was 10 days since the Nimby Fifty bike race had sent 230 riders that way, and I assume that four of those racers were responsible for the discarded energy gel packets I picked up along my ride. A few scraps of litter doesn’t … Continue reading It’s time to upgrade your Leave No Trace mindset
My sons and I had the opportunity to attend the BC Provincial Mountain Bike Championships last weekend in Cumberland, BC. Upon our departure from home Thursday evening, all we knew was that my eldest son was slated to compete on Saturday with the Pemberton Secondary School team and that all of us were excited at … Continue reading May we present the 2017 Cumberland Provincial Mountain Bike Champions?
Gary has shared eye-candy and landscape porn with us from the beginning of the Wellness Almanac, but this weekend, with news about various fires starting around the province, he dug into the archives, to pull out this reminder of what a casually dropped cigarette butt in a dry forest can do. Not all fires are … Continue reading Camp with care. Gary Martin digs into the archives to remind adventurers how much is at stake.
When Riva Fisher did her instagram takeover for us, she dropped a hint that something fun might be coming for the Downtown Community Barn. https://www.instagram.com/p/BTFiPdID_U7/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac Well, word is out. Coming up, the crew behind the Pemberton Refugee Resettlement Group will takeover instagram and introduce themselves and their mission. But in the meantime, I wanted to … Continue reading A Barn Dance, June 17, with a mission, invites you to dance your ass off and defy cancer, war and all the other things that break our hearts every day but will not stop us from loving as hard as we can
We had spent the day repairing bluebird nest boxes and were about sixty kilometres off highway 97 in ranch country west of Clinton. The freshly graded road allowed us to zip along at eighty if we chose to; we had averaged thirty; our eyes were too thirsty for colour and novelty after a winter of … Continue reading Saturday Night on the 1100 Road
Night out at the theatre? Next Friday, the Pemberton Library will transform into our theatre in the round for a one woman musical tribute to legendary pioneer of Vancouver Island, Cougar Annie. Katrina Kadoski moved to an off-the-grid historical homestead 33 miles north of Tofino in 2007. It belonged to a reclusive settler, Cougar Annie, … Continue reading Cougar Annie Tales live at the Library next Friday, June 9 at 7pm
As part of the Pemberton Breeding Bird Survey, some serious ornithologists will be in Pemberton on Saturday June 3, hosting short walks through some birdy spots in the Valley. All are welcome. Car-pool between locations. Meet at the footbridge across One Mile Creek near Stewardship Pemberton's Nature Centre on Saturday. Walking shoes, some water and … Continue reading Bird walk for birdy types, all are welcome, June 4, 8:30am
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