via Pemberton Canoe Association Thanks to Karen Tomlinson and the Pemberton Canoe Association for permission to reprint this post, which is a great mid-season update of the successes of the local paddling scene. We're about halfway through the summer season for paddling. We finished up our dragon boat season at the end of June with … Continue reading Mid season check-in with Pemberton’s paddlers
via the SLRD. This year, in the interest of participant safety, Pemberton Meadows Road will be closed to vehicle traffic from 10am - 2pm on Sunday August 21 for the Slow Food Cycle Sunday event. The road will remain open for slow moving farm vehicles. The road will be closed from Taylor Road to Camel's Back Farm, just past … Continue reading Road closure planned for Slow Food Cycle Sunday, 10-2, August 21
Thanks to Ruben Guibert for the reminder to look close by, as well as up high, when seeking inspiration. Joffre Lake - one of Pemberton's perennially favourite day-trips - captured here, by our photo correspondent. Take that, Destination BC! (Or should I say, take note.)
You've probably walked by this garden plenty of times... but it takes a photographer to really see beauty for what it is. Oh, and a willingness to get down on your hands and knees to get the shot. Nice one, Victoria. (PS: it's the garden in front of the library and Community Centre! Did you … Continue reading Bee’s eye view of the garden, with Victoria Saddleman
This was the year it all came together just right. I knew what the marathon distance felt like, I’d run the course before and I had committed solidly to training. My running buddies and I had covered the distance and then some. I was forty and had three marathons under my belt. It seemed like … Continue reading The Year I Won at the Portland Marathon
When she's not out being a banshee on the bike, guiding, coaching and adventuring in these hills, Sylvie Allen is tending an amazing garden and cooking up a storm. A celiac, she's had to adapt her diet to provide enough fuel for her body, without the fallback of most prepared foods. So, she's a wellspring … Continue reading Sweet energy balls : recipe from go-getter Sylvie Allen
At least, according to this infographic, unhappiness does. (This, from Anna Vital's 2015 Infographic-a-Day creative practice.)
The alarm went off at 4:15am. Everything was laid out, so he wouldn’t have to think. Jason Labonte, an accountant from Edmonton in his early 40s, drank a coffee, mixed up his protein fruit almond milk smoothie, and made his way to the shuttle. He arrived at the Alta Lake beach about 5:45am – with … Continue reading To the rescue: the story of a couple of local boys who saved the day of a broken down Ironman
Dr. Lorna Williams, "Inside a Residential School" from FNESC and FNSA on Vimeo. A year ago, Dr Lorna Williams shared her thoughts on where we were at, in our national reconciliation journey. She identified what an important role schools play. Dr Williams is a Professor Emeritus from the University of Victoria where she was Canada Research … Continue reading Lil’wat scholar Dr Lorna Williams on why schools are an important place to grow and practice reconciliation
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