Mamaya7 Lois Joseph presented with her Distinguished Service Award, with Kirstin Clausen, Chair of the BCMA Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2015 Selection Committment. Photo courtesy of BC Museums Association. Last month, Lil'wat Nation's Lois Joseph won a Distinguished Service Award from the BC Museums Association - an award given to people who have made a … Continue reading Photo of the Week puts the spotlight, deservedly, on Mamaya7 Lois Joseph
Is hibernation just for the bears? For a lot of folk in this region, winter is not a time for hibernation, but a different kind of re-generation entirely. It's a time for energetic output, for a near-frenzy of activity, the rush and swoop of moving up and down mountains, with gravity, our own kind of … Continue reading Winter: a season for hibernation?
For the last week, the lobby of the Pemberton Valley Lodge has been wafting forth the odour of gingerbread and sugar-glue. The Pemberton Gingerbread Project has been up since the 10th December, and is ongoing until Sunday 20th December. Swing by the Lodge Lobby with a non-perishable food item for the Pemberton Food Bank and … Continue reading The Gingerbread Project hosts Family Day on Saturday December 19
The Lil̓wat7úl Culture Centre at Úll̓us Community Complex in Mount Currie has some great new products available. from baskets to jewellery, leatherwork and regalia. Drop by anytime for 8:30 - 4:30 Monday to Friday to check it out. You could win a genuine Lil̓wat jacket.
The weather. The most memorable aspect of the 2015 growing season must be the weather. Although to be honest, at this point it’s little more than a remote impression consisting mainly of heat, flies and forest fire smoke. As always, it seems the minute the snow flies and the kale freezes I have trouble recalling … Continue reading An organic farmer wades into the muck of the legality of on-farm weddings, because ultimately it’s about food
The keeners were up and at it at 8am this morning... but the Christmas Bird Count is underway all week, having started on Saturday. Any species seen between Saturday and Friday can be recorded as a count week bird. Birder-wrangler, John Tschopp shared these two pics of a flock of Pine Grosbeaks and a Pygmy … Continue reading Christmas Bird Count is underway
If you've read studies that make you despair about the inactivity of kids these days, take heart. Not everyone is a couch surfer. Thanks for the inspiration, Ruben & friends. Ski touring, yesterday, in Cayoosh. Stay safe, mountain people. Soak up the majesty. And have some adventures.
When I met Connie Sobchak this summer at a party, she was freshly retired from teaching and I wondered how strange it must feel to suddenly be adrift from all the rhythm and schedules and order that a school provides. Some new habits might be warranted? She shared that she was currently reading a book … Continue reading Wellness Read: a book all about habits just might change your life
Great to see the folks behind PAWS getting their instagram on. PAWS is Pemberton's own animal rescue shelter, developed to provide support and relief to local animals in need. The shelter runs solely on donations provided by the community, and relies on dedicated volunteers to keep it going. Almost every week another stray puppy or … Continue reading Instagrammers of Pemberton welcome PAWS
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