With the current wildfire situation, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has decided to launch an emergency notification system earlier than originally planned to get important information out to the public in the event of an emergency. SLRD Alert enables district staff to quickly and effectively communicate with all registered contacts through telephone, text or email … Continue reading SLRD launches new emergency notification system for electoral area residents
The announcement that Skrillex is donating some DJ equipment to local youth is a pretty exciting legacy from the Festival. But the emerging DJ talents in the Valley aren't the only groups to benefit. The Pemberton Music Festival Community Fund will provide grants of up to $2000 from ticket-sales to community organisations that promote positive, … Continue reading The Pemberton Music Festival will fund positive community-enhancing projects with new Community Fund
You know the Swear Jar, wherein you deposit a fine every time you curse? Maybe we need the opposite... a 3Rs (Reduce/Reuse/Recycle) Reward Jar... SLRD Zero Waste shared an interesting article on Friday. Do you treat yourself when you're environmentally conscious and bring your reusable bag? At an average of 26 cents per trip for … Continue reading Do you need a reuseable bag Reward Jar?
Polek Rybcyznski captured this earlier in the week in one of the few openings in the smoke cover, and even though the inversion has lifted this weekend, I think it's still important to remember what it was like to spend a week under Wildlife Smoke Advisory. Not because I have any desire to wallow … Continue reading All eyes on the sky. A photo moment for July 12 with Polek Rybcyznski
Compliments of the blanket of smoke that has consumed our community, I have spent more time inside in the past few days than I have in the past few weeks combined. For me, what would normally be pleasant, carefree summer hours spent with my family outside in the mountains soaking up all the wonderfulness this … Continue reading An air of gratitude, albeit a smokey one
They're not local, so we're breaking from our three week old tradition of showcasing some of the funnest instagram feeds from the neighbourhood (@pembyboa, @pvtatrails, @vanessastarkart kicked us off.) But after spying the most stunning Canada Day sunrise crowd shot, I discovered this inspiring feed, @chasingsunrise, which is basically a call to action to get out … Continue reading Instagram feature friday: @chasingsunrise
My throat hurts. I smoked cigarettes for about five minutes when I was at University, and since then, have had pretty pink clean lungs. The current air quality is apparently the equivalent of smoking a pack a day of cigarettes. It's not a great feeling. But here are some perspectives on that. The first, comes … Continue reading A fresh perspective on smoke and haze
Driving past the Pemberton Music Festival site is pretty exciting these days... some large and magical things are rising up out of the mist. And while the smoke is certainly concentrating the minds of a lot of folk on matters of safety, let's take a moment to just relish the idea of celebrating being alive, … Continue reading Pemberton’s Hillary Downing writes today in the Globe and Mail about going to the Pemberton Music Festival with her mom
Riva Fisher has a tattoo of Mt Currie running along the length of her ring finger. “What did your parents say?” I ask. “They loved it.” It's the view from the house she grew up in. When she was 18, the Pemberton-raised Fisher spent her first year of University in New Zealand, where her father, … Continue reading How many reasons to dance do you need?
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