Need to top up your eco-karma? Join Stewardship Pemberton Society and the Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council for our 3rd annual Community Invasive Weed Pull.Saturday July 26, 9 am - 11amTarget species: common bugloss and spotted/diffuse knapweed.Location: Meet at the covered pedestrian bridge beside the highway. We will be working along the Arn Canal. Bring your … Continue reading Community Weed Pull, Arn Canal, Saturday July 27, 9am-11am
The Pemberton Farmers’ Market exists to bring Pemberton-area producers and consumers together directly, creating a marketplace for the best-quality, freshest produce in Pemberton, and fostering a healthy and sustainable, professional, organic farming industry in the Pemberton area – while also striving to bring a diverse sampling of the community together every week of the season. … Continue reading Faces of the Farmers Market: Hare’s Farm Organic Blueberries
So, about that 72 Hour Emergency Kit…For 20 days in May, Pemberton’s Emergency Program Coordinator, Bettina Falloon, posted a step-by-step plan to get your preparedness on, to TheWellnessAlmanac.com. Day 1, I was 100% with her. “Get a blue plastic storage bin.” Yep. Can do. I’ll grab that tomorrow when I know what to put in it.Day … Continue reading Column: The Things We Take
Fun to juxtapose this image, against the gallery of #Pembyfest shots that I selected from instagram yesterday.Young people come to Pemberton to get back to nature and enjoy a big music festival. And Pemberton kids go? Fishing at Tyax. Which is where Ruben Guibert was, which is why this shot is a little behind schedule. … Continue reading Photo of the Day: Ruben Guibert
If you're not at the Pemberton Festival this weekend, haven't left town to avoid the Pemberton Festival, and happen to live on the Mt Currie side of the sight, then here's a great way to beat the heat and have a staycation/adventure in your own backyard. Take a hike. Head for the alpine. It's … Continue reading Take a Hike: Joffre Lakes
Harvest boxes: encouraging veggie adultery, flings and flirtations with complete strangers. Seriously, it's quite exciting to break from the monotony of your dinner routine, isn't it? Local organic farmers, Rootdown Organics, share a few recipes here, for those willing to try something new. Enjoy.
We kind of expected Pemberton to be making headlines with the Festival coming up, but not for wildfires. Luckily, the blaze that was started under the Hydro lines on Reid Road on Monday morning by BC Hydro machinery throwing a spark, was contained. Many thanks to the prompt efforts of the Coastal Service Crew, the … Continue reading Shout-Out: Pemberton Fire Rescue and Mount Currie Fire Department
The Timber Framers Guild came and went and have left a striking legacy on downtown Pemberton.In addition to their contributions, a huge number of locals contributed too.Those combined efforts are being recognised by the Village of Pemberton at the Farmers Market this week, with a ribbon cutting celebration, from 4:30pm - 6pm.
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