Come out for a work party this weekend at Signal Hill Elementary as the new playground is installed. Bring your shovels and rakes, get the playground bedding in place for opening May 14, and enjoy a free hotdog lunch. "We are hoping to see many of our parents and students at the playground with shovels … Continue reading The Great Pemberton Playground Build Wants You! May 10 + 11
The 20 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge: Step#5: Put a portable radio and batteries in your emergency kit. Post photos of your challenge progress to "the Village of Pemberton" FaceBook page. The Village of Pemberton and SLRD Emergency Management programs are challenging all residents to a 20 Day Preparedness Challenge. Beginning May 5th , every week … Continue reading 20 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge: Step #5
20 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge: Step #4: Stock your emergency kit with several varieties of canned meat and dried fruit. Include a manual can opener. Post photos of your progress to "the Village of Pemberton" FaceBook page.
The 20 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge: Step #3: Arrange an out-of-area phone contact person, and keep this and other emergency phone numbers near each telephone. Teach family members these numbers. Arrange for each family member to call, e-mail or text the same out-of-town contact person in case of an emergency. Choose an out-of-town contact who lives … Continue reading 20 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge: Step #3
Take the 20 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge: Post photos of your progress to "the Village of Pemberton" FaceBook page. Step #2: Stock your kit with a three-day supply of water, along with water purification tablets. You need four litres of water per person per day – two for drinking and two for food preparation and hygiene. … Continue reading 20 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge: Step #2
To Kick off Emergency Preparedness Week, the Village of Pemberton and SLRD Emergency Management programs would like to challenge all residents to a 20 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge. Beginning May 5th, every week day a new tip/step will be posted to add on to the challenge to help you build an emergency kit, along with … Continue reading Kick Off Emergency Preparedness Week with the Emergency Preparedness Challenge!
Dave Steers picked this for his Photo of the Week contribution, of a hummingbird taking off. He said the image was the result of blind luck - he'd been taking pictures of the hummingbird perched atop a tree, guarding the hummingbird feeder over his head, when the bird launched just as Dave pushed the … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Dave Steers
This guest post was contributed by Harriet van Wart. She's part of the awesome and super dedicated team at the Land and Resources Office for the Lil'wat Nation, and an avid reader. At work the other day Chief Lucinda Phillips handed me a book, looked me square in the eyes and said, “you should read … Continue reading Recommended Reads: Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse
Locally grown flowers. In hanging baskets. Delivered to your door. Proceeds support Rotary's Pemberton Secondary School bursary program. Not to mention the boost of colour and fragrance the entire community, and downtown, gain. Order before May 6 and your flower basket will arrive May 28. Magic.
One of the first native flowers to emerge after the snow melts around Pemberton is the chocolate lily (Fritillaria lanceolata). This springtime beauty is found in grassy meadows, bluffs, and open forests. Anyone who has been biking with me at this time of year has experienced multiple and sudden (sometimes dangerous?) stops when I first … Continue reading Flowers of the Forest: Chocolate Lilies
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