According to The Land Conservancy, there are 400 native bee species in B.C. and these little guys can pollinate entire crops, and in some ways are more effective than honey bees. For simple ways to be bee-friendly, and to enhance pollinator habitat and populations visit the TLC's Bringing Back the Bees page. You could even … Continue reading Gardening: This Spring, Plant Something for the Bees
Care about politics because of politics? Let me explain the thinking behind my #4 reason that the upcoming Mount Currie Band election for Chief and Council deserves your attention. The Sea-to-Sky has benefited from very stable political leadership within the Lil'wat Nation over the last 10 years. The community endorsed strategic plan has guided political … Continue reading Politics: One more reason to care who is elected for Chief and Council in Mount Currie
We look forward to regular updates from Louise Stacey-Deegan at the Pemberton Food Bank - because it's good to remember that, just because Christmas is long-past, the need for a helping hand hasn't subsided. Here's the first. (In the meantime, "like" Sea to Sky Community Services on facebook to stay in the loop.) The Pemberton … Continue reading On the Frontlines: With the Pemberton Food Bank
In Celebration of Pink Shirt Day! Please check out To This Day Project - Shane Koyczan After being posted on YouTube on Feb. 19, "To This Day", an animated spoken-word poem by Canadian poet Shane Koyczan, has spread like wildfire. It has been viewed more than 4.3 million times (and counting). The soul-expanding video tells … Continue reading In Celebration of Pink Shirt Day! Please check out To This Day Project – Shane Koyczan
Pemberton Secondary School math and science teacher and Pemberton Canoe Club and Laoyam Eagles Dragonboat champion, Karen Tomlinson, was named Pemberton's 2013 Citizen of the Year on January 31. On twitter, @houseofmole, she champions the successes of local athletes, from the paddlers to the basketballers, right on the sidelines of the action. Tomlinson was previously … Continue reading Shout Out: Citizen of the Year, Karen Tomlinson
Bryn Hughes is an award winning photographer based out of Pemberton B.C.. Bryn specializes in mountain sports, spending the past 15 plus years chasing snow in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres. He is currently a Senior Photographer for Freeskier Magazine and a regular contributor to snowsports magazines worldwide. This has earned him the Telus … Continue reading Work in Progress: Bryn Hughes
Happy Cupcake Day. Although I can't quite figure out the connection between cats and dogs, and cupcakes, I'm totally happy to embrace the SPCA's National Cupcake Day, because it seems as good a reason as any to... you know... eat a cupcake. (Plus, our resident recipe guru, Zoe Martin, set herself a $500 fundraising goal … Continue reading Happy Cupcake Day.
Would love help to identify this big fella who spent a week recently enjoying Pemberton... Any owl experts got a tip?
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