Choose Pemberton
Choose homegrown. Choose to be chill. Choose to smile at strangers. Choose to pedal uphill. Choose to make it yourself. Choose to live without fear. Choose paddling and potlucks and the post-ride beer. Choose dirt on your carrots and berry-picking feasts. Choose mountains in the skyline to the west and to the east. Choose to make your dog a citizen. Choose … Read more
Laying hands at Kula Wellness Centre
Percy Abraham is a former raft guide, ski tech, tree planter and keen mountain bike adventurer who has been providing therapeutic massage in Pemberton for the past 15 years. After founding Local Motion Therapy, and later selling that business, he and partner and RMT Corinne Von Dehn have now started a private massage studio and … Read more
Anticipation builds for Slow Food Cycle, Pemberton’s moveable feast
This year, the pedal-powered street festival Slow Food Cycle moves registration into downtown Pemberton, outside the Pharmasave, for ease of parking, from 8:30am. A potato pancake breakfast will be served at the Lillooet River Lodge from 8am (for more info call 604 966 8246, 1428 Pemberton Farm Road)), a salmon BBQ dinner served at the … Read more
How to become a potter, with Sünna Studio’s Amy Hazeldine
Step One: Imagine Beautiful Things. Step Two: Make a Happy Mess. Step Three: Practice, practice, practice. Step Four: Show the World. Potter, Amy Hazeldine, has been firing up a storm in her Pemberton kiln, to prepare for her first season at theWhistler Farmers Market every Sunday. Sake sets, manly mugs and big-and-little-kidlet cups are all … Read more
Pemberton Fly-In is a show and shine for plane buffs, August 7
Randy Elkins wanted to be a pilot for as long as he can remember, and he made it happen, “as soon as my finances let me.” Now the proud owner of a Cessna 210, which he hangars out at Pemberton Airport with Pemberton Soaring, Elkins estimates that he has flown in and out of 124 … Read more
1 Step steps up to green the Two Acre Shaker
Micro-music-fests are replacing the mega-festivals and mainstream concert tours – reflecting not just a downshift in the economy, but a desire for more intimate experiences and a tighter sense of community, even when – or maybe especially when – people are partying. One such grassroots microfest is set to return to Pemberton the weekend of … Read more
Slow Food Cyclists to trade lycra for lederhosen at post-ride Beer-Garden, August 15
Riddle of the day: which is sweeter? The bike-ride? Or the post-ride beer? Thanks to an initiative of the Pemberton Centennial Rotary Club and the Friends of the Pemberton Library, with additional support from the Pemberton Lions Club, Slow Food Cycle Sunday riders will be able to enjoy both. The community groups will host AUGUSTFEST, … Read more
A new home for the Pemberton Barn Dance?
It’s been an ages-long tradition in Pemberton, but the 2010 Barn Dance is taking a reprieve, as community service groups try and work out how to make the event viable, in the face of increased regulation and growing costs to meet infrastructure, fire protection, security and insurance requirements. The days of the Wild West are … Read more
Pemberton suffering from a community-wide addiction… to bicycles
Victoria, BC claims to be the Cycle Capital of Canada. Davis, California is the bicycle capital of the US. The Netherlands is the bicycle capital of the world … But a recent survey tallying bike ownership on a per capita basis in the tiny village of Pemberton, BC, north of Whistler has revealed a bike … Read more
The beans are the boss of Pemberton Valley Coffee Company’s Paula Robertson, but the planet is never far from mind
There’s nothing lazy about life on the Lazy Crow Ranch. A few clicks up the Pemberton Valley, Paula Robertson of Pemberton Valley Coffee Company artisan-roasts organic, shade-grown, fair-trade beans, and even rogue black bears get jazzed by the scent of her crackling coffee beans. A home-based Pemberton business, Pemberton Valley Coffee Company works with an … Read more
