The Recreation Tradeshow, April 28 – Speed-dating for Activity-seekers.
In addition to being one of Pemberton’s most inspiring fitness trainers, (more on that in a future Q+A), Lindsay May also serves as the co-chair of the Recreation Advisory Committee, which is hosting a Recreation Tradeshow at the community cetnre on Saturday April 28. Think of it as a kind of speed-dating for recreation, where … Read more
Miss Representation screens at Pemby Library, April 26
You can’t be what you can’t see. Write your stories, girls. And cast them with smart, feisty asskicking heroines. Just like you. Pemberton Library hosts a free screening of the film ‘Miss Representation‘ on Thursday, April 26 at 7pm, with conversation afterwards facilitated by Mo Douglas. When Miss Representation came to Squamish in February, I … Read more
Mosquito Lake Trail Run, April 22
3 surefire signs that spring has come to Pemberton: dog poo, skunk cabbage and the Mosquito Lake trail run. Inspired by this message in my inbox: yay for may. the Mosquito Lake run is April 22. registration 930, run at 10 all proceeds to PSAR a bit more than 10km, lots of hills, all trail … Read more
Earth Day is offering you a free lunch. April 22.
Every day is Earth Day. Especially in Pemberton, where we love dirt more than most, and just annihilated our neighbours in the Earth Hour challenge. But this Sunday, April 22, is an extra-good opportunity to take part in a global spring clean. It’s not just a chance to clean up around town, but to clean … Read more
Film Club Screening Set for April 19
You think this winter has been cold? This month, the Friends of the Library will forego their penchant for subtitles, and screen Prairie Love on the brand new big screen at the Pemberton and District Public Library, for the Pemberton Film Club, April 19th at 7:00 pm. A US drama and love story, Prairie Love opens with … Read more
Eating Dirt author Charlotte Gill shares a mouthful of inspiration at the Library, April 17
Last month, Choose Pemberton talked to Delaney and Alisha from IceCap Organics, and discovered that tree-planting is pretty much the best apprenticeship an organic farmer can have. “We learned how to work through hardship, both physical and mental, and we learned a lot about working with other people and building good relationships,” they said. Tree-planting … Read more
IceCap Organics puts harvest in a box
Far up the valley, safe from the snow, a kitchen table is loaded with seedlings and transplants. When I first spoke to Delaney Zayac (then 32) and Alisha Dick (then 29) at the end of their debut year running Icecap Organics, they were part of a wave of new young organic farmers starting lives and … Read more
NimbyFifty turns 3 and invites Red Bull, Brett Tippie to the party
A “savage” mountain bike event billed by organisers as a “technical marathon xc bike race”, and scheduled to be the perfect pre-race for the Test of Metal, NimbyFifty returns to Pemberton’s switchbacking singletrack on May 26, 2012, and to celebrate turning three, the organisers have amped up the prize money, invited Brett Tippie to MC, … Read more
Paragliding Nationals drop in to Pemberton, August 5-12
On my 30th birthday, I decided to throw myself off a cliff. Luckily, Jim Orava was there to strap in to, and we paraglided over the valley together, to land gently on the playing fields at the old high school. I wrote about it for the Vancouver Sun, and 5 years later, received a note … Read more
