Zombies Attack Without Warning: Emergency Preparedness Week Will Help You Out
Zombie attack. Solar flares. Chicken flu pandemics. Asteroid debris and nuclear winters. Nicola Jones runs us through a few dark disaster scenarios in a special “Emergency Preparedness” feature in the Pique. But if preparing for a one-in-ten-million event is hard to prioritise in your current life, then consider the much higher likelihood of seeing another … Read more
Where Good Things Grow: the Pemberton Creek Community Garden
The Pemberton Creek Community Garden is a volunteer led, organic community garden located on public land in Pemberton near the Pemberton Creek bridge accessing One Mile Lake Park. The garden began in 2006 as a Village of Pemberton initiative with a mere 14 plots, but thanks to keen volunteers like Lisa Griffith and Shane Pedrini, … Read more
Diva of the [Saw] Dust: Mana Jewelry’s Nicole Wellstein
If you took a tour of the backyards, garages, basements and studios of Pemberton, you would not doubt that it is a thriving hub of inspiring and inspired folk. Case in point? Nicole Wellstein, a graphic designer and jewelry maker who has just taken up shared space with Amy Hazeldine’s Sunna Studios. We were curious … Read more
Expanded Mile One Eating House turns 2, proving you can Go Big AND Go Home
We first checked in with Mile One Eating House just after they opened in 2011. On Saturday they celebrate their 2nd anniversary, with $4 Pemberton Meadows Natural Beef cheeseburgers. To note the occasion, we asked them to reveal the secrets to their success, and found out why Pemberton is awesome and why Chef and Proprietor … Read more
The real taste of Pemberton: Dennis Taylor’s Raw Wildflower Honey
Meet the man behind the mask, king of my pantry, succour of the sweet tooth, Dennis Taylor. A landscaper by day, and bee-whisperer by night, Dennis sells raw wildflower honey and freerange duck and chicken eggs from his Pemberton Valley homestead, on a seasonally available basis. He explains to us why living in Pemberton is awesome … Read more
Meet 2012′s Citizen of the Year: Karen Tomlinson
Marnie Simon (2011), Russell Mack (2010), Ed Thompson (2009), Arlene McClean (2008), the Pemberton Childcare Society (2007), Lisa Ames (2006) – the most recent recipients of Pemberton’s Citizen of the Year awards are proof that Pemberton is a dynamic little town, made more so by the dedication of some serious movers and shakers. In January, … Read more
Embrace a warm welcome and subzero temps at Winterfest this weekend, Jan 18-20
Last year, Choose Pemberton got the skinny on the history of Winterfest. This year, as the event celebrates its 8th incarnation, we’ve got the Schedule of Events, (thanks to Tourism Pemberton), to launch you into the frozen fun. Winterfest in Pemberton pays homage and respect to the mighty winter. Dance Night, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 8pm: … Read more
Resolve 2013: Gamble on something good. Mount Currie Coffee Co expands to Whistler.
We’ve checked in with Chris Ankeny at MCCC before – but now the local coffee fanatic is generating fresh buzz, splitting his time between Pemby and a new Whistler location, with a clear mission to lead Whistlerites out of the coffee wilderness. As he told Whistler’s hottest foodie writer, Laura Gallant, this week in the … Read more
Year in Review : Choose Pemberton 2012
This was the year the Huffington Post hailed Pemberton as “the best place in Canada to spend Thanksgiving”, Vancouver Magazine offered up 10 reasons to head to Whistler and keep on driving north, Dirt Magazine UK featured Pemberton for its mountain biking assets and concentration of “so many skilled and talented backcountry recreationalists (and professionals)” … Read more
Why Do I Live in Pemberton?
I think this video pretty much covers it. Congratulations to the Nimby50 crew on a successful event.
