Local & Provincial Stuff (April)
Local
Farmers’ Markets:
Vernon: Outside at Kal Tire Place, starting on Thursday, April 14, 8 – 1 pm!
Armstrong: Saturdays, 10 – 2 pm, Odd Fellows Hall on Bridge Street.
Lumby: Mon – Sat 10 – 5 pm,, indoors at Monashee Co-op. www.monasheecommunitycoop.ca!
Vernon Floodplain Maps and Future Infrastructure: The City of Vernon has completed floodplain maps and is looking to improve infrastructure to “minimize loss when waters rise”. For the full article, go here!
Spring Seed Swap at Vernon Library (March 30th - April 5th): It’s free! A self-serve station will be set up where you can bring seeds to exchange and take seeds to plant! Presented by Vernon Permaculture and ORL. For more, go to their Facebook Event Page and/or contact Erik Hrabovsk.
Vernon’s Local ‘Buy Nothing’ Facebook Group: It helps people rehome items. “We offer members a way to give and receive, share, lend, and express gratitude through a worldwide network of hyper-local gift economies in which the true wealth is the web of connections formed between people who are real-life neighbours.” Check it out!
Provincial
Defending their Land after Logging Destruction: “Extensive industrial clearcutting destroyed salmon streams on an island'” the B.C. government claims the Nuchatlaht Nation abandoned. “Not true!”, says the Nation, so they're taking the matter to the province’s highest court. For the full story, go here!
GoByBike Numbers are In for Winter: 2,732 riders logged 98,644 km between February 7th - 13th. This saved 21,386 kg of greenhouse gases!
GoByBike Spring (May 30th - June 5th): Get ready for it!