https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories daily 1.0 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/15a8abd2-d2bd-4f78-83ed-8a1a759dcaad/8G2A4341+%281%29.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/63a4ff83-dc52-45ec-ae7f-53beea283fd8/Screen+Shot+2024-03-27+at+9.38.03+PM.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/4817a5f1-5f4f-42df-a68d-06d4c9942ecd/Chatter+Creek+Ice+Cave.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/e7bef741-a767-40a8-942d-a24cd52854ea/TT_W2526_MASTER.jpg https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/east-kootenay-glaciers monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/7a50d085-774f-4eaf-ab86-985976460ec2/v263_i_a_i_a_na_6009_large.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Stories They’ll Tell Hang ‘Em High — Shot in the 1920s, the Lake of the Hanging Glacier and Horsethief Creek Valley, as seen through the pioneer lens of Byron Harmon, a Washington State-born photographer who was amongst the first prolific visual chroniclers of the Canadian Rockies. The glacier is located west of Invermere and Radium in the Purcell Range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1772669972172-7CFLWSF4637R5W1JINKR/1.+Potential+Opener+%E2%AD%90%EF%B8%8F.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Stories They’ll Tell - Make it stand out Green Dream — Hiker Graeme Lee Rowlands surveys Lake of the Hanging Glacier and its once abundant ice. The remarkable location was featured in a 1919 issue of National Geographic entitled "On The Trail of a Horse Thief," back when the glacier cliff face loomed as much as 100 feet above the waterr — Pat Morrow Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/0472d5ec-41e8-40fe-8b69-0b6789e84e6e/ryancreary_july2025-25.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Stories They’ll Tell - Make it stand out Bootscooter — Amidst a springtime sea of Rockies peaks, ski mountaineer Christina Brodribb makes an early morning ascent up Mount Stanley’s north face. — Ryan Creary Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/844e0e12-5ff4-4d1c-b81f-cc8e1a55112c/Dibble.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Stories They’ll Tell - Make it stand out Hey Dibble Dibble — Photographed in 1938 by Frank Morro, Dibble Glacier sits on the northeast side of The Steeples, the famous group of peaks overlooking Cranbrook east of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/5dbf7bc7-3fd1-4702-ac28-7f2a9a7bd97c/2.+%E2%AD%90%EF%B8%8F+Include+this.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Stories They’ll Tell - Make it stand out By boot, belay, and bird — The same snow and towering rock that lured heli-skiing pioneer Hans Gmoser to Bugaboo Glacier in 1965 now attracts thousands of hikers and climbers to ‘The Bugs’ basecamp locations like Applebee Campground. — Pat Morrow Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/4ac562f6-6609-471c-b5f9-1785c92ed81b/Joffre+-+magazine+cover.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Stories They’ll Tell - Make it stand out A page from the past — The author’s maiden snowboard touring trip to this classic Continental Divide destination was documented in Fresh and Tasty, a woman’s snowboarding magazine, launched out of Massachusetts in 1995. 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Joffre is located between B.C.’s Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and Alberta’s Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/sarah-kapoor monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1769625070685-88SB86W6ZOAZ512SMBFY/ii_mhawzlwl0.png Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - We Oughta Be in Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/f0b6e462-45bb-49eb-88df-f253a8005cbf/IMG_2081+%281%29.jpeg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - We Oughta Be in Pictures - Make it stand out Using the Force — Speaking with a rep from Disney’s Industrial Light & Magic, founded by legendary Star Wars producer George Lucas, Kapoor lobbies for the Kootenay film industry and an event in Victoria. https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/east-kootenay-sledding monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766362230234-Y5ERW6VM98ECN08HP96Q/Snowmobile+Portrait_nicole_l_BW.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Let Her Rip Well Suited — Clockwise from left, snowmobilers Gabby Hockley from Moyie, Kimberley’s Alex Ibbotson, and Nicole Matei from Fernie. — Nicole Leclair Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/b61c864e-408d-49fa-80cb-95aa0e4e3b48/1-ps-DSC_4947+copy.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Let Her Rip - Make it stand out Wheelie Good — Hockley is a factory rider for Polaris where she’s featured in marketing campaigns and photo shoots. — Isaac Hockley Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/f985618c-8c0c-4028-84ca-b58da4fbc215/ApertureByAguilar-ECOCOLLECTIVE2025-122.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Let Her Rip - Make it stand out Guide by Nature — Alex, a Canadian Certified Lead Snowmobile Guide, teaching navigation and outdoor safety to the Métis Nation BC youth, with her trapper tent, furs, and art displayed in the background. — David Aguilar Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/95fbbf60-4fd6-4274-a476-bba70758c7e7/%40Nicole_Matei_Trench_2025+%2822%29.JPG Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Let Her Rip - Make it stand out Frosty Flakes — Nicole, seven here in the midst of a snow layer stability test, was recently hired on as marketing boss for the BC Snowmobile Federation. The organization oversees 60 snowmobile clubs that maintain 18,000 kilometres of trails and 90 shelters. — Contributed Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/leo-downey monthly 0.5 2025-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766358772922-UQ3GP1NO5G181953671U/Leo+Tour+Presentation-2.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers Follow the Herd to … Canada? — Leo Downey invites The Trench into his Kootenay domain, where Hollywood relics share space with hides, skulls, and the hard-won rhythms of ranch life. — Jeff Pew Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766360339855-IYQHGK446DG0GWPE2ZO2/Leo+and+Chester.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766360340197-68FOG0VBK63HH9QAJWIY/50-year-old+guitar.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766360730665-55MCANDSMP8N64KX15CM/Leo+rock+star+.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766360729893-IUDKB9JTP2ZGKTDQ7NZ6/Rock+Star+4.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766360881563-QE2LUFTTCUFTAWNF3VEY/Leo-3.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766360879010-99R8TC6GIIDC7P1KXMT9/Leo-5.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766360868844-LC897VY40819KF6W8Z8V/Leo-7.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766360868946-62SH45TG623X3RJ0VP0E/Leo-9.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/c136712e-c9d3-4c1a-bf9e-abf82540a443/Leo+on+Sled+Snow.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/bdfb6f9a-f905-443d-a1f3-23493460595a/Bull+Close+Up.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - The Rockers & The Roamers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/kalum-ko monthly 0.5 2025-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766083278862-PLDAIS1U1DEJJJPTLCGJ/Kalum_Ko_02.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show No Sleep in Brooklyn — Ko was recently nominated for a prestigious Young Guns Award. Established in 1996, the honour recognizes creative superstars around the world under the age of 30 in the fields of advertising, graphic design, film, and photography. — Belle Carlson Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766355247294-4EZCPKSACRCFMYAKEHVL/WIP_03.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766355243903-B4N96XWI76FR8BLZGCFB/WIP_02.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766355244059-KHJGEON3PA3S6GGUT10X/WIP_04.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766355559447-B2EEXA9BJLMXTHZZQ3KL/Alone_02.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766355559989-E63TJ0MDJX1JGX1TITAK/Alone_01.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/4198b266-a4ba-4ea0-a885-7427a09b3c1b/Tinder_250101_03_4000px_300dpi.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766355796559-4GF2BLKWFXKJ3PHPRLMR/Tinder_250101_01_4000px_300dpi.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766355794351-BJ8QFZYL9WVVV62XHJEL/Tinder_250101_05_4000px_300dpi.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/424ef405-c66c-4e8c-bd54-ad63a1d9f8ab/Towers_250101_04_6000px.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/b5b9276b-307b-45ec-9d5b-c1920e7a56e8/WIP_05.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show - Make it stand out Tall Order — Top photo — Ko’s project W/Towers is an ongoing personal photo essay he’s been shooting in Hong Kong. “My uncle has lived there my whole life. He played hockey on the 10th floor of a skyscraper. I first visited Hong Kong and China with my family in high school, and it was the first time I fell in love with photography and filming something other than skiing.” W/Towers captures scenes of recreation woven into the urban landscape. Bottom — Manhattan’s Chinatown, from WIP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766356107866-MO0069COTV2BJR07BLPD/06_KKO_0999_250515.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766356114305-4PTAE66JORJGFFRUIH7J/02_KKO_1426_250515.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766356089163-V2H2TOHGOCQ5KGRZSN59/03_KKO_0411_250515.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766356604987-R8ISI467K8D1C9E17WUM/Mercedes_01.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766356603069-9554XQJO29G5RCLD7318/Forge_01.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766356781373-4Z3DFSJ7Q8QMI0UUEPBR/YukonWild_02.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766356783146-6YU068JOLA1FF6AUID9E/YukonWild_01.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/a7e3a286-a190-4a04-85fa-7e3bf1961a51/Home_250101_08_6000px.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766357035820-0HQXP1HXNOZ3099BKIO8/Home_250101_20_6000px.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1766357035748-KWAWWKKDQ75J28NSVX4T/Home_250101_23_6000px.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Ko Show https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/rene-farwig monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1762635060617-Q8FLXUYW4YMWLSUJXR5T/Rene-8.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Lone Star: René Farwig’s Far-out Journey Decorated and dignified — Having lived and travelled across the globe, the 89-year-old now lives a quieter life in Cranbrook with his third wife and their aging dog. — Jeff Pew Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/9124a976-cff5-4254-8cef-3b24216ead3e/Rene-4.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Lone Star: René Farwig’s Far-out Journey - Make it stand out Peak performer — Farwig competed in slalom and giant slalom events in the 1956 Winter Olympics — and years later, helped shape Canada’s own Olympic story, overseeing the development of what would become Nakiska, home to alpine events for the 1988 Winter Games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/b69c99c0-c761-4bf3-8f68-5520d008fff0/Rene-5.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Lone Star: René Farwig’s Far-out Journey - Make it stand out One man showing — At the 1956 Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Farwig was famously the only person carrying the Bolivian flag; he was the country’s sole competitor, and the first athlete from that country to ever be sent to the Winter Olympics. https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/forestry-family monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1756933309389-0INJ0LYD4ULO395IQGG7/5-1983.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - A Forest and A Family Haul in the family — A scene from a Hollywood set or everyday life for Kitchener B.C.’s Polzin family? In 1983, the story’s author, at age two, held by one of her grandparents. Her young mother and father are at the far right. The family have been foresters for more than 60 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/5c6a989f-162d-4198-a9c5-0f3364a18b94/8-1992+-+Darkwoods.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - A Forest and A Family - Make it stand out Logger’s life — A common scene from the ‘90s … the kids on the CAT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/60ab1684-2f4c-4ecf-a0dd-da1ceaeda736/18-2019+Bridge+Job.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - A Forest and A Family - Make it stand out Bridging gaps — Up a forestry road outside of Yahk, B.C., in 2019, the Polzins place a bridge they built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/c1b07c27-9e2c-4213-9d74-4d6b5a11cc8a/29-Dad+-+Mining+-+Eagle+Mountain+Elkford+%282%29.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - A Forest and A Family - Make it stand out Hard work, heavy loads — In the early ‘80s, Rick and bulldozer, during a gig mining Elkford’s Eagle Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/73ea1730-5ffd-48ab-be6f-a313b24f32dd/Polzin+Family-17.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - A Forest and A Family - Make it stand out Roots — The Polzin family and crew in 2025. Left to right, Jesse, Cameron, Molly, Chad, Jackson (upper row), Rick Chilson, Rick, Carleen, Teresa, Danny, Danette (lower row). Nicole Leclair Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/joe-keithley monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/68213f08-f62a-4b78-9cd1-79d83cae4a2f/bw_band.jpeg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Joe Who? Record breaker — Keithley launched the independent label Sudden Death Records in 1978. In 2024, it released the star-studded album No Escape From What You Are, featuring D.O.A. songs covered by 14 hard rock and punk acts, including Guns N' Roses’ Duff McKagan and Dead Kennedys. Pictured here is Keithley with Kootenay-based drummer Paddy Duddy, left, and bassist Mike Hodsall, right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/339dfcec-ce64-4cca-bd06-dfbd84d8d976/MV5BYmI4MzM3NzgtOGY4NC00ZDcwLTlhYWUtYjFlZTU2MGM1NzNmXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Joe Who? - Make it stand out Politico — First elected to Burnaby City Council in 2018, and re-elected in 2022, Keithley is the only member of the Burnaby Green Party currently serving on the eight-person council. https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/andrea-revoy monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1756924824017-ZBNRNUQJ7DNE89DTP6DQ/IMG_0200.jpeg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - I Cried While They Dried Survive, then thrive — “There’s a peculiar magic in realizing you are not the same person who started the journey,” artist Andrea Revoy says. “It’s not a loss, but an evolution.” — Andrea Revoy Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/80eed824-a6e2-4a44-ba9b-0fd772be2841/IMG_0196.jpeg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - I Cried While They Dried - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/mark-gallup monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1753821106325-H1KUC9OTL0JWY7CH9MWL/Mark+Gallup Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Full Gallup A photo illustration featuring dozens of the international titles for which Gallup has provided cover shots. A book chronicling his career is slated for release in 2026. — Nicole Leclair Photo/Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/c557bc18-ca4e-47a7-bfc2-253bfff27b10/binn_gall_BCinlet9819.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Full Gallup - Make it stand out "This was the most published image of my career. Andrea Binning finding herself in a predicament as we watched from a helicopter.” The photo was taken on a shoot in the Coast Mountains’ Waddington Range, an expedition based from a 140-foot yacht anchored in a fjord to the west. Binning was able to point her skis across the substantial sluff and avert a 60-foot cliff below. She cartwheeled down a chute, losing everything—skies, poles, and pack. And dislocated her knee. “But after that, we went fishing.” — Mark Gallup Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/7862a210-f86e-4328-9fc1-79221c016d90/Nepal1992-gallup2721.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Full Gallup - Make it stand out “In 1992, I documented the very first snowboard descent in the Himalayas.” This Holy man and his son lived alone in a high valley of the Langtang Himal, along with a pig and donkey. The athlete team managed to snowboard as high as 19,000 feet, but fell short of the peak they’d aimed to summit due to bad conditions. “They were surprised to see us return alive.” The team celebrated with a roast pig dinner. “I’m grateful for living through this experience. And I’m grateful it wasn’t donkey.” — Mark Gallup Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1daf6272-57b4-49a9-82d1-afd311827f4d/Gallup9056.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Full Gallup - Make it stand out “Corporate and industrial photography was always fun, getting off the snow and creating for clients.” This image was part of a campaign for Helly Hansen workwear at one of four steelmaking coal mines, then owned by Teck and since acquired by mining company Glencore, now Elk Valley Resources. — Mark Gallup Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/stolen-bell monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/dad9f52a-5855-4afd-a9c6-527443636820/stolen+bell_-12.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Spirits from An Immaterial World Distinguished distillin' — Stolen Bell’s still, the largest of its kind in Interior B.C., was handcrafted on Vancouver Island. Midsized stills can run from $150,000 and up. — Elora Braden Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/psychosis monthly 0.5 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1751473552214-0BDQHP4YYUHKLL7G09X3/mt+7.png Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Psycho Thriller Y2slay—Twenty-five years ago, Golden’s Nate Briggs captured the 2000 Psychosis Hard Tail category on a bike with v-brakes and what looks to be maybe four inches of suspension, with a time of 18:36. “Hard to see under the padding, but I'm wearing a SAIT track suit from the 70’s,” Briggs recollects. “I was in college at that time and some buddies on the school team found those in an equipment room, so we all wore them to the bar one night, then I used it for Psychosis. Also, that's a kayak helmet … ’cause I was broke and they were cheaper than bike helmets.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/2f9bfe7e-4133-430e-920a-f29d1cde7cbf/p5pb26881186.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Psycho Thriller - Make it stand out DementYa —After acquiring sponsorship rights for what was an entirely volunteer effort, Red Bull dubbed Psychosis "the world’s most demented downhill race.”—Joe Roberts Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/114a533e-d9a2-46dd-b651-837e73b61b03/p5pb26881221.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Psycho Thriller - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/ktunaxa-border-walk monthly 0.5 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1750183444330-WWZKNCNTEHUUFS9Y85OX/Screen+Shot+2025-03-27+at+5.03.10+PM.png Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - ʔapisumxuʔniⱡ Kuȼkiyawiy / True Story, False Line Chief Eustace Francois at St. Eugene Mission in September, 1951 with the Staff of Authority and the Medal of Queen Victoria. The staff is a symbol of sovereignty under the British Commonwealth, comparable to the B.C. Legislature’s Mace. Both represent authority and the right to govern. Photos Courtesy Ktunaxa Nation Council https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/f4c9e7e9-9a04-40f0-b9a7-d262e5e3f6a8/240621_untitled_475.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - ʔapisumxuʔniⱡ Kuȼkiyawiy / True Story, False Line - Make it stand out The Annual Border Walk at Tobacco Plains raises awareness of a Ktunaxa homeland divided, and invites everyone to celebrate too. The event, which runs on Friday, June 21 this year, is open to everyone and it coincides with National Indigenous Peoples Day. Participants should arrive at the border at 9:30 a.m., with the walk departing at 10 a.m. Photos Courtesy Ktunaxa Nation Council https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/bc-wildfire monthly 0.5 2025-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1749484848790-K7A5ATQOW4G86E3CBETM/241018_untitled_212-Copy1.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - LIFE ON THE lINE SHAPED BY FIRE AND RESILIENCE — Our East Kootenay forests are tended and protected by those who know them best. Standing ready, the Rocky Mountain Unit Crew carries generations of experience in their boots and in their bones. Nicole Leclair Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/a1115ce3-720b-4fb2-9a46-cd4996c05869/Vanderhoof+wildfire-1.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - LIFE ON THE lINE - Make it stand out Photographer Jesse Winter (who in 2024 was assigned to cover prescribed burning on the ?aquam territory for the Globe and Mail) received the Edward Burtynsky Climate Photojournalism Award for this image of Alaskan smokejumper Carson Long working a drip torch. The photo appeared in The Narwhal last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/3554ccc8-8527-4b3e-8e6a-efdfeae30505/241018_untitled_166.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - LIFE ON THE lINE - Make it stand out FIT AND PHYSICAL — Sarah Mabee-Hall, Madelaine Thomsen, Gabriella Hazaras, and Sydney Sunderland. Thomsen is a former university rugby player and now a resource technician for the Rocky Mountain Unit Crew. Nicole Leclair Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/b04a3495-f694-475d-965b-9f2f50c00f2f/C40A1905.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - LIFE ON THE lINE - Make it stand out ELEMENTAL — Comprised of grassland and a fibre mix including tamarack, ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, and lodgepole pine, Columbia Valley forests are meant to burn roughly every 14 years. For centuries, fires like this prescribed burn near Cranbrook were intentionally set by First Nations. Flames would clear deadfall, thin brush, grass, and low-hanging branches. Healthy grasslands and revitalized forests would regenerate within a year. Jesse Winter Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/5e81c2e3-44f6-49ba-8971-405e04bf10fa/241018_untitled_004-Copy2.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - LIFE ON THE lINE - Make it stand out SMOKE SCREENS — Wildfire assistant Adam Osuchowski in the Cranbrook Zone wildfire coordination officer seat. The Cranbrook Fire Zone reaches from Yahk to the Alberta border, and from the U.S. border to Elkford and Wasa. Nicole Leclair Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/kore monthly 0.5 2025-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1747857238753-8OW7K0D2U5GATFUEMGY8/GALLUP-1031.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Rec N’ Effects They shoot, they KORE — KORE’s 2024 Rec-Tech Summit in Kimberley included guest speakers David Harley, founder of Valhalla Pure Outfitters, with over $50 million in annual sales, former U.S. Olympic Committee member Jenna Celmer, CEO of the Basecamp Outdoor hub, and North45 owner/marketing pro Ricky Lee Jones, who took his company from $50K in annual sales to $1.5 million in just 12 months. — Photos Courtesy KORE https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/bleeding-tree-film-festival monthly 0.5 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1745338671519-4WF356TJE8CY7ZISPU4D/The+Orchard+Premiere+-+2022-10-14+-+248+of+287+%285831%29.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - DARK MATTER Dark drama, stage right — Bleeding Tree Film Festival isn’t just about showcasing films: it’s about connecting their creators to one another and a larger community. — Brandon Shaw Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/shoulder-season-adventures monthly 0.5 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1742929133316-1BUL4OK01P9S5VSL2JH2/Cranbrook+Community+Forest+%282%29.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Shoulder Soldiers Banksy — Eager riders earn their turns with lofty berms on the Chewbacca Rocka trail in the Cranbrook Community Forest. Robin Munshaw Photo, Courtesy of Cranbrook Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/dde57f42-f963-4f42-8758-cb34487cfac8/Silver+Spring+Lakes+%282%29.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Shoulder Soldiers - Make it stand out Spring ting — The crystal-clear waters of Silver Spring Lakes are popular swimming locales when the weather warms. Danette Polzin Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/2e49578b-79f6-4578-9f00-cb425e2d7dd2/Cranbrook+Community+Forest.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Shoulder Soldiers - Make it stand out Look here, sun— A hiker takes in the spectacular views offered on the Windy Bluff trail in the Cranbrook Community Forest. FieldandForest.co Photo, Courtesy of Kootenay Rockies Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/68fb105b-ef88-4bc1-bfc4-5503a9d0f077/Paddle.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Shoulder Soldiers - Make it stand out Lake life — Forget walking the dog; take Fido for a paddle. Abby Cooper Photo, Courtesy of Cranbrook Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/8d2240fe-715e-4c0a-a617-42a314121ab6/Mouth+of+Kootenay+River+at+Kootenay+Lake.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Shoulder Soldiers - Make it stand out Valley views — Make time for play after your paddle when you land on the mouth of the Kootenay River at Kootenay Lake, just north of Creston. Danette Polzin Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/a6f82808-bd87-48d5-8e4c-486a9fe9be0b/Montane_13_June_Credit+Tourism+Fernie+-+Vince+Mo+%281%29.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Shoulder Soldiers - Make it stand out Three pointer — With over 20 kilometres of riding, the Montane Trail Network in Fernie provides a perfect day with friends. Vince Mo Photo, Courtesy of Tourism Fernie https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/eastkootenayphotography monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/88b6f39e-15f6-47e0-867b-cacd888b9852/unnamed.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell “Soon after summer draws to a close and autumn begins, the annual Fall Fair makes its much-anticipated return,” says Cranbrook shooter Morgan Turner. “The smell of mini donuts and cotton candy fills the air, and the evening’s soundtrack is excited screams and the roar of machines. Neon-bright coloured lights illuminate the grounds as the sun dips behind the horizon in a sea of warm pastel colours. It’s nights like these that make lasting memories.” IG: @mturnerphoto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/c0e243ce-bc17-4485-adf7-c06d35516723/Turtle+Mountain+Lightning.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out Lisa Kinnear splits her time between Crowsnest Pass and Kimberley. “Hot summer days produce dramatic evening thunderstorms that reverberate through our valleys,” says Kinnear of this photo near Frank Slide, AB. “Few slept through this storm, with its booming thunder and lightning. I was able to capture these bolts before the storm overtook my shooting location.” IG: @bound_for_mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/0f9e5c1a-bc7b-465b-a604-0ae70a3c606e/Screenshot+2024-10-30+at+12.10.22+PM.png Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out Matt Kuhn says Fernie’s distinct seasons and diverse landscapes provide the perfect backdrop for his work, life this image here. “Fun light painting an image of a lone tree one night, creating a super neat visual,” Kuhn explains, “and bewildering passerbys into thinking there was some twilight zone things going on.” IG: @mkuhnphoto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/c8b80775-689f-481b-82c2-056be7bd4b87/NicoleGradOuttake-1000.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out On assignment for The Trench debut issue, Kimberley’s Nicole Leclair worked with a group of soon-to-be-graduates who modelled vintage prom dresses. “This model, Paige Johnston, arrived with pieces she wore in her cosplay, including a handmade shawl and elf ears,” she says. “I was moved to abandon the shot list for a moment and spend some time getting her portrait.” IG: @nicoleleclairphotography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/a5d4f56c-1c83-4317-a168-b98434e9b7e1/Bison_CMYK.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out Cranbrook’s Trevor Phillips considers himself extremely fortunate to have been able to photograph a herd of bison near town, during the winter of 2024. “These magnificent animals were killed off by governments of North American to starve the indigenous people who called these lands home. It’s great to see farmers and governments trying to repopulate the species again.” IG: @trevor_phillips77 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/9c46f8bf-33c8-4e58-a258-60cf2443ff38/Screenshot+2024-10-15+at+10.38.12%E2%80%AFAM.png Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out A Ktunaxa member of the Aq'am reserve, Blaine Burgoyne, photographed the St. Eugene Church, as part of a Shaw TV show a couple years ago. They wanted some B-roll footage of Burgoyne taking photos. “So I brought the interviewer over to the church and he started filming. This is one of the shots that came out if it.” The St. Eugene Church opened in 1912 and closed in 1970. “The heart’s repaired with love,” says the 34-year old, “like stained glass windows.” IG: @indigenous_view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/ef519aad-abce-49ce-b7e5-b57199a7c032/C40A2562.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out World-travelled photographer Jesse Winter shot this photo while on assignment for The Globe and Mail covering a prescribed fire on the Aq’am territory, near the Cranbrook Airport, in April, 2023. “It was my first time seeing fire of this scale up close, and it was an incredible experience,” says Winter. IG: @jwintsphoto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/20b7224a-9619-4b82-a795-1c4e810ea510/367A6881-Edit.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out While filming an engagement video for a friend in West Creston, Binil Philip saw a herd of elk in the field as the sun was setting. “At first,” says Philip, “I thought about driving by, but then decided to stop. That led to a photo I now cherish, reminding me of the amazing place I call home.” IG: @travelingbrownie_ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/51ac5cc5-5fc8-42ac-8e7a-9178d0941e4d/141_HIGH_04_050+%281%29_CMYK.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out “We’d already spent the entire day at Silver Springs, but it was another relentlessly hot East Kootenay summer, so stopping for a quick jump in the river only felt right.” So went the noteworthy day Kimberley’s Noah Ko snapped this photo. “I guess I found out what I would do if all my friends jumped off of a bridge. It also happened to be my birthday and there’s nowhere else I would have rather spent it.” IG: @noah_ko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/2759638b-4752-4ae7-b9be-846c9c695247/Mike_Graeme_Photo-1-2.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out Photographer Mike Graeme spotted this trio of Bighorn Sheep while on assignment for The Narwhal, near Grasmere. “Illness, harsh weather, and habitat loss nearly wiped out bighorn sheep from Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi, its homelands,” says Graeme, born in Nelson. “To support the herd's survival, the First Nation — commonly called Tobacco Plains Indian Band — is working with the province to restore critical bighorn habitat in the Galton Range by thinning forest to emulate cultural burning practices that helped bighorn thrive for millennia.” IG: @mikegraeme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/c4ab237f-5280-47ba-bcae-aba675f51aba/_36Y2751JennyRaeBatemanPhotography.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out Cranbrook photographer Jenny Rae Bateman headed to Wycliffe last summer for the bronc riding competition at the 35th Cranbrook Pro Rodeo. “Bareback bronc riding is one of the more physically demanding rough stock events,” she says, “with nothing more to hold than a leather rigging known as a cowboy wedge, the cowboy can’t touch the horse, himself or the rigging with his free hand.” As a photographer, there’s no other event that compares to this. IG: @jennyraebatemanphotography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/cb1af812-2754-47a0-9c32-674bf3a69485/DSC_7864.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out “This was shot while on assignment for a story about the resort in Kimberley, and it was lunchtime,” Revelstoke-based photographer Bruno Long recalls. “I rolled in with a fun little crew of families and hung around while everyone went inside for lunch. Sometimes, the best images happen when you stand back or walk away from the crowd and take in the whole scene. Everyone just parking their skis outside for lunch was a moment that I couldn't resist." IG: @eye_b_long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/e0705c45-2141-462b-ad18-b91e6e44db37/NicoleLeclair_SUP-1000.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out SUP enthusiast and global adventurer, Bruce Kirkby, asked Kimberley’s Nicole Leclair to join him for a special day of year. "You know the one, when the snow starts but the lakes aren’t yet frozen,” says Leclair. “Bruce and his paddle board brought life, movement, and colour to an otherwise desaturated and still surrounding.” IG: @nicoleleclairphotography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/51d935c3-4e27-4a37-854a-87cf2fbcf1d6/unnamed-2.png Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out “This is one of those perfect days,” recalls Fernie’s Nick Nault. “Not often 50cm’s overnight lines up with a bluebird day. The groomers that night couldn’t keep up so you didn’t have to go far off the groomer to find overhead snow. This shot is taken 20 feet off the side of the groomer dead centre of The Bear.” IG: @nick.nault https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/cb4e37d2-5236-45b2-83dc-3e059ecabe2c/23-12-10_Fernie_PP_Snow_DSC0409_CMYK.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - show & Tell - Make it stand out Spencer Robertson, based out of Fernie, usually focuses on portraits. In this case, he focused on his son Kai, who preferred high speed action to sedentary poses. “Sliding down the footpaths trodden in the early-December snow, Kai couldn’t get enough of his speedy toboggan. Every incline along Lizard Creek in Mount Fernie Provincial Park is another opportunity to zoom ahead of mom and dad.” IG: @spencerrobertson https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/lustiandmac monthly 0.5 2025-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1736380008493-8Y2YOT7O67GXSLZQJJKF/DJI_0643.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - lusti, Mac, The Moms & The Mountain First tracks — A bird’s-eye view of first-descent turns. Bruno Long Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/629cb4f0-2372-47c8-ac01-77be573ed43c/Trench+Collage.PNG Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - lusti, Mac, The Moms & The Mountain - Make it stand out Lines and Lineage- Lustenberger and McIntosh are members of The North Face global athlete team. The pair grew up together. Both sets of parents were friends, and even co-workers from time-to-time, for over 30 years. Pictured right are Mac and Lusti at the top of a run marking what she considered the best day of her life. - Ian McIntosh Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/8ebedc83-aa0a-4077-ab87-1a74966e64bf/DSC08454.JPG Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - lusti, Mac, The Moms & The Mountain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/greg-ovens monthly 0.5 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1736375815904-SH6V5DT05T8ME4CW1BXU/greg+ovens+kari+medig-1804+%281%29.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Alone & Alive Master Bushcrafter — Bushcraft refers to the skills and techniques for surviving and thriving in the wilderness with minimal equipment, emphasizing self-sufficiency and a deep understanding of natural environments. It involves using traditional tools, such as a fixed-blade knife for carving and food prep, an axe, a saw, and fire starters like ferro rods or flint and steel. Additional tools include a tarp or emergency blanket for shelter, a pot or cooking gear for preparing food, and a multi-tool for various tasks. Practitioners work harmoniously with nature while building shelters, finding and purifying water, and foraging for edible plants. Kari Medig Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/4195dd3d-62d4-43de-96a5-780570b6ac2f/0U2A9552.JPG Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Alone & Alive - Make it stand out Dining Out — Ovens often cooks for two — himself and his German Shepherd, Finn. “He’s my best buddy. If I cook a steak, he gets a steak.” Zachary Fowler Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/0dd77b34-f373-4eff-a5a0-480b69fbd200/greg+ovens+film+kari+medig-008.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Alone & Alive - Make it stand out Handmade Tale — Despite numerous sponsorships, Ovens makes many of his own tools of the trade, including this ferro rod, left, for starting fires. His best advice for wilderness ignition solutions? Carry a lot of Bic lighters. Kari Medig Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/tom-shypitka monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1736374333560-7JXJYIA8THOL5KXAWDX6/Black+and+White.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Rocks, Rifts & Pistols By the numbers — Elected MLA for Kootenay East in 2017 then again in 2020, Shypitka was the BC United Caucus Chair and Shadow Minister until the party was dissolved in favour of the BC Conservatives. Opting to run as an Independent, Shypitka, as of Trench press time in early November, had earned 30.5 per cent of the votes in October’s provincial election. New MLA and BCC candidate Pete Davis captured 42.8 per cent. From there: 3rd, Sam Atwal (NDP); 4th, Kerri Wall (Green). In Columbia River Revelstoke: 1st, BC Conservative Scott McInnis won with 48.1 per cent; 2nd, Andrea Dunlop (NDP); 3rd, Calvin Beauchesne (Green). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/6997c48b-8e95-403b-932d-b4b6c7e62527/001.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Rocks, Rifts & Pistols Read ‘em and sweep — Shypitka was a three-time provincial curling champion, representing B.C. at the Brier and narrowly missing a shot at the Olympics. Here he reacts to a close-but-not-close enough shot that appeared in the Toronto Star, in 1991. Tony Bock Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/sunshine-census monthly 0.5 2024-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/61326759-3791-43ce-b90b-905954d3f6e8/DSC09584-Enhanced-NR.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Super Powered: A Census of Sunshine Blaze one up. — A dazzling sun casts hiker Lena Armstrong, and the towering Howser, Snowpatch, and Bugaboo Spires behind, in dreamy summertime beauty in Bugaboo Provincial Park. The bright minds of sun scientists have illuminated the fact that exposure to sunlight increases the brain’s release of serotonin, a neurotransmitter associated with an increased sense of calm and focus, and elevated moods. 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The pair respectively cross cultural divides to coach baseball to enthusiastic youth. Nicole Leclair Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/b0d1aa0e-236f-4a2e-b999-fc96e62f447d/240626_untitled_033.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - DeCki Ljeta / Los Chicos De Verano {The Boys of Summer} - Make it stand out Ace of Base — Creston baseball veteran Roger Tierney is ready to steal bases whether playing in Sayulita, Mexico or Canyon, B.C. Nicole Leclair Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/women-in-trades monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1723844481568-IHOLAXJE8RTB1XZT4O89/Welder.6.8G2A9718.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work Playing with Fire — 19-year-old Gabi Erven found her love of welding in high school as a creative outlet, and it sparked a fulfilling career path. Jenny Bateman Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/a8b823b2-7a9b-48ec-a739-1f17ff44a80b/Farrier5.8G2A9428.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work - Marlo Salanski AGE: 30 TRADE(S): Farrier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/aa7f295a-8663-4999-b3e8-331b7b643ed5/CarpenterApp.1.8G2A9991.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work - Nateesha Johnson AGE: 19 TRADE(S): Carpenter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/81200d2a-3b4e-44df-a312-ae22ee1d698c/PastryChef-Chocolatier.1.8G2A9605.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work - Caitlyn Birdsell AGE: 34 TRADE(S): Chocolatier / Pastry Chef https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/5609f5b8-9a60-49a0-be5a-3a452d318cdf/RefrigTech.1.8G2A0264.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work - Kirsten Van Breevoort AGE: 30 TRADE(S): Refrigeration & Gas Fitting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/37412be8-a300-4625-bb2a-b1cbdc3207f3/Blacksmith.4.8G2A0189.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work - Lisa Huth AGE: 45 TRADE(S): Welder & Blacksmith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/99fc4ac7-15f7-4680-8c2a-5247abd65bfd/Welder.4.8G2A9665.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work - Gabi Erven AGE: 19 TRADE(S): Welding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/9a796246-7ccf-4ec2-9b04-aae4d94729d3/Plumber.4.8G2A0321.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work - Robyn Giesbrecht AGE: 30 TRADE(S): Plumbing & Gas Fitting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/84e01ba6-08de-4e82-a59a-358d9468ab1b/CarpenterJym.1.8G2A9905.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work - Amanda Barron AGE: 35 TRADE(S): Carpentry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/016daa90-5539-47ca-a686-834e89dc045e/Barber.1.8G2A9525.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - This Woman’s Work - Sarah White AGE: 39 TRADE(S): Barber Stylist https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/slough-ride monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1723779134873-WV10MHBUA40C04HF8DR9/IMG_5998.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Slough Ride Leader of the Lake — Ron and the coaches he hosts in the Columbia Valley teach youth how to slalom ski: a type of water skiing that requires athletes to navigate a course of six buoys in a zigzag pattern, with the speed of the boat increasing, then the length of the rope decreasing, for each run of the course. 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Hayden Wolf Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/boyd-haddad monthly 0.5 2024-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1714077841980-XAX1V5XCUVOP3LAA5MI4/boydhaddad.jpeg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - From Boyds to Men Spirit of ‘36 — Pitting Kootenay golf course aces against one another for 94 years, the Boyd Cup was in fact built from an old whiskey keg. Jesse Heinrichs Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/evel-knievel monthly 0.5 2024-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/5f2b2e26-56f7-4a8f-942d-2fb2407b74a5/Jail+photo.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Of Slapshots and Scorpions Locked Up — Evel Knievel in hockey uniform can be found in the Butte city jail where he supposedly received his nickname. Greg Nesteroff Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/30c0677d-c58c-4743-b187-c0225d931161/Team+photo.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Of Slapshots and Scorpions - Make it stand out Bombing in Butte — Evel Knievel (then Bob Knievel, pictured with his team) the Butte Bombers in 1958-59. Greg Nesteroff Photo https://www.thetrenchmag.com/stories/skookumchuck-landmark monthly 0.5 2024-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1713571507998-4FB7WE568XXPYSJ4H7A7/Skookumchuck-2.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Old Crow, New World Unarmed —Carved 65 years before sports teams names had to be changed and colonialist statues were defiled or torn down, Old Crow went on up. His missing arm is in safekeeping though. 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Following random animal tracks, riders Garry Pendygrasse and Kirt Nielsen hiking a ridge line to Revelstoke’s Mt. McCrae. Jeff Patterson Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/b79d6185-abe0-493e-83e3-e14279f8f6fc/010907wolle_baldface_6773_COVER.jpg Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Beyond & Above - Make it stand out Ridin’ High — An epic late-day shot of rider Wollie Nyvelt at Baldface Lodge. Jeff Patterson Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/662192409e06f7565860bf0d/1c33b97e-6151-4c5f-9d17-5cf4b2933ccb/Machu+Picchu.JPG Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston & Elk Valleys - Beyond & Above - Make it stand out Rolling Credits — The Raptor Hex on duty in Machu Picchu, Peru during the filming of Transformers Rise of the Beasts. The $150,000 drone, which can carry over 60 pounds on its airframe, was designed to fly at 12,000 feet or more. 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