The Skin Deep
Inside the ink of artist Ellie Rubincam.
DeCki Ljeta / Los Chicos De Verano {The Boys of Summer}
For local baseball old boys Roger Tierney and Paul Mrazek, the diamond is forever.
This Woman’s Work
Carrying the torch, saw, and shears, sisters are doing it for themselves. Writer and photographer Jenny Bateman rolled up her sleeves alongside nine local ladies making the grade in trades.
Slough Ride
How an Albertan water skiing phenom, turned HVAC king, dredged out his world-class dream.
Birdies and the Bugs
Welcome to Brisco. World famous. And not.
Why Jayli Wolf Survives
From the farm to Times Square, Rolling Stone to the 60s Scoop, the Creston singer and star lays tracks through stardom, dark days, and a father’s fate.
From Boyds to Men
Fathers and a son reflect on the Kootenays’ legendary and somewhat loose Boyd Haddad golf tourney.
Of Slapshots and Scorpions
He shattered records, bones, and probably a couple of wooden Sherwoods. But how was it that legendary motorcycle madman Evel Knievel made a Creston connection?
Old Crow, New World
To restore or recycle in the age of reconciliation? A historic highway-side landmark awaits its fate.
A Different Kind of Developer’s Vision for Cranbrook
River Valley Estates is committed to meeting Cranbrook’s growing needs through responsible development.
Beyond & Above
He was born into Cranbrook’s 1980s era snowboard and skate scene — both deemed unsavoury to the status quo, and all but illegal. Thirty years after travelling the globe as a crusader for ‘boarding’s cause, photographer Jeff Patterson has returned to the East Kootenay as one of the sport’s pioneer chroniclers and collectors. Today, with a new career flying high for Hollywood, the family man shares images and insights from his transworld transformation.
A Woman and a War
Cranbrook’s Jean Suey Zee, age 99, was a standout amongst Royal Canadian Air Force members, and a daughter of the city’s Chinese-Canadian community.
A High Rider for the Hornaday
An Elk Valley cowboy, an American conservation pioneer, and the ties that bind.
The Puck That Dropped Here
The rink. The goal. The celly. The show. For gals and goons alike, some of the hockey world’s most remarkable dreams have been born from the East Kootenay, with more just beginning.
The Deconstruction of Our Dinner
Kootenay food system expert Jon Steinman on grandmas’ cooking, price versus perception, and grocery carts as vehicles for change.
THE TRENCH | FALL 2024
Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston, and Elk Valleys