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.
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 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 TRENCH | FALL 2024
Life + Culture in the Columbia, Creston, and Elk Valleys