I Love Creston February 2019 feature A Growing business It is no secret the Creston Valley has a rich, diverse agricultural presence with an abundance of farmland and agriculture related businesses.  The two biggest community events - the Blossom Festival and the Fall...

I Love Creston – December 2018 feature   If it doesn’t move – stamp it!  That is the slogan for a brilliantly creative home based business based in Creston that sells products all over the world.  Emmie Roelofse is the owner and operator of Art Foamies. Art...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor Fibre in your hands isn’t simply colourful. It isn’t simply pleasant to the touch. But it is simply... there. And that’s all that really matters. “A lot of our work in 2018 is intangible,” says Carmen Ditzler. “When we have...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor For most Canadians, births are private events, with few other than the parents and medical staff present. But that wasn’t the case with the first birth Tara Mehrer witnessed. From ages 16-19, she lived with her parents — her dad...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor Children’s lives are often thought of as idyllic and fun, with few worries or cares, but the reality for some is far different. “What I’ve noticed in the valley is that there is a lot of anxiety among kids — they’re anxious...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor It doesn’t seem to matter whether chocolate lovers enjoy dark, milk or white. After they try Sweet Turtle Chocolates, they tend to want more, which was a pleasant surprise for creator Gaelle Riguidel. “When I started in 2016,...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor More than 20 years after Nancy Pridham started making pottery, her iconic designs are still instantly recognizable, with bright glazes depicting, for the most part, scenes in and around the Kootenays. Although she retired in...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor When Creston’s Therapeutic Riding Program puts out the call for donations to its annual Art Trot, the community responds quickly. “Things will just start appearing,” says program director Michelle Whiteaway. “It’s like Christmas...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor Sarah Miller and Jeanette Stenhouse are sisters who ran a popular downtown business for over three decades, but they have something else in common. They’re also artists, one working with yarn, the other with glass. The artistic...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor The youngest of three siblings in what she calls a “basic country family”, Lexi Czar grew up on a Canyon farm and spent a lot of her childhood trail riding, barrel racing, fishing, hiking and dirt biking, later enjoying soccer,...