BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor In what has become a Christmas season tradition, Sue’s Clotheslines is donating to the Creston Ministerial Association’s Christmas hamper drive, this year handing over a cheque for $4,340. Since 2013, the store has donated...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor The thought of yoga may bring to mind a room filled with people twisted into matching poses, but that’s only one aspect — yoga isn’t simply a posing routine, it’s a lifestyle. “It’s a really cool life science,” says Barb...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor When Curtis Smith came to B.C. in 2006, he wanted to be a cowboy, and brought with him the knowledge he’d gained living in the agricultural community of St. Mary’s, Ont., using it to work on cattle ranches near Ashcroft. “It’s a...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor It’s hard to imagine the community without Rotacrest Hall or Millennium Park’s Japanese garden, but they wouldn’t be there without the efforts of the Creston Rotary Club, which has been enhancing the Creston Valley’s lifestyle...

STORY AND PHOTOS BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor In a time when it’s become commonplace to see children hunched over smartphones and tablets, the Creston Kids Outside Society is offering an alternative: a connection with the outdoors. The society’s Kootenay...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor The School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) International Program is more than simply an opportunity for locals to learn about other cultures — it’s a stellar opportunity to display Canadian values. “Canadians have a reputation of...

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor Co-operation took the place of competition after Linda Gigliotti closed her Golden Herb Health Foods in July and joined the team at Jeanna Reed’s Vital Health. “I was looking for a collaboration of some sort,” says Gigliotti. “A...

STORY AND PHOTOS BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor With livestock and produce abundant and easy to see, Spectrum Farms may seem like many others — at first glance, that is. But what truly makes it unique? The farm is a social enterprise of the Kootenay Region...

STORY AND PHOTOS BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor For Kate Webb, making soap is a way of keeping her family safe from harmful ingredients in commercial products, helping to prevent one son’s eczema outbreaks. But the craft has become a passion and obsession,...

  BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor Visually impaired golfers from around the world will compete at the Creston Golf Club from July 21-23, and Vision Cup tournament chair Darren Douma is encouraging spectators to attend the event, hoping it will give the...