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COVER FALL 2020 Photo: Morgan Turner

CONTENTS 10 COMING HOME

13 STRONGER TOGETHER

16 WHEN WE DON'T GIVE UP: Rob Davidson and His Rise to Social Media Fame

20 HIKING WITH HUMANS: A Canine Perspective

24 CRUISING THROUGH PARADISE

30 LETTUCE, TOMATOES, AND BASIL...OH MY!

36 HOW DO YOU BUILD A COMMUNITY? Part Two

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When I first came back to Cranbrook, I felt like a failure.

After a fifteen-year absence I had returned home to live in my parents’ basement with my tail between my legs and nothing but debt. Three days after I moved back I sat in my friend’s office at the College of the Rockies, weeping about how I’d made all the wrong choices in life (first, trying to become an actor; second and even worse, trying to become a stand-up comedian). She handed me some tissues and said that everything would be alright, assured me that I wasn’t a failure and that I would find my way in Cranbrook. “But Sarah,” she said, “have patience because it’ll take a while for people to accept you.” I didn’t respond but I felt...anger? “I’m FROM here!” I wanted to scream. “I won a citizenship award in grade 12! How can I need to wait to be accepted in my own hometown?”

After that meeting, I went to the Cranbrook graveyard, because graveyards are one of the only places where it’s acceptable to cry in public. I expected to see a lot of familiar names, but I didn’t seem to know anyone. I started to understand what my friend meant.

That's me, circa 1992, learning about forest management on a windy day.

Me in the Hallmark classic "Falling for You," where I grace the screen for about three seconds, although my elbow makes a few more appearances. high school grudges were even worth holding on to. Sometimes I couldn’t sleep at night, trying to remember if I had wronged anyone in high school and needed to be making an apology circuit.

When I told people that I had left Vancouver to return to Cranbrook, they would say to me, “Oh I hate cities, too,” but I don’t hate cities − I just hated Vancouver. I’d lived in other cities that I adored but Vancouver wasn’t one of them. I love a lot of what city

I discovered that there’s no better place than Cranbrook to have your dreams crushed.

While living in Vancouver I’d been working in the film industry, and one of my main gigs had been doing background acting on Hallmark movies. If you’ve never seen a Hallmark movie, they’re basically all the same: small-town girl who has been living in the big city temporarily returns home to her small town to help out at her parents’ bakery/cafe/Christmas tree farm. She literally runs into a handsome carpenter/farmer/cowboy and spills coffee all over him. Perhaps they used to be high school sweethearts.

At first they don’t get along, but then they have to work together to save the local library/radio station/annual Christmas parade and they fall in love and live happily ever after.

Hanging out at Soulfood or Kootenay Grounds Café and eavesdropping on farmers’ conversations about which organic hay their horses liked best, it occurred to me that I’d gone from making Hallmark movies to living in one. Except Hallmark movies take place in classless societies that don’t have a serious housing shortage, or a city council that made national news for “secrecy issues.” No handsome cowboy came up to me and said, “Howdy ma’am, will you marry me?” All the good men were already married, and if they weren’t, I distinctly had the feeling that I might have to literally fight other women over them. And Kootenay girls are tough.

In a Hallmark movie, everyone knows everyone, but in real life most people didn’t recognize me. Or perhaps, like me, they sometimes experienced a flash of recognition, but couldn’t remember if we had been friends or enemies. I had to ask myself if

life has to offer, most of all dancing − losing yourself in a crowd of strangers and dancing like no one’s watching. I was hard-pressed to find a crowd of strangers in Cranbrook, let alone an entire crowd that wanted to dance. As an entertainer I needed crowds to perform for. How would I survive without that outlet?

I wish I could say that I had an amazing date with some sweet farmer who convinced me to believe in myself, but it was more a sense of desperation born from a feeling of total isolation that led me to produce my own comedy show in Cranbrook. I had produced shows in Vancouver, so why not here? What did I have to lose? In September 2019 I produced the Kootenay Comedy Festival, and I doubted myself every step of the way. To my delight, however, it was a complete and total success. I’d originally rolled my eyes at the slogan “Mountains of Opportunity,” but suddenly, it seemed really true! I put my efforts into producing local comedy shows and there seemed to be a real appetite for it. I lined up a monthly comedy show to take place at the Elks Club in Kimberley and booked two other shows with touring comedians in Cranbrook. I did stand-up at Lilith 2020 in March to probably the best reception I’ve ever had doing comedy. People started messaging me about how excited they were for comedy in the Kootenays. Maybe my Hallmark happy ending wasn’t going to be a love story but a successful new career!

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At Eager Hill doing my best to cope with existential dread (mostly succeeding).

And then Covid hit and everything was cancelled and my world collapsed. I couldn’t perform anymore so who was I? After leaving the city completely disillusioned with the entertainment industry and the concept of “making it,” I’d found meaning in the idea of performing for my own enjoyment and anyone who would listen.

Now even that dream seemed to have crumbled as soon as I’d built it. I spent entire days scrolling on my phone falling deeper and deeper into depression. Finally I forced myself to go outside every day for a “hike” that was less of a hike and more just wandering around aimlessly in the woods heaving big sighs.

I discovered that there’s no better place than Cranbrook to have your dreams crushed. Every day I could wander to the top of a new hill for a view of the Rocky Mountains and contemplate what it felt like to be nobody. The mountains made me feel insignificant in the best possible way which brought me a sense of calm.

With nothing but uncertainty on the horizon, there’s nothing a person can do except try to enjoy the present moment. There’s no real end to this story because it’s not actually a Hallmark film, so it doesn’t wrap up neatly in the end, happily ever after. I haven’t found my handsome cowboy or my perfect career, but I have found several mountaintops that make me feel happy to be alive.

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Entrepreneurship shouldn’t be a lonely place. When together leaders and experts With regular meetings with you’re in business, you deserve a supportive commu- from across the Kootenays to City Hall, Tourism Kimberley, create strategies for business and local business leaders, the nity that grows and flourishes alongside you.

The Kimberley and Cranbrook Chambers of Commerce are exactly that: close-knit networks of people who stand in your corner, cheer you on, and co-create abundant opportunities with you. When you join your local chamber, you gain access to a wealth of resources that will support your business in its thriving — both in the short-term, and far into the future.

“There’s really a sense of community,” says the cheerful and warm Helen Barron, Executive Director of the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce. “There are lots of opportunities for marketing and for networking.”

And that networking is, in these times, particularly advantageous. With so many events cancelled this year and going forward, it pays off enormously to have that extra support from a network of equally passionate business owners.

Additionally, the Chambers have been offering virtual learning opportunities to help you continue your professional education even while conferences are cancelled.

The benefits of being a Chamber member are many and offer extra ease both financially and otherwise. Some of the rewards include gas and travel coverage, online human resources services, and a top-rated group insurance plan that offers excellent medical benefits, even for sole proprietors.

Indeed, the fact that those working for themselves as a team of one are able to join and benefit from their local chamber is something that a lot of people don’t know about. The Chambers’ plentiful resources are available to businesses of any size, no matter how small.

“Small- and medium-sized businesses are the lifeblood of BC,” Barron says. “By creating a supportive local network, we support the whole province.”

Chambers across the Kootenays often connect and collaborate on projects together to build and uphold a strong business community across the entire region. Earlier this year, for example, they created the Economic Resiliency Task Force, which brought

owners to implement so that they can continue to flourish even during Covid.

Our two local Chambers are empowered and resourced by other broader connections, too, such as with the BC Chamber and Canada Chamber organizations. Both of these groups had seats on the provincial and federal Covid-19 task forces, which allowed them to advocate strongly on behalf of business owners — resulting in

dedicated people at the Chamber of Commerce work hard to ensure that they’re on top of issues affecting the business community — and proactively seeking and implementing the right solutions.

This caring support — along with marketing opportunities, a growing network, insightful recommendations, and a true sense of advocacy — makes one thing clear as Holden says, “we really are stronger united.”

If Chamber members have an issue that affects their businesses, the Chamber will work through those issues on your behalf. support such as the wage subsidy being increased from 10% to 75%. This kind of teamwork has proven to be not only encouraging but effective.

Daniel Holden, Manager of the Kimberley Chamber of Commerce, wholeheartedly agrees.

“It’s incredible advocacy,” he says. “If Chamber members have an issue that affects their businesses, the Chamber will work through those issues on your behalf.”

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To inquire about joining your local Chamber of Commerce, contact info@kimberleychamber.com, or call the Cranbrook Chamber at 250.426.5914.

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When We Don’t Give Up:

Rob Davidson and His Rise to Social Media Fame W & P: Jeff Pew

Rob Davidson greets me at his front door. I ask if I should put on a mask. “Probably a good idea,” he says. “I just had a low lymphocytes count.”

We pass through his kitchen where trays of food await preparation, like I’ve walked onto the set of a Jamie Oliver show. There are tiny bowls of herbs and spices, a pan of baked root vegetables, and a pork loin sous vide poaching in a bag of warm water. We sit at the dining room table where Davidson sips a can of Kootenay ale. He observes my glasses fogging up from the mask. “Ah, shit. Take it off,” he says. “We’re good.”

I’m sitting with Kimberley’s celebrity chef, Rob Davidson, 51, who became a social media phenomenon when his Facebook group The Socially Distant Cooking Class exploded in popularity (currently, there are 57,000 members worldwide). Davidson, Kimberley Alpine Resort’s Buckhorn and Main Assistant Food and Beverage Manager recalls how it all began: “When Covid hit, I was sent home from work because

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they didn’t want me to get sick. After two weeks I was going bananas. I went shopping for a lasagna recipe, but the supply chain was so messed up I couldn’t buy ground beef. Instead, I bought pork sausages, went home and peeled the casings to make ground pork lasagna. Later that night, I realized there were probably people struggling, looking for alternate ways to make recipes, so I created the Facebook group.”

When Davidson ponders the success of his Socially Distant Cooking Class, what makes it most surreal is the fact that he shouldn’t even be here. According to his doctors, he shouldn’t be alive. Since he was five, Davidson had undergone periodic examinations for a rare hereditary colorectal cancer. He had his first colon surgery at 15, then 32 years later, on New Year’s Eve, 2016, he received the diagnosis he was dreading: Stage 2 Rectal Adenocarcinoma. Two months later he was undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, and an experimental drug trial. In May, he underwent what appeared to be a successful colectomy, until, days later, when he began to feel sick and a radiologist discovered a rupture in his small intestine. “I was in ICU for a week, then spent a hundred days in a negative pressure isolation room,” Davidson says. “Nobody thought I was walking out. I had eight drains and a severely septic body. Eventually, I lost so much weight I was down to 100 pounds, but I was determined I wasn’t going to die. I was stubborn. On my whiteboard, the nurses wrote my goal: I want to sit on my patio and have a beer. Feels like 90% of this shit is in our head. If we give up, we’re done for.”

When Davidson ponders the success of his Socially Distant Cooking Class, what makes it most surreal is the fact that he shouldn’t even be here.

Three months later, when Davidson miraculously began to recover, his body was so weak and his muscles so atrophied, he had to learn to walk again. After a final round of chemotherapy, he was healthy enough to return to Kimberley and begin working again.

When Davidson created the Facebook group, he imagined teaching friends some of the favourite meals he’s cooked over the last twenty years as a professional chef. He invited his 600 friends to the group and the following night shot a scripted, live video with his kitchen iPad. “My Pollo al Pesto was excellent, but the production quality sucked,” he says. “I felt like an awkward Wilson from Home Improvement.”

his cooking lessons, members began sharing recipes. The group exploded in popularity. In a week there were 10,000 members. Soon, he had 4,000 viewers watching his Bistro Caesar Salad episode live, where it feels as if you’re leaning against your best friend’s kitchen counter, except all you see is a cutting board, the stovetop, and Davidson’s wizardly hands as he flowers radishes and chops garlic like he’s never lost a finger. “Everybody probably has this stuff kicking around,” he tells the live audience. “Let’s get at ‘er right after I have another pull of beer.”

Then, “Oh, that tastes good. Now, lemme wash my hands.”

“I came out a different person,” Davidson recalls sipping his beer. “How can

In two days, Davidson’s group had grown to 1500 people. In addition to watching

“After the disaster of my first episode, I just started winging it,” Davidson says.

you not? It changed me. Before I got sick, I could be a real asshole. I became kinder.

What’s the point of going through something like this if we don’t emerge a better person?”

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"I thought I’d just be me.” A few days later, someone posted a baked pancake recipe. Over the weekend he thought he’d been hacked; there were thousands of new members. On Sunday night, the group had grown to 20,000 members from around the world.

Since then, Davidson’s produced over thirty episodes while the group continues to expand by hundreds of new members each week. “I was shooting three live episodes a week,” he says, “but a thirty-minute shoot took over three hours to prepare. Since the lockdown subsided and I’m back to work, I’ve had to reduce the number of shows. I’ll start shooting again if another lockdown occurs.”

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Presently, Davidson is trying to migrate the group members to his Socially Distant Cooking Class Facebook page, where he’ll have the ability to advertise and therefore monetize some of the work he is doing.

“Presently, I’ve got sponsors who provide products I’m currently using but there’s no financial incentive for my role as an influencer.”

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In the meantime, Davidson continues his work with the Resort of the Canadian Rockies and some occasional chef gigs, like last year when he was hired as Chef de Partie for the Calgary Flames during the 2019 Grey Cup. “My health is excellent,” Davidson’s happy to report, despite his recent lymphocytes count.

And every now and then, Rob Davidson slows down, just long enough to enjoy a beer on his back deck and plan what’s next for his life as an East Kootenay social media celebrity.

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Hiking with Humans: A Canine Perspective W & P: Boulder & Dan Mills

Greetings Dearest Hominids, Please permit me to introduce myself. My name — or at least the identifier bestowed upon me by my human — is Boulder. By taxonomy I am of the subspecies canis lupus familiaris, a golden retriever by lineage and man’s best friend by vocation. I am, gentle reader, a dog.

My purpose of creating this interspecies communication is twofold: firstly, to voice my deepest gratitude to any and all humans who strive to share their outdoor adventures with we canines, and secondly, to perhaps enlighten those same saintly folk with what I feel is important information about taking a dog walk on the wild side.

To start, let's examine the relationship between pups and people. Brian Hare, Associate Professor at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University and author of the book, The Genius of Dogs, (gotta love that title) states, “In scientific studies it has been proven, time and time again, that dogs prefer the company of humans to that of their own kind.” And no, it is not entirely due to the fact that it is from your hand that all grub flows. It is because we kind of like hanging out with you crazy hominids. Together we make a darn fine team, especially outdoors.

Ours is definitely a relationship based on trust and this is never more apparent than when we head out into the woods together. Much as I am loath to admit it, I need a certain amount of human intervention to keep me safe out there.

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Exploring the wilds with pups is akin to adventuring with fiveyear-old humans. Like preschoolers, we have a limited understanding of human vocabulary, are driven by inquisitiveness, have a lust to explore, and don’t mind getting dirty. Unlike fiveyear-old hominids, however, we dogs have inherited wolf-like superpowers. We are faster than you, have a hundred times more powerful sense of smell, are driven by powerful predator/prey instincts, and not only do we like to get dirty, we are seemingly compelled to roll in the foulest of the foul. A genetic predisposition even we don’t understand.

If you want to get us back to your vehicle safely and in a physical state that will not permanently alter said vehicle’s upholstery, you need to pay attention.

Before you go hiking with your pup, get to know them. Are they timid or are they aggressive? Do they heed your commands or do they consider compliance optional? Are they fit and ready for adventure or more sedentary and ready for brunch? Having a grasp of who your dog is might just save a lot of aggravation on our outings together later.

As I weigh in at over 100 pounds and know little about small doggedness, I thought this question best answered by my friend Stephanie McGregor. Steph is the proprietor/alpha female of The Paw Shoppe and has a plethora of experience hiking with minidogs. Here is what she had to say on the matter.

“Does size matter? I would say no, but other factors like build and fitness level do. Some of the flatter-faced breeds, like Pugs and French Bulldogs, have narrower airways which makes breathing and cooling themselves on strenuous hikes more difficult. In my ten years of experience, small dogs are perfect for hiking — endless energy, bouncy, and easy to pack in the tough spots.”

Remember to bring enough food and water for us, too.

Oh, and snacks — lots of snacks.

Assess your dog's fitness level and plan your trips accordingly. Consider age as both old dogs and puppies can find hiking physically difficult. Does your dog suffer with arthritis or joint issues? If so, it doesn’t mean they have to be restricted to no hikes at all, it just means their difficulties have to be taken into consideration. Our long-time veterinarian, Dr. Jamie Levine, once explained that a dog needs some exercise to strengthen muscles and stabilize troublesome joints. The trick is to find that sweet spot of some exertion but never too much. A tightrope to be sure, but a tightrope worth dog walking.

So there you have it, gentle hominid, big or small, your pooch has the potential to be a fine outdoor companion.

Before you head out, work on your human-to-dog communication skills. In particular, recall. If we refuse to come to you consistently when called, we both have a big problem. To use the five-year-old with superpowers analogy again, if you see the potential for trouble on the trail, you need to be able to intervene and subvert said issue. Your dog is fast, has an instinctive “prey chase drive,” and a single-minded enthusiasm. If you can’t keep Fido safe using commands — and oh, how it pains me to say this — a leash is the only option.

I have barely belly-scratched the surface of the entire matter, but suffice it to say, start small, pay attention to each other, and above all bask in the magic that is being outside with a beloved friend. Remember to bring enough food and water for us, too. Oh, and snacks — lots of snacks. A doggie first aid kit is important as well: gauze, tape, liquid bandage to close wounds and paw splits, some antihistamine in case of swelling from insect stings, and a headlamp so you can keep track of us in the dark...and snacks. Or did I say that already?

As an experienced outdoor dog, I am blessed to do the majority of my hiking unrestrained. However, there have been occasions when my human didn’t want to risk having me make bad decisions. When he perceives there to be potential risk: hazards like swift water, chance of falling in precipitous terrain, dangerous wildlife encounters, or even just to stop me from over enthusiastically greeting the other hikers we meet, the leash comes out.

I submit to this indignity not so much for my own safety as to ease my human’s existential anxiety. Happy hominid, happy dog.

Lastly, be sure that we have a good strong collar (or harness) and that it has a tag attached with current contact information. You know, just in case that recall thing went right sideways and your loving pooch needs a little help getting back home.

Your companion animal in perpetuity,

Boulder

Another consideration I know you two-leggers fret about is: “Does size matter? Is my fur baby big enough to take hiking?”

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The gold fields, bathed in late-afternoon light, rise suddenly and dramatically into the towering Rocky Mountains on my left. To my right, I can hear the Saint Mary River rushing along, snaking its way through canyons, on its way to eventually join the Kootenay River. Every so often the river’s deep blue appears in my sight for a long stretch during my cycle.

Even when the wildlife encounters aren’t so intimate, the cruise between Kimberley and Cranbrook seems to always have a dose of enchantment.

The views are fantastic, even as they change. Grassy flatlands give way to steep river canyons; boreal forests are speckled with stands of birch trees that sparkle in the sun; densely-forested valleys unfold themselves into breathtaking views.

I’m cycling the North Star Rails to Trails: a smoothly paved path that winds between Kimberley and Cranbrook, providing an incredibly popular connector between our two cities. The path is busy almost every day, in every season: people walk, cycle, snowshoe, and rollerblade, and you may even pass someone on horseback.

The Rails to Trails is, of course, a fabulous tourist attraction. It showcases the stunning views the area is known for, and can easily keep any family member of any age happily occupied in the fresh air for the day.

1908, there was also a small smelter in Marysville the railway serviced, as well as a lumber company in Wycliffe that utilized the track until the 1920s.

The stretch of railway was also used for a daily passenger train service between Kimberley and Cranbrook, which ran until the late 1950s. In 1953, a new spur of the track was constructed to service the Cominco fertilizer plant. The railway saw busy mining traffic until the mine closed in December of 2001.

The Spring of 2009 saw the beginning of the process of converting the track into a recreational trail — as was happening to abandoned railways across the country — and construction of the North Star Rails to Trails was underway. The project was completed in fall 2010, and to this day, sees dozens of daily users, both locals and tourists alike.

While locals, too, recreate here regularly, the path could also perhaps be dubbed Canada’s Best Commute. It’s often used for those who go back and forth between Kimberley and Cranbrook for work.

Brad Hartshorn, a Kimberley local of several years, told me that he’s “always been a bike commuter,” in a few different locations in North America, and “the stretch between Kimberley and Wycliffe is the nicest of them all.” It’s not surprising: the densely forested hills dive steeply into the river, the stunning Rockies rise to the east, and hawks and ospreys often drift overhead.

“Recently, I saw a bear on the side of the trail,” Brad tells me, with a generous dose of wonder. “As I came toward him, he stood up! Sniffing me out, I guess. As I passed, he came back down onto all fours and continued back into the woods.”

Even when the wildlife encounters aren’t so intimate, the cruise between Kimberley and Cranbrook seems to always have a dose of enchantment. “As I come around the bend, looking up into the St. Mary’s Valley and down into Marysville in the morning, I feel like this is what it would have been like,” Brad muses. “Like I’m a conductor hanging off the side of my train with a big mug of joe and a grin on my face.”

CPR bridge crossing the St. Mary River, circa 1915.

Indeed, what is now the North Star Rails to Trails was at one time, as the name suggests, a functioning and busy railway. The Canadian Pacific Railway completed the 32-kilometre stretch of track between Cranbrook and the North Star and Sullivan Mines around Kimberley in 1899, transporting lead and zinc concentrates from the mine to the smelter in Trail. Between 1903 and

“Sometimes I meander, just to enjoy the landscape and the views. I’ll stop and collect flowers for dried arrangements. There are benches at regular intervals, so it’s really easy to sit and enjoy the nature around you.” She’s right: there are breathtaking views of the humbling Steeples, hoodoos jutting out of the river, and the widening valley with a view into the far, far distance.

Photo courtesy of the Kimberley Heritage Museum and the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History.

Kimberley local Stephanie Warner tells me how cycling the path a few times a week is both a source of invigorating exercise and a calming, peaceful form of leisure.

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KIMBERLEY + CRANBROOK'S O N LY Y E A R R O U N D B I K E S H O P “Other times,” she continues, “I do it mainly for the exercise, without many stops.” She explains that going all the way from one city to the other and back again is a full day and quite the workout, so bringing plenty of snacks and water is recommended. “Usually, though, I’ll bike half or two-thirds, then turn around. Or I’ll bike from Kimberley to see my parents, and they’ll drive me back. They’ll sometimes have a cold beer or iced tea waiting for me, and there’s nothing better than that first sip on a hot day.”

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While cycling, walking, or rollerblading the trail makes for a peaceful, solitary excursion, what’s perhaps most charming about the Rails to Trails is the sense of camaraderie that’s naturally formed among those enjoying it. “Everyone smiles or says hello as you cycle past,” Stephanie tells me, mirroring my own experiences of a friendly shared greeting with other users.

This warmth is particularly nourishing during the current times, when our social engagements have dwindled or been constrained. “During quarantine, cycling the path was a ritual that gave me a little sense of freedom and a way to break up the rather monotonous routine of those earlier days at home.

It was a way to feel social, in a safe way.”

It’s no wonder that the locals and tourists who enjoy the North Star Rails to Trails feel friendly and upbeat: they’re enjoying the same lush landscape, breathing the same fresh air, and feeling that same peace that comes from escaping into nature. Even when they’re there for some solitude or time with the family, there’s the particular fun that comes from knowing we’re all enjoying it — this special pathway in a gorgeous corner of the Kootenays — together.

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It's clear that this big little garden is having a great ripple effect throughout our community.

And the vision keeps “growing.”

I’ve seen some happy gardens around but I wasn’t expecting to be as enchanted as I was by my visit to the Kimberley Edible Garden and Greenhouse (KEGG).

A substantial outdoor garden overflowed with a mesmerizing and healthy array of herbs, flowers, and vegetables. Next to follow were numerous raised beds with an assortment of well-tended greenery, ranging from mere sprouts to unabashed stalks proudly raising their leaves and blooms in the air like a choir going into its finale of Hallelujah. I stepped into the sizable greenhouse and was greeted by a lively commingling of plants and humans. I recognized Jori Adank immediately, smiling and gesturing broadly while in conversation with Ingrid Liepa.

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There’s just something about people who love to grow things.

Their shared affinity for co-creating with Mother Nature gives them a certain je ne sais quoi, hands in the soil while they soak up sunshine, wind, or rain. And just to confirm my theory, another volunteer, Veronica Paauw, walks in, and I swear all three of these humans have an extra twinkle in their eyes and exude a sense of peace and calm that you can forget exists in these times.

Kimberley Edible Gardens and Greenhouse offers so much: nature therapy, shared fresh produce, a warm community, gardening expertise for our fickle alpine climate, and perhaps most importantly, a great approach to ensuring local food security.

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building the rocket stove KEGG began with a group of people interested in “guerilla gardening,” which is a global movement where produce is grown in unused or vacant public spaces. In 2010, through the Kimberley Senior Projects Society, the group secured a federal grant to build a greenhouse and acquire supplies and tools. Focus shifted to the design and implementation of edible gardens using permaculture design principles. Today, KEGG has expanded into an extended community of novice and expert gardeners, experimenting with different indoor and outdoor gardening techniques.

Ingrid, who has a passion for sustainable community development, spent many years doing climate adaptation work in the Columbia Basin and tracking local perspectives on food security.

She explained, “In 2008 when we were preparing a plan for Kimberley, communities like Kaslo, Castlegar, and Rossland were prioritizing food security within the climate change conversation, while Kimberley was not because there was so little food being produced locally at that time. Over the last few years there has been a real shift in perspective. The combination of Covid and climate change, among other factors, is helping people see that ‘we can and should be growing more locally.’”

Jori and Ingrid give me a tour around the greenhouse and I am intrigued by the rocket stove, which allows seed incubation in early spring and extends the growing season for plants housed inside. Forget about Jack and the Beanstalk and let me tell you about KEGG and the tomato stalks. I didn’t know tomatoes could

be so tall! For the first time in my life, I learn how eggplants are grown, admiring their attractive flowers and shiny babies. I try some basil and compare the taste of a wasabi mustard greens leaf with its flower.

Each Saturday morning, starting in spring through mid-October, KEGG volunteers meet up for an informal work bee. They collaborate on various activities, some of them passion projects (like the herb garden) or other experiments initiated out of curiosity. There are on-the-spot lessons in everything from how to trim squash to how to measure and adjust the acidity of soil, how to compost, how to trim basil, and more. Jori, who is president of KEGG, tells me it’s great for all levels of gardeners who get to compare notes and go home with new ways to tweak and improve their own backyard gardens.

Ingrid describes what she loves about KEGG, “It is such a welcoming atmosphere and a really inclusive community. We share a lot of knowledge but also a lot of laughs.” Jori nods and adds, “It’s amazing how much can get done in a couple of hours. We divide and conquer. Many hands really do make light work.”

Praise for KEGG’s success can be attributed to other committed locals, too, like Chris Vassalo who helped create KEGG over ten years ago and Michael Stevens, who is highly regarded for providing direction, guidance, and mentorship in an approachable and fun way.

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This year has been KEGG’s most productive and prolific. A successful GoFundMe fundraiser enabled the important acquisition of a shade cloth to cover the greenhouse, and KEGG is now on its way to becoming a registered non-profit society. The surplus is being shared among the volunteers and with the Healthy Kimberley Food Recovery Depot.

As I was getting ready to leave, I was handed a huge bag filled with zucchini, tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, and green beans, which I am still enjoying two weeks later. And this produce, which was raised with such love and care, tastes divine and seems to stay fresh much longer than normal. It's clear that this big little garden is having a great ripple effect throughout our community.

And the vision keeps “growing.” KEGG intends to branch out and establish neighborhood plots as well.

In the meantime, you are invited to participate. Whether you are a single person or a family with young children, all are welcome.

There is a cornucopia of wisdom available to help you grow and enjoy more food direct from a local garden. And you might just end up with some new friends, too.

For more information and to join this “growing” community of vibrant gardeners, please visit Kimberley Edible Gardens & Greenhouse on Facebook.

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In Part One of this series, we explored how the discovery, production, and eventual closure of the Sullivan Mine became the foundation for the current City of Kimberley. Find it in the summer issue of GO Cranberley.

Writing: Grady Pasiechnyk Artwork: Lori Joe Photos: Columbia Basin Institute

he community we call home today can be traced back, and largely credited to, the incredible working relationship between Teck Resources Limited (Teck) and the City of Kimberley.

You could argue that part of the reason we are able to reap the spoils of community facilities, city infrastructure and assets that provide continued support and opportunity to our town is thanks to the early collaboration between the company and the City.

Many years before the anticipated closure of the mine, Teck began thinking about how to address the social, financial, and environmental implications of closure in a community whose livelihood and identity were so intrinsically linked with the Sullivan Mine. The Sullivan Public Liaison Committee was created to facilitate the massive undertaking of creating The Sullivan Mine Decommissioning and Closure Plan. The kickoff in 1991 marked the start of an eleven-year review process which incorporated significant engagement from all who would be affected.

The process finally culminated in 2001 with the closure of the mine, although Teck began to implement substantive closure works that had received conditional approval much earlier than

this. Along with the obvious focus on safety and environmental impacts, there was an acute recognition that approximately 50% of the City’s tax revenue came from the mine. The Sullivan Mine closure plan involved a host of areas to help transition Kimberley, but the bulk of the plan fell into two categories: real estate/ infrastructure and tourism, specifically golf and ski.

Additionally, the SunMine solar energy project in partnership with Teck, the City of Kimberley and not-for-profit EcoSmart, began operations in 2015 as the largest solar field in BC after successfully piloting a novel bi-directional tracking system to maximize electrical output.

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GOLF & SKI It’s pretty safe to say that without the ski hill, or at least the mountain it’s built upon, we wouldn’t be celebrating the community of Kimberley. The town’s history began in 1891 with the discovery of Galena at the Northstar Mine, now home to the Kimberley Alpine Resort. In addition to donating the original land to build the ski hill, part of the Sullivan Closure Plan saw Teck invest significantly to expand the hill and resort base. Perhaps the ultimate example of the close working relationship between mine and community was the use of the Cominco machine shops to fabricate chairs for the resort’s chairlifts to increase user capacity. This investment and optimism was further leveraged to entice other private sector investment, eventually resulting in the building of hotel properties at the base.

In the early 1990s, as the closure of the Sullivan Mine was becoming a reality, Teck and the City partnered together to create Trickle Creek Golf Resort which led the way towards Kimberley becoming a four-season destination. The addition of a golf course at the base of the ski hill created a major incentive for recreational real estate properties to be built, forming the foundation of a new tourism industry. Not long after, Bootleg Gap Golf Resort was constructed, giving tourists even more impetus to vacation in Kimberley.

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THE SUNMINE SOLAR FIELD What began as a small-scale pilot just on the outskirts of the city of Kimberley soon expanded into the much larger SunMine solar energy facility situated on the fully reclaimed Sullivan mine site.

The $5.3 million SunMine project has 4,032 solar-cell modules, mounted on 96 solar trackers, which follow the sun’s movement to maximize solar exposure. This project was made possible through a partnership between BC Hydro (who purchased the solar-generated electricity), the City of Kimberley, the EcoSmart Foundation (who managed the project), and Teck (who provided the land and site infrastructure, along with further funds). This project acted as a proof-of-concept for the viability of solar energy in the region and further cemented Kimberley’s reputation as a forward-thinking, progressive community.

The fully reclaimed land was an ideal setting for solar. Firstly, because it boasts the highest solar energy potential in BC with low temperatures and low levels of smog, which means lowering cleaning costs. Secondly, Teck already had a power line that fed into the Kimberley grid, as well as a power station in the City that could receive the energy generated from the solar panels, thus reducing the front-end costs of set-up and infrastructure. This combination of natural conditions and existing brownfield and energy infrastructure made Kimberley ideal for the first repurposing of a mining site into a solar field in Canada.

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SunMine Solar Field

In January 2020, Teck purchased the City of Kimberley’s share of the SunMine facility as part of its commitment to continued action on climate change and to help develop its firsthand experience with solar power generation.

FOREST CROWN Every time you’ve driven down the highway between Marysville and Kimberley, you’ve passed the result of decades of effort from Mick Henningson, former manager of the Sullivan Mine. Started in 1992, the creation of a new, 1250-acre housing development was a time-consuming endeavour, as Teck needed to do full archaeological studies on the Crown land before taking over ownership. A real estate developer then structured the residential land and finally put the new plots on the market. This 25-year plan has been critical for increasing the tax base and for helping to ensure that the population of Kimberley remains robust enough to support the tourism industry.

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A Resounding Success To those who have recently moved to Kimberley or have travelled here to enjoy all of the many things it offers, it may seem obvious that this place celebrates tourism and provides an endless supply of experiences both within and outside city limits. However, for those of us who lived through this transition, our beloved community’s future did not always feel so

THE CLOSURE OF THE SULLIVAN MINE CHANGED OUR TOWN FUNDAMENTALLY, BUT THANKS TO THE INCREDIBLE VISION AND ENTHUSIASM OF OUR PAST LEADERS, WE HAVE COME OUT EVEN BETTER. certain. By all accounts, the closure of the Sullivan Mine has become the gold standard for industry towns transitioning out of their primary activity. Closure regulations are laid out by the BC Mines Act which covers the post-industrial treatment of environmental and structural components. It does not, however, cover the socioeconomic transition of the people and communities who are affected. In 1990, this level of consideration was something of an experiment for Teck. Thanks to incredible local leadership, the relationship between Teck and our local government, and the foresight to start planning more than a decade in advance, the overwhelming success of Kimberley’s transition has helped pave the way for a bright future for Kimberley.

As one of Teck’s former Director of Environmental Legacies put it, “the Kimberley story is not truly one of a ‘repurposing project,’ and certainly not one mandated by regulation, nor

by Company policy — it’s a positive thing that happened as a result of people with vision and social conscience, like Mick (Henningson), Doug (Horswill), and the executive leadership of Cominco at the time, which now gives us all something we can look at and learn from.”

In the third and final instalment of "How Do You Build a Community?", we’ll look at life in Kimberley going forward. The closure of the Sullivan Mine changed our town fundamentally, but thanks to the incredible vision and enthusiasm of our past leaders, we have come out even better. And now what?

We’ll look at plans for the future and examine the everlasting legacy of the Sullivan Mine.

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