Uthlxanica7, 67, is a Syilx elder who opposes the establishment of a national park reserve in British Columbia’s Southern Interior. He lives on the Keremeos Forks Indian Reserve #12 and #12A between Kaleden and Keremeos, B.C., and said he sees the federal government’s encroachment as yet another tool of colonial exploitation. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Dominik Gorkoff, 17, opposes the establishment of a National Park Reserve in British Columbia’s Southern Interior. He regularly hunts on land slated to become a National Park. (Jake Sherman/the Globe and Mail)
Dustin Stephens is a vocal opponent of a National Park Reserve in British Columbia’s South Okanagan-Similkameen. (Jake Sherman/the Globe and Mail)
Chief Clarence Louis of the Osoyoos Indian Band is a vocal proponent of a National Park Reserve to be managed by the federal government in partnership with local First Nations. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Don Gayton is a Grasslands Ecologist and a vocal proponent of a National Park Reserve in British Columbia’s dry and arid Southern Interior. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Spotted Lake near Osoyoos, B.C., is revered by local First Nations and part of the unique biome that is slated to be protected by a National Park Reserve. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Cattle graze near the border of a proposed national park reserve in British Columbia’s southern interior, just west of the White Lake Grasslands Protected Area, near Okanagan Falls, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Cattle graze near the border of a proposed national park reserve in British Columbia’s southern interior, just west of the White Lake Grasslands Protected Area, near Okanagan Falls, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
An orchard is developed near the site of a proposed National Park Reserve in B.C.’s Southern Interior. (Jake Sherman/the Globe and Mail)
One of the many “No National Park” signs that dot the Crowsnest Highway in BC’s Southern Interior. (Jake Sherman/the Globe and Mail)
A yard in the unincorporated town of Olalla, BC, which borders the site of a proposed National Park Reserve in British Columbia’s southern and conservative interior. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
The local chapter of Friday’s for the Future holds a climate protest in Nelson, BC. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Rab Smith, a veteran of the First Gulf War, attends a remembrance day ceremony in Nelson, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Two members of the RCMP and the City of Nelson’s Chief of Police, Paul Burkhart, march towards the cenotaph in Nelson, B.C., on remembrance day. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Air Cadet Nathan Cullen formed part of the honour guard during a remembrance day ceremony in Nelson, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
A heron rests as a wildfire burns behind it in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park near Peachland, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Globe and Mail)
Two residents of Peachland, B.C. take in the Mt. Eneas Wildfire, burning just 10 km’s from their home. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Local teenagers take in the Mt. Eneas wildfire burning south of Peachland, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Globe and Mail)
Glen Burgess, the Incident Commander for the Okanagan Complex of the B.C. Wildfire Service, briefs reporters at a press conference near Peachland, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Glen Burgess, the Incident Commander for the Okanagan complex of the B.C. Wildfire Service stands next to a controlled burn on the hills above Peachland, B.C. The burn was part of a demonstration of aerial ignition technology that was used to merge the Munro Lake and Mount Eneas wildfires, burning south of Peachland, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
A member of the Peachland Fire Rescue Service debriefs after returning from fighting the Mt. Eneas wildfire near Peachland, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
A member of the Peachland Fire Rescue service washes his vehicle after returning from fighting the Mt. Eneas Wildfire, burning near Peachland, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Forestry worker Kiyo Elkuf lights a controlled fire to clear brush from the forest floor near Harrop, B.C. Fires like this one are preventative and part of wildfire fuel mitigation. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
A forestry worker clears brush, while the other burns it behind him. The two are participating in wildfire fuel mitigation and stand on the front lines of the battle against climate change. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Two elderly residents of Nelson, B.C., protest for funding for extended home care outside of the office of MLA Michelle Mungall. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Members of the Jewish community of the West Kootenay gather in Nelson, B.C., to celebrate Chanukah, the festival of lights. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train arrives in Nelson, B.C., on the year of Canada’s centennial. A trans-continental railway was a key factor in Canada’s birth as a nation in 1867. (Jake Sherman/Nelson Star)
Colleen Burke takes in her morning cup of coffee as she waits for Whitewater Ski Resort to open for the season in Nelson, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Stephanie Trinker walks the runway during Revelstoke, B.C.’s annual 'Trashion' show. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
The executive director of the Revelstoke Women’s Shelter, Lynn Loeppky, addresses about 60 people at Grizzly Plaza after leading a march in solidarity with women who have been the victims of physical and sexual abuse. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
X Games gold medalists Cody Matechuk and Brock Hoyer de-brief after a hot lap on the Revy Riders snow bike track near Revelstoke, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
James Cherry thinks the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) is not doing enough to encourage farm production. On March 15 he voiced his opinion as part of a public forum held on the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) at the Revelstoke Community Centre. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
Syrian Refugee Sam Aiden serves a traditional Syrian dish to Bill Shuttleworth and Beth Purcer at the Revelstoke United Church. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
Rocco Zapote attends a recreational therapy session at the Mt. Cartier Residential Care facility in Revelstoke, B.C. Zapote lives with Dementia. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
Aaron Davidson turned a nerdy obsession with a cult diet into a million dollar Revelstoke based startup. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
Following her cancer diagnosis, Michelle Cole decided to walk across Europe. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
Rhys Dixon waits for mom to finish her debrief with Revelstoke Search and Rescue during a public forum at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
Sam Larson, 13, was one of 13 Revelstokians who competed at the BC Winter Games in Kamloops, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
After more than 20 years on the force, Revelstoke Fire Chief Rob Girouard hung up his helmet in March 2018. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
Linda Dickson poses with a collaged Kokanee Salmon made by one of her students at Begbie View Elementary in Revelstoke, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Mountaineer)
The Courthouse in Nelson, B.C., where the extinct status of the Sinx't first Nation was overturned in 2017. (Jake Sherman/Alternatives Journal)
Freeride coach Gabriella Garducci pumps up her athlete before they drop in for their first run at a two star IFSA freeride competition at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
A competitor prepares to drop in for their run during a two star IFSA junior freeride event at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
Revelstoke Mountain Resort Ski Patroller Elliot “Moose” Brooks watches as competitors push themselves during a two star IFSA freeride ski competition at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
A member of the Junior B Kimberley Dynamiters and Revelstoke Grizzlies exchange pleasantries before the puck drops for game six of the KIJHL championship. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
KIJHL coach of the year Ryan Parent gathers his players for a time-out in the dying seconds of game six of the KIJHL championship final. (Jake Sherman/the Revelstoke Review)
Once a model of modernist architecture, street artists have turned the abandoned Mt. St. Francis residential care facility into a work of modern art. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Once a model of modernist architecture, street artists have turned the abandoned Mt. St. Francis residential care facility into a work of modern art. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Once a model of modernist architecture, street artists have turned the abandoned Mt. St. Francis residential care facility into a work of modern art. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Once a model of modernist architecture, street artists have turned the abandoned Mt. St. Francis residential care facility into a work of modern art. (Jake Sherman/the Nelson Star)
Caroll Linnitt is an investigative journalist and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Victoria who studies the Apocalypse. (Jake Sherman/the Ring)
Chorong Kim and her father convocated together in December 2018. Chorong graduated with an M.A., and her father graduated with a Ph.D. (Jake Sherman/the Ring)
Audience members engage with Harry Swain, who’s been critical of the B.C. Government’s Site C Dam Project, after he spoke on a panel on the environment in Victoria, B.C. Swain was formerly the deputy minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, and the deputy minister of industry. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Audience members engage with Harry Swain, who’s been critical of the B.C. Government’s Site C Dam Project, after he spoke on a panel on the environment in Victoria, B.C. Swain was formerly the deputy minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, and the deputy minister of industry. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
Harry Swain speaks out against the Site C Dam at an event in Victoria, B.C. Swain was previously the deputy minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, and the deputy minister of Industry. (Jake Sherman/the Narwhal)
In the days following a deadly attack in Pittsburgh that took the lives of 11 Jews, the honourable MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May attended a Kristallnacht remembrance event at Congregation Emanu-El in Victoria, B.C. (Jake Sherman/the Globe and Mail)