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Michelle Ford

MONTECRISTO: Beauty Feature

British Columbia’s Bountiful Beauty Resources

We’ve got some damn fine glacial clay here in British Columbia if you need a facial. Now, numerous B.C. companies are incorporating natural, local alternatives in lieu of the artificial and synthetic compounds that often make their way into our beauty regimes.

MONTECRISTO: Masa Shiroki

Artisan Sake Maker Masa Shiroki

Though his present operation is small, artisan sake maker Masa Shiroki’s dreams are supersized. He wants to grow sake-grade rice in Canada on a scale that would enable him to create jizake, or local sake, produced by his own land based winery.

MONTECRISTO: Steven Shearer

Artist Steven Shearer

When the National Gallery of Canada came knocking with an invitation for Steven Shearer to show his work at the 2011 Venice Biennale, the artist hesitated. It poses the question: you can take the boy out of the basement, but can you take the basement out of the boy?

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