Columbia Basin Trust

Supporting the ideas and efforts of the people in the Columbia Basin

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Local Watershed Group Highlighted in New Report

Sailboats zip across the sparkling lake under a brilliant blue sky. Children burst from the waters with goosebumps on their arms. The skate blades of bundled-up families glide over the ice. The East Kootenay’s Lake Windermere is a spectacular place […]

Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program Gets $100,000 Boost

Trust support reduces wait lists, adds five new markets, feeds 225 more families Columbia Basin residents, local farmers and local farmers’ markets will all benefit from $100,000 for the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets (BCAFM) Nutrition Coupon Program. Columbia Basin […]

Agriculture Forum: Report and Next Steps

The 2018 Columbia Basin Agriculture Forum was successful in bringing the agricultural community together for two days of conversations, connections, networking, and hearing concerns and issues about market development. Important issues and ideas were discussed at the Forum and these […]

Trust Announces Board Changes

The Trust thanks a departing director and welcomes a new one. Columbia Basin Trust is expressing its thanks to Laurie Page for her years of service on its Board of Directors and welcoming Carol Andrews as a new director. “It’s […]

Nine New Affordable Rental Units Under Construction in Creston

The Province and the Trust are partnering with the Kootenay Region Association for Community Living, to build and manage nine new affordable rental units in Creston designed for low-income adults with disabilities. “This project is part of the support we are […]

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Where is the Trust operating area?
Columbia Basin Trust is grateful to operate on the traditional territories of the Ktunaxa, Lheidli T’enneh, Secwépemc, Sinixt and Syilx Nations.