Application forms for popular Summer Works Program available Feb. 21 If you own a small business in the Basin, you can get financial help to hire a student over the summer by applying for a wage subsidy from Columbia Basin […]
Climbing Wall To Receive $20,000
The Kootenay Climbing Association is pleased to announce that Columbia Basin Trust has approved $20,000 for a new climbing gym at Selkirk College’s 10th Street Campus through their Community Development Program. “This grant pushes us through the crux of our […]
New Family Law Support Program Up and Running
West Kootenay residents who can’t afford a lawyer and are navigating the family law system on their own are invited to access a new resource: the Family Law Support Program. Run by the Advocacy Centre in Nelson, this free program […]
Projects Benefit Youth In The Basin
15 projects to receive support from the Trust’s Youth Grants Program Fifteen projects that benefit Basin youth were recently approved to receive funding through Columbia Basin Trust’s Youth Grants Program. The projects will receive a total of $107,400. “Applicants submitted […]
100 Years and Beyond
In 1913, Monrad Wigen started a small box factory near Creston, in Wynndel. One hundred years later, Wigen’s descendants are still operating Wynndel Box & Lumber, making it the oldest family-owned lumber mill in BC and—with over 100 employees—one of […]
Expansion on the Horizon
Taghum Stop is a gas bar, convenience store and liquor agency that serves the people who live near and travel the highway west of Nelson. In operation since the mid-1950s, the stop has been owned by three brothers since 1996—brothers […]