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Community Hub Gets a Boost
August 11, 2021 • 2 minutes

Community Hub Gets a Boost

Jaffray's Community Hall has been welcoming people inside since 1939. Now, it has a new spacious timber-frame gazebo for outdoor events.

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Creating Jobs While Focusing on Wildfire Reduction
July 21, 2021 • 5 minutes

Creating Jobs While Focusing on Wildfire Reduction

16 projects receive $1.7 million through Columbia Basin Trust and the Province Wildfire prevention is increasingly required in communities across the Basin. Thanks to a partnership between the Province of […]

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RevUp Program Helps Thriving Architectural Firm Design Custom Growth Plan
July 14, 2021 • 5 minutes

RevUp Program Helps Thriving Architectural Firm Design Custom Growth Plan

Designing Resiliency from the ground up.

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A Smooth Start to a Hazard-focused Career
July 7, 2021 • 4 minutes

A Smooth Start to a Hazard-focused Career

Dynamic Avalanche, based in Revelstoke, hires an intern with the right set of skills.

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TEETH Puts Smile On Recipients’ Faces
June 16, 2021 • 4 minutes

TEETH Puts Smile On Recipients’ Faces

A non-profit organization provides dental care in the West Kootenay/Boundary region for low-income residents.

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A Revamped Bookstore Continues to Deliver Whimsy
June 11, 2021 • 4 minutes

A Revamped Bookstore Continues to Deliver Whimsy

Cranbrook's community bookstore, Huckleberry Books, adapts to change.

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Scholarship Supports Student Dreams and Career Aspirations
June 10, 2021 • 5 minutes

Scholarship Supports Student Dreams and Career Aspirations

2021 Neil Muth Memorial Scholarship recipients announced Four students in the Columbia Basin who have shown perseverance and triumphed over adversity are the recipients of financial support to advance their […]

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122 New Affordable Housing Units Coming to the Basin
June 4, 2021 • 1 minute

122 New Affordable Housing Units Coming to the Basin

Updated September 28, 2021 Trust Providing $3 Million Toward 122 New Affordable Housing Units in Aq’am, Fruitvale, Kaslo, New Denver, Sparwood and Valemount “The Trust is thrilled to partner with […]

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Building homes the thinkBright way
June 4, 2021 • 4 minutes

Building homes the thinkBright way

thinkBright Homes hires an apprentice to help build eco-friendly homes.

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Affordable rental building opening in Nelson
May 31, 2021 • 2 minutes

Affordable rental building opening in Nelson

Families, seniors and people with disabilities with low to moderate incomes in Nelson are moving into 43 affordable rental homes, with the first affordable housing project opening in the community in […]

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Fibre Optic Projects Underway
May 31, 2021 • 2 minutes

Fibre Optic Projects Underway

Construction is underway on two fibre optic projects that will expand the Trust’s regional broadband network by 185 km and greatly improve connectivity in Slocan Valley and South Country. These […]

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Kootenay families to benefit from new child care spaces
May 26, 2021 • 1 minute

Kootenay families to benefit from new child care spaces

More parents in the Kootenays will be able to return to work, go back to school or pursue other opportunities as the Province and the Trust invest in new, licensed child care spaces, about 50 of which are expected to open in the fall. The Province is supporting three projects to create 125 new licensed child care spaces in Trail, Fernie and Elkford. The Trust is a partner on projects in Trail and Elkford.

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