Category: Basin Stories - Page 20 - Columbia Basin Trust

Basin Stories

January 4, 2023 • 3 minutes

A Sparkling New Career for a Young Creative

Kat Cadegan Jewellery is going through a growth spurt.

Basin Stories

November 22, 2022 • 5 minutes

Golden’s Whitetooth Brewery Crafts Bright Future

Whitetooth Brewing Company doesn’t just have smooth beer — they’re looking ahead at smooth growth and a 25% increase in production versus last year, thanks to the RevUp program.

Basin Stories

December 20, 2022 • 2 minutes

Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi ’it Improves its Wildfire-fighting Capabilities

To mitigate the wildfire risk situation, in spring 2022 Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi ’it hired Wildfire Response Coordinator Brett Uphill. The latest step has been to purchase the gear and equipment the firefighters require, from jackets and helmets to a portable wildfire tank and hoses.

Basin Stories

December 20, 2022 • 4 minutes

Nature Richly on Display on Salmo Community Building

A playful mural highlights the surrounding environment.

Basin Stories

January 11, 2023 • 5 minutes

Insulation business finds solutions through RevUp program

Over the course of eight months in 2020, President Jesse Ewing and Vice-President Greg Kreutz participated in Basin RevUp, Columbia Basin Trust’s advanced business accelerator program that supports high-achieving companies poised for rapid growth.

Basin Stories

January 25, 2023 • 4 minutes

A Landscape Architecture Firm Grows

With the support of the Trust's Career Internship Program, Jason Jones hired Elizabeth Lyle to strengthen and grow his landscape architecture business in Golden, BC.

Basin Stories

February 8, 2023 • 3 minutes

Kimberley Commercial Kitchen Builds Community

Since opening its doors in 2018, Healthy Kimberley’s Food Recovery Depot has recovered over 315,000 pounds of food, 85% of which has been used to create over 25,000 frozen meals distributed to Kimberley residents in need.

Basin Stories

February 14, 2023 • 3 minutes

Basin Residents Invited to Share Input on Future of Region

Trust starting community engagement in April; residents asked to imagine their future Columbia Basin Trust (the Trust) is inviting you to have your say about the future of the region. You […]

Basin Stories

March 3, 2023 • 3 minutes

Valemount Program Gets Local Youth Outdoors

Robson Valley Community Services recently launched Valemount Youth Wilderness Initiative, a program that focuses on youth building resiliency and positive self-image, while fostering community and collaboration with local Indigenous groups.

Basin Stories

March 3, 2023 • 3 minutes

A Food Bank Grows Wisely

Columbia Valley Food Bank staff turned to the Trust's Non-profit Advisors Program for support in strategic planning and goal-setting.

Basin Stories

March 29, 2023 • 6 minutes

Expert Team Leaps into Action to Protect Endangered Leopard Frogs

The Ktunaxa Nation Council partnered with the Government of British Columbia, Columbia Basin Trust, Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society and Yaqan Nuʔkiy (Lower Kootenay Band) to successfully manage the bullfrog population through a three-year project.

Basin Stories