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Salmo Ski Hill: a beacon of affordable winter fun
January 23, 2024 • 3 minutes

Salmo Ski Hill: a beacon of affordable winter fun

Recent energy retrofit upgrades at the Salmo Ski Hill lodge and patrol building, breathe new life into original structures from the 1960s and enhance energy efficiency to cut operational costs.

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The Heart: a welcoming place for East Shore residents 
January 30, 2024 • 4 minutes

The Heart: a welcoming place for East Shore residents 

Now a community-purpose building, The Heart is at the centre of the Boswell’s community life, welcoming residents to meetings, events, workshops, programs, performances, and readings as well as providing a small museum and library.

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Valemount’s new bus keeps the community rolling
February 6, 2024 • 4 minutes

Valemount’s new bus keeps the community rolling

The Valemount Community Bus Society recently invested in a new passenger bus that is now on the move, connecting seniors, youth, and children to the places and outings they love.

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Educational wildfire films create new jobs
February 14, 2024 • 4 minutes

Educational wildfire films create new jobs

The Harrop‐Procter Community Co‐operative created four educational films on wildfire risk reduction with the goal of attracting and keeping the interest of an audience spanning the entire province of BC and beyond, all while creating jobs for professionals in the arts sector.

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Promoting safety, independence and calm
February 20, 2024 • 4 minutes

Promoting safety, independence and calm

New amenities like loungers and an entranceway shoe rack are helping to make an environment that's cozier and calmer while supporting comfort, safety and healthy childhood development.

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A mushroom enthusiast grows his business
February 27, 2024 • 4 minutes

A mushroom enthusiast grows his business

Accessing the Trust's Food Producer Wage Subsidy Program has helped Robin Mercy of Mr. Mercy's Mushrooms in Kaslo hire the people he needs to meet a growing demand for his locally grown delicacies.

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Beef business booms in Jaffray
March 19, 2024 • 4 minutes

Beef business booms in Jaffray

Jaffray's Bolen Livestock brings local food to the South Country and with support from the Trust's Food Producer Wage Subsidy, the family business is growing in new directions.

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Barks & Recreation: learning new tricks for success
March 26, 2024 • 4 minutes

Barks & Recreation: learning new tricks for success

Barks and Recreation has provided the Trail area with pet services for more than a decade. Their recent completion of the Trust's RevUp program has them poised to continue growing as a small business.

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Tending campsites and trails while strengthening their futures
April 5, 2024 • 3 minutes

Tending campsites and trails while strengthening their futures

Over five years, the program has created 66 jobs in the Basin, covering four recreation districts, and overseeing 557 recreation sites and hundreds of kilometers of trail.

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Getting energized – smartly
April 10, 2024 • 4 minutes

Getting energized – smartly

We need healthy food to eat and affordable housing to live in. We need services that help us live our best lives. At the same time, we need to consider how we can reduce our contributions to climate change and adapt to the shifts to come.

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Curtailing food waste while taking a bite out of climate change 
April 17, 2024 • 5 minutes

Curtailing food waste while taking a bite out of climate change 

Many organizations have implemented projects to reduce food waste and divert it from the landfill, check out some of these stories.

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Building wildfire resilience 
April 25, 2024 • 6 minutes

Building wildfire resilience 

Communities throughout the Columbia Basin do amazing work advancing the well-being of their spaces and people in the face of climate change. Here are a few great examples of what communities have achieved. 

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