Category: Basin Stories - Page 28 - Columbia Basin Trust

Basin Stories

January 14, 2025 • 6 minutes

Basin communities embrace cross-country skiing

Check out this list of Nordic ski areas locals shared with us for inspiration on your next outdoor winter adventure.

Basin Stories

January 22, 2025 • 3 minutes

Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it adds affordable homes

Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it First Nation has built four duplexes that offer members the opportunity to return to their community, reconnect with family and embrace their land.

Basin Stories

January 28, 2025 • 4 minutes

CBAL helps families make literacy fun

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy supports the life-long literacy needs of Basin residents of all ages including special programming during Family Literacy Week.

Basin Stories

February 5, 2025 • 2 minutes

The joy of poi comes to Golden

A-Muse Troupe in Golden is helping to introduce community members to the performing art of poi, benefitting mind and body.

Basin Stories

February 12, 2025 • 4 minutes

Pursuing an education locally

Each year, the Trust's Columbia Basin Bursary Program helps students at Selkirk College, College of the Rockies and Okanagan College's Revelstoke campus reach their educational goals.

Basin Stories

February 19, 2025 • 2 minutes

Kaslo Thrift Store — Give a little, help a lot

The Kaslo Thrift store runs on community spirit, giving back to residents and local efforts year-round. Now with the addition of a solar array, insulation, new roof and other improvements to their critical storage outbuilding, volunteers can work comfortably while reducing operational costs.

Basin Stories

February 26, 2025 • 3 minutes

Families thrive in ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation and beyond

Free activities including outdoor adventures like fishing days and day hikes are connecting families while building community and relationships of support thanks to the ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation's Little Badgers Early Learning Centre.

Basin Stories

March 25, 2025 • 2 minutes

Pickleball popularity grows in Fruitvale

More people are picking up pickleball as their sport of choice. With support from the Trust and the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, Beaver Valley residents have more courts to play on.

Basin Stories

April 29, 2025 • 4 minutes

From Sandlot to Standout: McInnis Park Reimagined

Beaver Valley baseball teams rejoice with the completion of McInnis Park upgrades.

Basin Stories

May 7, 2025 • 4 minutes

Protecting Land and People: Wildfire Mitigation and Ecological Restoration in Moyie and Columbia Lake

Communities near Moyie and Columbia Lake are taking action to reduce wildfire risk and preserve ecosystems in new ways.

Basin Stories

May 23, 2025 • 3 minutes

Birch & Lace: Building a Purpose-Driven Business in Revelstoke

Sara Sansom, founder and director at Birch & Lace Hair Company in Revelstoke, recently bolstered her business knowledge by taking part in the Trust's Basin Business Advisors program.

Basin Stories