Community Buildings Get Energized

Community Buildings Get Energized

Renewable energy upgrades in 16 community buildings will generate energy, increase energy efficiency and sustainability, and reduce energy costs. These projects are being realized with over $650,000 in support from Columbia Basin Trust’s Energy Sustainability Grants.

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Improving Internet Access for Basin Residents

Improving Internet Access for Basin Residents

Improved high-speed internet is on the way for 26 communities in the Basin, bringing people opportunities to learn, connect and better expand their businesses. The Province announced today $4.8 million […]

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Public Spaces Add State-of-the-Art Technology

Public Spaces Add State-of-the-Art Technology

Access to state-of-the-art technology can spark opportunities to learn, connect and bring creative ideas to life. Nine communities in the Columbia Basin will soon have new digital equipment, software and other technologies that people can use for free to enhance their digital literacy and get creative. These purchases are being made with support of over $613,000 from Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Technology Program.

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Improving Internet Access for Basin Residents

Improving Internet Access for Basin Residents

Improved high-speed internet is on the way for 26 communities in the Basin, bringing people opportunities to learn, connect and better expand their businesses. The Province announced today $4.8 million […]

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Trust helps RDCK to purchase lands around Cottonwood Lake

Trust helps RDCK to purchase lands around Cottonwood Lake

The Board of Directors of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) today approved the purchase of 21.6 hectares (ha) of private land around Cottonwood Lake that had been slated for logging by the private landowner. The purchase price is $450,000 for the purchase of timber on the property, plus closing costs, and the issuance of a tax receipt for the value of the land (without timber).

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Trust Supports More Affordable Housing at College of the Rockies

Trust Supports More Affordable Housing at College of the Rockies

Twice as many College of the Rockies students can rest their heads on more affordable, on-campus beds when a new student-housing complex opens in 2020. Six new cottage-style buildings will […]

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Fostering Connections to Strengthen Well-Being

Fostering Connections to Strengthen Well-Being

Seventeen projects across the Columbia Basin will help address social isolation, increase meaningful connections and reduce barriers to accessing services with over $522,000 from Columbia Basin Trust.

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Discuss the Future of the Columbia River

Discuss the Future of the Columbia River

Online registration is open for the Columbia Basin Transboundary Conference: One River, One Future, an international conference addressing key issues related to the future of the Columbia River, its ecosystem, management, and international implications.

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Get Outside! Increased Recreational Opportunities

Get Outside! Increased Recreational Opportunities

Trails connect our communities, take us to spectacular locations and provide fresh-air opportunities to get moving. Around the Columbia Basin, 29 projects will be adding to or improving the region’s trails, with over $484,000 in support from Columbia Basin Trust’s Trail Enhancement Grants.

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Valemount Mayor Joins Trust Board

Valemount Mayor Joins Trust Board

Valemount Mayor Owen Torgerson has been appointed to the Columbia Basin Trust Board of Directors.

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$6 Million to Innovate and Enhance College Experience

$6 Million to Innovate and Enhance College Experience

A new $6-million partnership between Columbia Basin Trust, College of the Rockies and Selkirk College will work toward shared priorities to enhance the quality, availability and uniqueness of the college experience for students.

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Projects Will Have Significant Positive Environmental Impacts

Projects Will Have Significant Positive Environmental Impacts

Five large-scale projects will be significantly improving ecosystem health in the Columbia Basin, bringing areas closer to their natural states and improving habitat for many species. The projects are being initiated and supported through Columbia Basin Trust’s (the Trust) Ecosystem Enhancement Program.

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