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Basin Recreation Infrastructure Enhanced
September 2, 2016 • 4 minutes

Basin Recreation Infrastructure Enhanced

20 projects receive $1 million Twenty recreation projects encouraging active lifestyles are getting under way thanks to help from the Trust’s Recreation Infrastructure Grants program. New this year, the program […]

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2016 Snapshots
September 3, 2016 • 5 minutes

2016 Snapshots

Restoring a Tradition Opened in 1898, St. Eugene Church near Cranbrook is one of the few late-Victorian wooden churches remaining in BC, complete with a towering steeple, buttressed corners, hand-cut […]

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The Trust Grants $250,000 for Slocan Valley Recreation Project
September 12, 2016 • 2 minutes

The Trust Grants $250,000 for Slocan Valley Recreation Project

Thanks to a generous grant from the Columbia Basin Trust, recreational opportunities in the lower Slocan Valley will be improved and expanded for park and trail users. The Trust has […]

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Our Climate is Changing
September 18, 2016 • 5 minutes

Our Climate is Changing

“When you talk to old-timers, they’ll tell you how the snowbanks used to be higher and winters colder. It’s true—they were. I don’t think a lot of people truly understand […]

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A Strong Foundation
September 18, 2016 • 2 minutes

A Strong Foundation

Concrete and gravel are literally the raw materials upon which a modern town or city is built. From the foundation of your home to the layers of roadbed neatly graded […]

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Into the Woods
September 18, 2016 • 2 minutes

Into the Woods

Second-generation loggers Dennis and Brian Hoobanoff have seen quite a few changes in forest industry practices since their dad started cutting timber in the 1960s, and they say the changes […]

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Order Out of Chaos
September 18, 2016 • 2 minutes

Order Out of Chaos

SOAHC Estate Wines Business Manager Trent Winterhalder admits that growing grapes according to biodynamic principles can sort of “make it sound as though we’re into New Age stuff, but we’re […]

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Live, Work and Play
September 18, 2016 • 6 minutes

Live, Work and Play

It’s easy to fall in love with the Columbia Basin. You may have lived here all your life. You may have left for a while and been drawn back. You […]

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FWCP is Now Accepting Grant Applications for Fish & Wildlife Projects
September 19, 2016 • 3 minutes

FWCP is Now Accepting Grant Applications for Fish & Wildlife Projects

The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) is now accepting fish and wildlife grant applications for the coming year. Stewardship groups, First Nations, consultants, agencies or individuals are invited to […]

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Act Now to Save on High-speed Internet
September 27, 2016 • 3 minutes

Act Now to Save on High-speed Internet

Offer available to first 10 downtown Rossland businesses that sign up. Reap the benefits of super high-speed fibre-optic Internet! If you are one of the first ten businesses to sign […]

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Community Meeting in Edgewood
October 13, 2016 • 1 minute

Community Meeting in Edgewood

You’re Invited! Columbia Basin Trust is hosting a community meeting in Edgewood to have a conversation on the priorities that community members identified through the Our Trust, Our Future (OTOF) […]

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Breaking ground to build up Trail’s downtown
October 14, 2016 • 2 minutes

Breaking ground to build up Trail’s downtown

Participating in the ground breaking ceremony for the Trail Riverfront Centre on October 13 had special significance for Columbia Basin Trust president and CEO Neil Muth. He was born and […]

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Hart, Kathleen

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