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Opening New Doors For Red Mountain Racers
March 15, 2018 • 3 minutes

Opening New Doors For Red Mountain Racers

New ski gate puts Red Mountain on the map for dual team events (Rossland) – Members of the 2018 Canadian Olympic ski team will be able to compete at Red […]

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Environmental Education Programs at Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area to Resume This Spring
March 21, 2018 • 2 minutes

Environmental Education Programs at Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area to Resume This Spring

Columbia Basin Trust provides $295,000 toward facilities and programming (Columbia Basin) – Environmental education and awareness programs at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area are going to continue under new […]

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New Student and Low-Income Housing Coming to Valemount
March 21, 2018 • 2 minutes

New Student and Low-Income Housing Coming to Valemount

The Government of British Columbia and Columbia Basin Trust are partnering with Valemount Affordable Rentals Society (VARS) to provide better affordable rental housing options for students and low-income people in […]

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Reducing the Risks and Effects of Wildfire
March 26, 2018 • 5 minutes

Reducing the Risks and Effects of Wildfire

Twenty communities focus on mitigating wildfire with over $800,000 from Columbia Basin Trust (Columbia Basin) – Wildfire can rapidly destroy homes, communities and lives. To brace against this danger—now becoming […]

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Mentors Inspire Youth
March 27, 2018 • 4 minutes

Mentors Inspire Youth

The Trust has partnered with JA British Columbia (JABC) to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit in local youth and inspire community mentors through Be Entrepreneurial. The program is facilitated by local business people who bring their expertise into the classroom at the invitation of a host teacher.

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Supporting Child Care Capacity in the Basin
March 27, 2018 • 1 minute

Supporting Child Care Capacity in the Basin

In 2017, the Trust launched the Child Care Support Program to help maintain and create child care spaces in the Basin. In the first year, the program distributed $1.2 million […]

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New Affordable Housing Coming to Shuswap Community
March 28, 2018 • 2 minutes

New Affordable Housing Coming to Shuswap Community

For the first time in 30 years, new housing is coming to the Shuswap community. The construction of two new duplexes is nearing completion at the Old Village Site and […]

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Taking Action on Climate Change
March 29, 2018 • 4 minutes

Taking Action on Climate Change

Columbia Basin Trust is supporting 12 climate action projects through the first year of its three-year Climate Action Program with $540,000. This support will help several communities in the Columbia […]

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Mentors Inspire Youth to be Entrepreneurial
April 9, 2018 • 4 minutes

Mentors Inspire Youth to be Entrepreneurial

Business professionals give back to their community by investing their time in young learners. The Trust has partnered with JA British Columbia (JABC) to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit in local […]

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Northern Kootenay Lake Ramps Up Its High-Speed Internet
April 12, 2018 • 4 minutes

Northern Kootenay Lake Ramps Up Its High-Speed Internet

Columbia Basin Trust uses underwater cable to connect rural communities to its broadband network It was a novel approach—looking at a 36-kilometre stretch of northern Kootenay Lake as an opportunity, […]

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Northern Kootenay Lake Ramps Up Its High-Speed Internet
April 12, 2018 • 4 minutes

Northern Kootenay Lake Ramps Up Its High-Speed Internet

Columbia Basin Trust uses underwater cable to connect rural communities to its broadband network It was a novel approach—looking at a 36-kilometre stretch of northern Kootenay Lake as an opportunity, […]

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Let’s do business together!
April 13, 2018 • 1 minute

Let’s do business together!

If you missed our webinar about the Trust’s Request for Expressions of Interest for Basin Business Opportunities, it is available here! If you have a business opportunity that will create […]

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Hart, Kathleen

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khart@ourtrust.org
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