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January 17, 2019 • 1 minute

Get a Head Start on your Summer Works Application

Columbia Basin Trust’s Summer Works program helps small businesses meet their seasonal employment needs and helps students gain meaningful work experience. Summer Works provides wage subsidies to hire full-time high […]

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January 18, 2019 • 3 minutes

Opportunity Knocks for Fernie Business

Started out of their barn by the Pask family in 2003, Fernie Brewing Co. was the little business that could.

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January 18, 2019 • 2 minutes

Arts and Culture Grants Now Available

Artists in all disciplines—as well as arts and culture organizations—are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Arts and Culture Program on […]

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January 24, 2019 • 3 minutes

Get up to $25,000 to Hire an Intern

Columbia Basin Trust program helps businesses create and retain jobs Is your business growing or succession planning? Columbia Basin Trust’s Career Internship Program may be able to help meet your […]

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January 28, 2019 • 3 minutes

Trust, Columbia Power Purchase Waneta Expansion

Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Power Corporation announced today they have entered into an agreement with Fortis Inc. to purchase its 51 per cent interest in the Waneta Expansion hydroelectric […]

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February 1, 2019 • 5 minutes

Behind the Walls

“It’s all behind-the-walls stuff. It’s not something you see, but something you feel,” says Peter Schalk, Board Chair of the Cranbrook Community Theatre Society.

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February 1, 2019 • 2 minutes

New Partnership to Improve Quality of On-Reserve Homes

Shuswap Indian Band, Tobacco Plains Indian Band, Akisq’nuk and ʔaq̓am Community are working with BC Housing on a new project to improve the quality of on-reserve homes in the East […]

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February 5, 2019 • 3 minutes

Trust Announces Board Changes

Jensen reappointed Chair, Carver new Vice-Chair, plus three new and returning directors Columbia Basin Trust is announcing changes to its Board of Directors. Rick Jensen has been reappointed to the […]

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February 6, 2019 • 2 minutes

Optimism in the Face of Challenge

Embarking on an educational journey takes a large dose of determination to be successful. Pushing off on a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing pathway as a single mom with a three-year-old daughter requires resolve and courage.

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February 7, 2019 • 3 minutes

New Centre Will Bring ʔaq̓am Community Together

From a new gymnasium to a new gas station, several recent developments are positively impacting the ʔaq̓am community. The latest is a new Health and Wellness Centre, which will house health practitioners and activities, plus serve as the heart of the community and provide new wellness programs. The centre is being built with $140,000 in support from Columbia Basin Trust.

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