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Avalanche Canada Receives $325,000 from the Trust
March 5, 2015 • 2 minutes

Avalanche Canada Receives $325,000 from the Trust

Two-year support to go toward increasing public avalanche safety Avalanche Canada is receiving $325,000 over two years from Columbia Basin Trust to help it continue its work of increasing public […]

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Projects Support Social Well-Being in the Columbia Basin
March 11, 2015 • 4 minutes

Projects Support Social Well-Being in the Columbia Basin

28 projects receive support from the Trust’s Social Grants Twenty-eight projects that support social well-being have been approved to receive over $1.3 million in funding through Columbia Basin Trust’s Social […]

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More Affordable Housing Coming to East Kootenay
March 11, 2015 • 2 minutes

More Affordable Housing Coming to East Kootenay

Renovations are under way at Lilac Terrace, which will provide an additional 12 units of affordable housing for seniors with low to moderate incomes in Sparwood. The project is being […]

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Successful Climate Change Program Wraps up
March 17, 2015 • 3 minutes

Successful Climate Change Program Wraps up

Communities Adapting to Climate Change Initiative makes way for new programming Since 2008, communities throughout the Columbia Basin have been planning for a changing climate with help from the Trust’s […]

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Columbia Basin Trust Welcomes Five New Directors
March 19, 2015 • 2 minutes

Columbia Basin Trust Welcomes Five New Directors

New faces, new Vice-Chair on Trust Board Columbia Basin Trust welcomes five new members to its Board of Directors and recognizes the contributions of the departing directors. It also wishes […]

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Waneta Expansion Project Is Now Generating Clean, Renewable, Cost Effective Power
April 2, 2015 • 4 minutes

Waneta Expansion Project Is Now Generating Clean, Renewable, Cost Effective Power

The Waneta Expansion Limited Partnership (WELP), a partnership between Fortis Inc., Columbia Power Corporation and Columbia Basin Trust, announced today that the Waneta Expansion Project near Trail is now online […]

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New Resource for Sport and Physical Activity in the Region
April 9, 2015 • 3 minutes

New Resource for Sport and Physical Activity in the Region

The Trust and ViaSport are providing $1.1 million People engaged in sport and physical activity in the Columbia Basin can look forward to improved support through the newly formed PacificSport […]

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Keeping it Rural Conference 2015
April 14, 2015 • 1 minute

Keeping it Rural Conference 2015

Apply now to be one of twelve residents, sponsored by Columbia Basin Trust, to attend. The Keeping it Rural Conference will be held on May 26 – 28, 2015 at […]

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Rossland a Step Closer to Offering Broadband
April 16, 2015 • 2 minutes

Rossland a Step Closer to Offering Broadband

Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation working to bring fibre optics into the city A high-speed fibre optic network may soon be coming to Rossland thanks to help from the Columbia Basin […]

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See What Your Community Said
April 17, 2015 • 2 minutes

See What Your Community Said

Summaries of Columbia Basin Trust’s Our Trust, Our Future process now available From September 2014 to February 2015, Columbia Basin Trust visited communities throughout the Basin to ask residents what’s […]

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Projects Approved for Environment Grants – And More Are Invited to Apply
May 6, 2015 • 3 minutes

Projects Approved for Environment Grants – And More Are Invited to Apply

Columbia Basin Trust program helps the environment Thirty-nine projects have recently been granted a combined total of over $1.3 million from Columbia Basin Trust’s Environment Grants. Funds are also currently […]

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First Projects to Help Fish and Wildlife Under New Plan
May 12, 2015 • 3 minutes

First Projects to Help Fish and Wildlife Under New Plan

More than $500,000 in Funding Announced The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) and Columbia Basin Trust (the Trust) have approved 11 fish and wildlife projects that will help conserve […]

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Hart, Kathleen

Communications Coordinator
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