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Agriculture Forum: Report and Next Steps
June 8, 2018 • 3 minutes

Agriculture Forum: Report and Next Steps

The 2018 Columbia Basin Agriculture Forum was successful in bringing the agricultural community together for two days of conversations, connections, networking, and hearing concerns and issues about market development. Important […]

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Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program Gets $100,000 Boost
June 11, 2018 • 3 minutes

Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program Gets $100,000 Boost

Trust support reduces wait lists, adds five new markets, feeds 225 more families Columbia Basin residents, local farmers and local farmers’ markets will all benefit from $100,000 for the BC […]

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Local Watershed Group Highlighted in New Report
June 12, 2018 • 2 minutes

Local Watershed Group Highlighted in New Report

Sailboats zip across the sparkling lake under a brilliant blue sky. Children burst from the waters with goosebumps on their arms. The skate blades of bundled-up families glide over the […]

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Basin Life 2018 Photo Contest
June 18, 2018 • 1 minute

Basin Life 2018 Photo Contest

The Basin Life 2018 photo contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone who submitted a photo!

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Basin Heritage Gains Ground on Many Fronts
June 20, 2018 • 4 minutes

Basin Heritage Gains Ground on Many Fronts

Columbia Basin Trust supports 42 heritage projects with over $2 million Heritage buildings, archives and museum artifacts are part of how communities in the Basin hold onto their histories. To […]

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Creston Landmark Gets New Lease on Life
June 20, 2018 • 3 minutes

Creston Landmark Gets New Lease on Life

Columbia Basin Trust purchases historically valuable grain elevators As you approach the town of Creston’s downtown core, two rare landmarks stand out: a pair of grain elevators over 80 years […]

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New Seniors Housing Comes to Cranbrook
June 21, 2018 • 3 minutes

New Seniors Housing Comes to Cranbrook

  Kootenay Street Village will include units for low-income seniors thanks to $3.2-million Trust grant Columbia Basin residents have said our region needs more affordable housing, including the people in […]

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Neil Muth Memorial Scholarship Recipients Announced
June 25, 2018 • 4 minutes

Neil Muth Memorial Scholarship Recipients Announced

Four students receive $3,000 to pursue educational dreams Four students from around the Basin will receive a Neil Muth Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship was established in 2017 by the Muth […]

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The Trust Increases Support For Short-Term Training
July 13, 2018 • 3 minutes

The Trust Increases Support For Short-Term Training

New bursary limit of up to $7,500 for training leading to specialized, high-demand jobs Sometimes, short-term training is all a person needs to be hired for the job. Yet some […]

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Young Agrarians Hire Basin Coordinator
July 17, 2018 • 2 minutes

Young Agrarians Hire Basin Coordinator

Are you a young farmer? Make connections in the Basin. Young farmers and new farmers of all ages can find support through the Young Agrarians network—and this support is now […]

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Trust and Red Mountain Constructing Hostel, Nowhere Special
July 17, 2018 • 3 minutes

Trust and Red Mountain Constructing Hostel, Nowhere Special

Columbia Basin Trust and RED Mountain constructing a modern hostel only minutes from the chairlift. (Rossland) – After a season of serious excitement, RED Mountain Resort, in partnership with Columbia […]

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Energy Retrofits for 32 Affordable Housing Buildings
July 26, 2018 • 3 minutes

Energy Retrofits for 32 Affordable Housing Buildings

$1.6 million in Trust grants will help improve over 600 units across the Basin Thirty-two buildings in 14 communities with over 600 affordable housing units will be more energy efficient […]

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Hart, Kathleen

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