Feeding Families, Reducing Food Waste

Feeding Families, Reducing Food Waste

More people in the Columbia Basin will have better access to nutritious food and healthy meals as ten food recovery projects move forward to reduce food waste and help families meet their basic needs. These projects are receiving over $440,000 from Columbia Basin Trust.

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Fostering Connections to Strengthen Well-Being

Fostering Connections to Strengthen Well-Being

Seventeen projects across the Columbia Basin will help address social isolation, increase meaningful connections and reduce barriers to accessing services with over $522,000 from Columbia Basin Trust.

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Public Spaces Add State-of-the-Art Technology

Public Spaces Add State-of-the-Art Technology

Access to state-of-the-art technology can spark opportunities to learn, connect and bring creative ideas to life. Nine communities in the Columbia Basin will soon have new digital equipment, software and other technologies that people can use for free to enhance their digital literacy and get creative. These purchases are being made with support of over $613,000 from Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Technology Program.

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Improving Internet Access for Basin Residents

Improving Internet Access for Basin Residents

Improved high-speed internet is on the way for 26 communities in the Basin, bringing people opportunities to learn, connect and better expand their businesses. The Province announced today $4.8 million […]

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More Affordable Housing Options Coming Soon

More Affordable Housing Options Coming Soon

Columbia Basin Trust is providing nearly $1.5 million to help build 118 new affordable housing units in in Cranbrook, Fernie, Nelson, Trail and Valemount.

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New affordable homes opening for families, seniors in Sparwood 

New affordable homes opening for families, seniors in Sparwood 

People in need of affordable housing in the Kootenay region will soon be moving into a new 30-unit apartment complex in Sparwood.  Located at 431 Pine Ave., Timbers Landing will […]

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Non-profits get climate-smart

Non-profits get climate-smart

29 projects receive support from Columbia Basin Trust Twenty-nine non-profit organizations in the Columbia Basin are undertaking projects to reduce their energy use, create fewer greenhouse gases and adapt to […]

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New Health Campus Opens in Nelson  

New Health Campus Opens in Nelson  

Columbia Basin Trust is proud to be a partner in bringing the new Nelson Community Health Campus to life, helping residents gain improved access to care close to home while […]

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Lab to Expand Innovation in Our Region

Lab to Expand Innovation in Our Region

Local entrepreneurs, students, academics and makers will be able to work with innovative materials, test out original products and get help bringing unique ideas and products to market at a new laboratory in Trail.

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Strengthening Opportunities for Youth

Strengthening Opportunities for Youth

New Basin Youth Network to increase support to young people in the Basin. Columbia Basin Trust is pleased to announce the formation of a Basin Youth Network. This network will […]

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Two, free entrepreneurial workshops this fall from Basin Business Advisors (BBA)

Two, free entrepreneurial workshops this fall from Basin Business Advisors (BBA)

BBA launches their Succession Planning Workshop and brings back their Social Enterprise Workshop. Are you a small business owner, thinking about retiring or selling your business in the future? Learn […]

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Request for Expressions of Interest for ISPs

Request for Expressions of Interest for ISPs

Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC) has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for ISPs interested in providing and improving Internet services in rural and remote areas of the […]

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