CBT Donates $6 Million to Colleges

A new $6-million partnership between Columbia Basin Trust, College of the Rockies and Selkirk College will work toward shared priorities to enhance the quality, availability and uniqueness of the college experience for students.

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Search and Rescue needs Support

In our world, when something is on our radar, we drop everything, at any time of the day or night and in any weather to go deal with it. We are hoping our Finance Minister means the same.

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Projects to Get Kids Active

Children and youth will be growing their confidence and getting healthier thanks to 34 projects receiving over $500,000 from Columbia Basin Trust’s Basin PLAYS Capital Improvement Grants.

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Opinion: Fernie clear-cuts

I would caution the public to think about the repercussions of causing grief and bad publicity to these private companies that have the right to do log as they want as they might just stop all use of their lands.

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Fernie’s Public Safety Sector receives support

Through public safety programs, non-profit organizations provide emergency and lifesaving services including search and rescue activities, volunteer fire departments, emergency preparedness, community and restorative justice for people in this province.

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FSA Keeping Snowmobilers Happy

The Fernie Snowmobile Association has returned to their regularly scheduled grooming program. The Morrissey snowcat is back in action following […]

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CBT offers $25,000 to hire an Intern

This program helps create jobs and increases employment opportunities for recent college and university graduates, a workforce that is essential when it comes to meeting the Basin’s current and future business needs

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Faces & Places: John Bergenske

The Conservation Director for Wildsight moved to the East Kootenay from Wisconsin, USA in 1969 with the late great mountaineer and conservationist Art Twomey in search of a wild place to live.

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