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Basin Stories: Local by Name and Experience

Posted: 
Feb 01, 2022

It doesn’t get much more local than knowing the name of the person who grows your produce or raises your poultry or beef, and Fernie’s new food store is making that connection for customers.

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CBT, Columbia Basin Trust, support local, Local store, Fernie BC

New and Improved Ways to Enjoy the Outdoors

Posted: 
Feb 01, 2022

People looking for ways to enjoy the Columbia Basin’s great outdoors will soon have even better options thanks to upcoming projects focused on activities like building new trails, enhancing existing ones or strengthening amenities and trailhead facilities. Columbia Basin Trust is supporting 22 new trail improvement projects in 18 Basin communities.

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Columbia Basin Trust, Fernie BC, Outdoors, Exercise, family fun

Improving Accessibility and Safety on The Trails

Posted: 
Dec 31, 2021

In the last year, community groups across the Basin undertook 25 new projects that rehabilitate, enhance or develop recreational trails.

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Columbia Basin Trust, community, trails, Outdoors, accessibility

Columbia Basin Trust Welcomes New Board Member

Posted: 
Dec 03, 2021

Columbia Basin Trust is pleased to welcome Betty Anne Marino to its Board of Directors. Marino, a nominee of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, joins the Board effective January 1, 2022 and will succeed Murray McConnachie whose term comes to an end on December 31, 2021.

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Columbia Basin Trust, community

New Affordable Rental Units in Fernie Take A Bite Out of The Housing Crunch

Posted: 
Nov 30, 2021

Forty-nine. For a small community like Fernie, 49 new affordable places to live is a significant number. “I’m hoping it will fill a lot of the need,” says Gayle Vallance, President of the Fernie Family Housing Society, which is leading the development.

With move-in anticipated for spring 2022, North End Court will include a 35-unit apartment building and 14-unit townhouse complex. Located near schools and the hospital, these will offer a range of sizes, from one to three bedrooms, geared for families, seniors and individuals with low to moderate incomes.

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Fernie BC, housing, Columbia Basin Trust, affordable housing

Funding Secured to Expand Broadband Network

Posted: 
Nov 28, 2021

Funding of $7.6 million has been secured to expand Columbia Basin Trust’s regional fibre optic network between Fruitvale and Nelson and between Kimberley and Wasa. Permitting and other pre-construction work on the projects will start soon, with support from federal, provincial and regional partners.

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Columbia Basin Trust, community, Fernie BC, technology

Fernie Businesses Featured in the #BuyBasin Festival

Posted: 
Nov 01, 2021

As the Columbia Basin Trust and partner FestivalSeekers moves into the last ten days of the popular #BuyBasin Festival, Fernie businesses are among the more than 100 businesses and performers taking the social media ‘stage’ showcasing the diversity and range of products and services we are so lucky to access in this region.

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#buybasin, Columbia Basin Trust, Small Business

Buying Local Made Easy Through Online Festival

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Sep 23, 2021

From touring a local restaurant to virtually exploring the workshop of a local artisan to seeing the latest in family fashion, the #BuyBasin Festival takes you live to local businesses around the Columbia Basin. Attendees will learn about the local goods and services offered right here in the region, and how to keep their spending power close to home.

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Columbia Basin Trust, Festivals, Fernie BC, FestivalSeekers, Business

#BuyBasin Festival

Event Date(s): 
Repeats every day until Wed Nov 10 2021.
Monday, October 18, 2021
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Friday, October 22, 2021
Saturday, October 23, 2021
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Friday, November 5, 2021
Saturday, November 6, 2021
Sunday, November 7, 2021
Monday, November 8, 2021
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

The Trust is excited to announce that the #BuyBasin Festival is back!

The #BuyBasin Festival will feature up to 100 local entrepreneurs, businesses and entertainers LIVE on social media promoting their products and services through storytelling.

Delivered by FestivalSeekers and supported by the Basin Business Advisors, the Festival includes free webinars and one-on-one coaching for businesses to improve their online presence to go LIVE during the festival and to ‘sustain the buzz’ afterwards.

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Columbia Basin Trust, Business, community, shop local, British Columbia

New Wage and Training Subsidies For Child Care Providers

Posted: 
Sep 19, 2021

Columbia Basin Trust is launching two new programs focused on improving the quality of child care and strengthening the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) workforce in the Columbia Basin with wage and training subsidies.

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Columbia Basin Trust, child care, Fernie BC, family