COVID-19

The Vogue Theatre Djonlich family, as featured in Kootenay Business Magazine, August 2018.

Businesses, social enterprises and the workforce in the Columbia Basin now have access to even more support to help them in these challenging times. In response to ongoing COVID-19-related developments—including the re-opening of many businesses—Columbia Basin Trust is expanding the ways it can help people and businesses move forward.

Photo: Gabi and her dog, Timbon. "I don't have many photos of myslef and I'm always carrying a camera."

My name is Gabriela Escobar Ari and I am a Canadian-Bolivian photographer. I started the Elk Valley Quarantine Journals.

Members of the Hosmer Fire Department responded to a quickly spreading grass fire in the Hosmer area this afternoon.

“In spite of the Provincial ban on open burning, a property owner was burning yard waste on his property,” explains Elk Valley and South Country Rural Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief Michael Hockley. “When we arrived on scene, the fire had spread into the grass and onto two adjacent properties. We were very lucky the situation wasn’t more serious and our firefighters did a good job of extinguishing the fire.” No structures were impacted by the fire.