With a nod to the highly-successful Big Rock Brewery Film Festival’s ‘Eddies’ awards, the Craft Brews of the Columbia Basin (CBCB) Film Competition was developed…
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Temporary shelters opening in Cranbrook and Trail
People in need of a warm, safe place to go during the months ahead will have access to additional emergency shelter spaces through the provincial…
Army Reserve conducts weekend training exercise
Soldiers of the local 44 Engineer Squadron conducted a four-day training exercise in the Trail area from Oct. 19-24 involving more than 50 participants from…
Local author to share about sexual assault, PTSD and recovery
September book tour to hit six locales First-time author D. M. Ditson of Invermere will launch her award-winning memoir Wide Open with a book launch and…
Paranoid, anti-CO2 policies will destroy our economy
Letter to the Editor The following is a copy of a letter sent through Canada Post to the Leader of the Official Opposition, The Honourable…
HIV tests now part of most ED blood work
Since December 2018, when people come in to Interior Health emergency departments and require diagnostic blood work, an HIV test may be included. Provincial testing guidelines encourage…
Trust increases support for farmers’ markets program
Farmers’ markets are an important way of connecting Columbia Basin residents with the products of local farmers. Columbia Basin Trust (Trust) is increasing access to…
Will conference challenge govt’s climate change policies?
Letter to the Editor From June 4-6, Trail will be hosting a Clean Energy conference with B.C.’s leader of the Green Party invited as a…
More affordable housing options coming soon
The Trust supports five projects with $1.5 million to build 118 new units Columbia Basin Trust is providing nearly $1.5 million to help build 118…
Trust partners with Kootenay colleges
$6 million to innovate and enhance college experience A new $6-million partnership between Columbia Basin Trust, College of the Rockies and Selkirk College will work toward…