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College of the Rockies upgrades fitness equipment
Recent upgrades to the College of the Rockies gym in Cranbrook helps students with more than just fitness.
Forging a bright future
The Selkirk College Blacksmithing and Metal Art Program received a recent upgrade with the installation of four new state-of-the-art forges.
A college gets mobile
In an effort to elevate and diversify the college experience for students, College of the Rockies introduced an innovative mobile classroom in 2023.
Literacy: It’s more than reading and writing
Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) delivers literacy programming across the Basin for all ages. Included in the programming, CBAL’s digital programs are teaching seniors about connecting through social media, how to navigate online forms and more.
A beekeeper sweetens her skills
Business advisory services educate entrepreneurs, including this apiarist who keeps about 400 colonies of bees which produce award-winning honey in the Creston area.
Building wildfire resilience
Communities throughout the Columbia Basin do amazing work advancing the well-being of their spaces and people in the face of climate change. Here are a few great examples of what communities have achieved.
Tending campsites and trails while strengthening their futures
Over five years, the program has created 66 jobs in the Basin, covering four recreation districts, and overseeing 557 recreation sites and hundreds of kilometers of trail.
Beef business booms in Jaffray
Jaffray’s Bolen Livestock brings local food to the South Country and with support from the Trust’s Food Producer Wage Subsidy, the family business is growing in new directions.
Educational wildfire films create new jobs
The Harrop‐Procter Community Co‐operative created four educational films on wildfire risk reduction with the goal of attracting and keeping the interest of an audience spanning the entire province of BC and beyond, all while creating jobs for professionals in the arts sector.
