A Catalyst for Economic Growth
Brian Fry was a Rossland tech entrepreneur who was looking to bring his latest tech-based enterprise to life. Pilar Portela was the CEO of a tech company in Kelowna and fell in love with the Basin…
Region: Southwest Region
Connecting Kootenay Lake
The lakes and rivers of the Columbia Basin have connected the people of our region for centuries.
Slocan Steps Forward for Seniors
Through sunshine and drizzle, 91-year-old Lydia Kania was quick with the smiles as she hiked the Slocan Valley Rail Trail. For three days in fall 2016, she and about 90 other participants hiked or biked 47…
2017 Snapshots
Residents of Meadowbrook near Kimberley banded together to protect the area surrounding Cherry Creek Falls.
Live, Work and Play
It’s easy to fall in love with the Columbia Basin. You may have lived here all your life. You may have left for a while and been drawn back. You may have arrived as a tourist…
Order Out of Chaos
SOAHC Estate Wines Business Manager Trent Winterhalder admits that growing grapes according to biodynamic principles can sort of “make it sound as though we’re into New Age stuff, but we’re not.” In fact, Winterhalder and General…
Our Climate is Changing
“When you talk to old-timers, they’ll tell you how the snowbanks used to be higher and winters colder. It’s true—they were. I don’t think a lot of people truly understand the magnitude of the changes we…
2016 Snapshots
Restoring a Tradition Opened in 1898, St. Eugene Church near Cranbrook is one of the few late-Victorian wooden churches remaining in BC, complete with a towering steeple, buttressed corners, hand-cut shingles and stained glass windows from…
2015 Snapshots
Get Intimate with Your Watershed Delivered by Wildsight, the Trust’s Know Your Watershed program teaches grade eight students where their community’s water comes from, how it’s treated and where it goes—and has reached almost 3,100 students…
Putting Youth in the Driver’s Seat
Small-town living, for all its wonderful attributes, can leave the calendars of youth a little lacking in social life, extracurricular activities and opportunities. But in New Denver, the historic and picturesque community of 600 on the…
