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The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) provides advice to Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) with a youth perspective on a variety of issues facing today’s youth.

Armed with a Bachelor of Education degree from College of the Rockies, Danielle Rousseau begins a new career as a grade one teacher

Cranbrook Realtor Jason Wheeldon has been a Best of Business award winner for 15 years.

After 12 years as owner of Lotus Books, Joanne Bellanger has sold the store to Erin Dalton.

On October 1, 2012, the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group's Leo Baggio moved to Cranbrook to assume the position of GM at B104, The Drive and CJDR.

The Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce supports local businesses and residents with five initiatives, including a survey allowing businesses to clearly identify their challenges.

Karin Penner loves her job as manager of the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce. She has been in that position for 29 years and has seen a lot of growth in the business community.

The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group is pleased to announce an important management promotion from within the company.

A remarkable success story, born in the U.S., is moving north of the border to take root in the City of Cranbrook thanks to the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce.

Koocanusa Publications and Kootenay Business magazine publisher Keith Powell presented three College of the Rockies (COTR) students with a $1,500 scholarship each at a recent Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

College of the Rockies president and chief executive officer Dr. Nicholas Rubidge announced during the September 13, 2012 regular meeting of the College Board of Governors that he will retire from his position in July of 2013.

The busy Cranbrook “Strip” is now home to Kodiak Homes, a modular home dealership which was located west of the city near Moyie Lake for about a year.

A brand new building is being constructed in the Cranbrook Industrial Park called the Mosaic Building. It will be the home of the Key City Gymnastics Club which serves the Cranbrook and area.

Cranbrook mayor Wayne Stetski presented his first "state of the city" report at the September monthly meeting of the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce yesterday.

Bulk Barn bills itself as Canada’s largest bulk food retailer with over 200 stores across the country.

Bulk Barn is already here and Target is coming soon, making destination shopping a reality at Tamarack Centre.

With more than three decades in business, Cranbrook's Mitech team enjoys the challenge of keeping up with the technology.

Jamie Mackie, FirstOnSite district manager, said the company always watches for opportunities to grow. As gateway to the Kootenays, Cranbrook is a choice location for a branch of Canada’s largest independent restoration company.

Former Cranbrook residents Erin Dalton and her husband, Ferdy Balland, are coming home again.

This full-service cleaning company has expanded into Cranbrook.

The Regional District of East Kootenay has been undergoing construction to further improve its head office in Cranbrook.

It's time to celebrate at the Cranbrook Public Library as the library introduces seven-days-a-week opening.

With more than a century of service behind it, Falkins Insurance Group introduces Western Financial Group as its partner and eventual parent company. It's a win-win-win situation for customer, employee and employer.

Bruce Smith, dealer principal at Alpine Toyota in Cranbrook, B.C., talks about his vision for his business and his leisure-time interests.

Ron Schatschneider shares some of the things that inspire him and help him keep things in perspective.

Too few customers flying on Integra Air's flight from Cranbrook to Edmonton ultimately doomed the commuter flight, though the Lethbridge—based company hopes to re-enter the market in the future with a bigger plane which would land in Edmonton and carry on to Fort McMurray.

With work still to be done to complete the exterior of the building, the Kootenay Child Development Centre is fully occupied and provides a variety of services to Kootenay region children.

The Cranbrook/Kimberley Fall 2012 Continuing Education guide will soon be arriving in mailboxes throughout both communities.

The local ranchers contribute to the City of Cranbrook’s wastewater management program by harvesting crops and grazing their cattle on the grass so that it keeps growing and requires more effluent.

It may sound like a complicated process, but the City of Cranbrook’s wastewater treatment and redistribution system is actually quite simple.

The second phase of a multimillion-dollar infrastructure project to upgrade the City of Cranbrook’s existing wastewater treatment and spray-irrigation system is nearing completion.

Persist to the finish, in spite of obstacles is the life philosophy of Mike Burnham, owner of Cranbrook-based North American Home Inspections.

Helping her customers to memorialize significant life events is a pleasure for Heather Masich of Jewels on Ninth in Cranbrook, B.C.

Over 23 homes were sold at BC Rockies Multi-Family Home Development, located at Wildstone, Canada’s first Gary Player designed golf course.

Owned and operated by Darcy Bushko, SolComm Technologies Inc. is one of Cranbrook’s newest businesses.

Inland Kenworth of Cranbrook is expanding its footprint in the Cranbrook Industrial Park with an addition—which will bring it from its current 18,000 square feet to over 27,816 square feet.

The ambition project of refurbishing the heritage CPR train engine is shaping up nicely.

The Cranbrook Kia automotive dealership, which is owned and operated by well-known Kimberley businessman Jim Fugina, is undergoing a major facelift and complete renovations inside and out.

From Wednesday through Saturday, August 22-25, representatives from College of the Rockies will be at the Tamarack Centre Mall to answer questions from the public about its many programs and services.

Six South Korean officials from Wonju paid a visit to Cranbrook and environs with the future hope of building economic ties.

The City of Cranbrook has given the green light for a new dental office to be constructed at the corner of 2nd Street North and 12th Avenue North.

Nicole and Larry Leblond, owners of the Fisher Peak Art Gallery in Cranbrook, have announced that they are closing the gallery.

Renovations are now underway to enhance the Cranbrook Community Business and Visitor Hub.

Kootenay Granite Plus recently moved into a larger, custom-built facility at the north end of the Strip in Cranbrook.

The largest sports and entertainment venue in the Kootenays has a new name.

The St. Mary's Band, a Ktunaxa Nation Community, is seeing construction begin on its new school—the project should be completed by the start of school in September 2012.

The staff at FirstOnSite Restoration are pleased to announce the opening of their new branch in Cranbrook, B.C.

On July 27, 2012, the Kicking Horse Country transit service will come to an end.

Nupqu Development Corporation is expanding their services once again, as they have now entered into a partnership with Highland Powerlines of Kamloops, B.C.

Tipi Mountain Native Plant Nursery is a successful native plant nursery in the Kootenay region of B.C. Co-owned by Mike Keefer, the nursery grows and supplies native seedlings for mining companies and other clients to revegetate their disturbed sites.