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New candidate for Mayor of Kimberley announced.

Castlegar Chamber of Commerce held their annual Business Awards gala event earlier this spring.

Elizabeth Lake Lodge included in the Top 25 hotels in Canada for TripAdvisor's Best Service Category!

A healthy forest sector in British Columbia is vital to the economic and social fabric of the province.

Construction of the new Fernie Ford dealership in the Elk Valley is currently underway.

Colin Innes named as City of Nelson’s Director of Public Works and Utilities, long time engineer and his family relocating from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Dale Arsenault decided to reopen The Royal, a restaurant and music venue on Baker Street in Nelson, BC

Teck was recognized as one of the top corporations in Canada for both corporate citizenship and social responsibility in two separate sustainability rankings.

Kimberley's newest restaurant is getting set to open in late spring or early summer 2014.

Vista Radio, based in Castlegar, has rebranded their Mountain FM station into The GOAT.

Several students, family members and Ms. Difilippo, teacher at Selkirk Secondary School dedicated Saturday, May 24 to keeping their local watershed healthy.

Rebranding underscores unique collaborative leadership platform.

COTR Executive Director, International and Regional Development Patricia Bowron accepts the Gold Internationalization Excellence Award.

A Surrey-based company has purchased Meadow Creek Cedar’s long-idled sawmill at Cooper Creek.

Something new just hit the local radio airwaves in Nelson!

College of the Rockies’ Certified Dental Assistant program is marking a new milestone as students graduate from the program for the 30th year in a row.

Kootenay Business magazine is pleased to welcome Dianna Ducs and Shelley Adams

Cranbrook's newest ethic food establishment, the Pho Saigon Restaurant is now open.

Columbia Basin Trust commits $275,000 over three years to Invest Kootenay.

Freyja Lifestyle Fashion is setting up shop alongside Muriel and Jane’s General Store.

COTR Bachelor of Business Administration in Sustainable Business Practices student Asya Pavlova presented her findings

A renowned solar company based in Alberta, to deliver the project under an EPC/turnkey contract.

Teck is helping to raise awareness of breast cancer and its impact on the local community.

Draft Watershed Action Plan ready for public review now

Karina Brino, CEO Mining Association of BC to be guest speaker.

An automobile dealership group from Alberta has purchased the vacant building and will re-open it as another Mitsubishi auto dealership.

Creston to see increased Internet speeds and access to TELUS’ Optik TV by the end of this year.

“Deepening Community for Collective Impact”, a one day workshop hosted by Paul Born cofounder and President of Tamarack.

Public invited to regional meetings to coordinate operations to manage flood risk in the Kootenai River Basin

The development will see condos between 850 - and 1,600-square feet spread between three buildings on a 1.3 acre property.

$50,000 in support received from the Trust to help implement Selkirk's new Rural Pre-Medicine Program.

Groups seeking up to $10,000 may apply now

The new store is slated to be built near the existing Home Depot and Home Hardware buildings.

Perfection is the only word capable of describing Greywolf Golf Course.

Five-year plan shaped by input from Basin residents.

Nelson Chamber of Commerce held their annual Business Excellence Awards last month.

A development permit for a new hotel at Red Mountain was approved and issued.

Jemi Fibre based in Vancouver also recently acquired three wood manufacturing companies in the region.

City of Nelson and area received great exposure through a nice five page article and photo feature in the well-read magazine.

New veterinary facility under construction in the Columbia Valley set to open in the Fall 2014.

Cranbrook has seen 45 single family home sales within City limits compared to only 29 sales in the first quarter of 2013.

Wloka Farms is busy constructing a new fruit stand building with easy highway access.

Randy and Marci Halliday have opened up a brand new 2,000 square foot Pop Shoes franchise.

The Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity West Kootenay has approved the Berry family as the successful applicants for the first Habitat for Humanity home

Magnuson Hotels last week announced the complete rebranding of the Magnuson Hotel Creston in British Columbia.

Kevin and Sandy Smith recently changed the name of their business.

An agreement has been signed to offer a Solar Photovoltaic Design and Installation workshop at the College’s Gold Creek Campus.

President and CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce made a swing through the interior of BC.

Entrepreneurs Bradley Roulston and Ric Logtenberg of Time.ly took to the airwaves.

International conference that will take place in Spokane on October 21 to 23, 2014.