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The popular Canadian furniture chain, The Brick, has opened a new franchise outlet in Golden.

Anna Kowalski researcher with History Television’s hit show Canadian Pickers says the popular television series is headed to Cranbrook and area.

Heavy equipment is busy at the new Canadian Tire site near the crossroads in Invermere.

Castlegar is definitely seeing a mini construction boom these days. Projects include the new gaming facility near the airport, JJ Fashions, the recently completed City Furniture building and a revamp to Kalawsky GM.

Local involvement heats up as news of EKC’s upcoming branch in Sparwood spreads.

Faculty members of the School of Environment and Geomatics (formerly School of Renewable Resources) at Selkirk College have spent the last year re-designing curriculum in four environmental diploma programs. The new curriculum is ready for fall 2011.

The popular gift shop and gallery, Trickle Creek Gallery, located on Kimberley’s Wallinger Avenue is under new ownership.

In the wake of longtime employee Chris Andrews leaving Kootenay Rockies Tourism to become general manager of Wildstone Golf Course, Kootenay Rockies Tourism has announced two new appointments.

Selkirk College’s School of University Arts and Sciences, in partnership with the Anthropology Department at Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.), has provided an exciting opportunity for students to uncover their local history.

There are 12 communities employing Water Smart ambassadors this summer.

Trail’s newest car wash, the OK Car Wash, located at 8137 Old Waneta Road has been open for about six months now.

Selkirk College is hosting a special reunion on July 8, 9 and 10 at the Castlegar campus to celebrate 25 years of international education.

Integra Air touched down for its first commercial flight from Edmonton to Cranbrook at the Canadian Rockies International Airport on Wednesday, June 15, 2011.

Hats off to the directors, staff and management at the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce for being selected as Chamber of the Year 2011 by the BC Chamber of Commerce.

Manager Tim Harding and his staff at Trail’s Home Hardware recently celebrated an extensive store renovation with an official grand re-opening.

A leak at Teck Resource’s smelter in Trail is not expected to damage the environment or pose a risk to people, the company said this week.

Owner Steve Streloff of Kootenay Klothes Kloset Ltd—parent company of JJ Fashions in Castlegar and Trail—is currently constructing a new building on busy Highway 22 just south of Canadian Tire in Castlegar.

Renovations are ongoing at the Hotel Creston, home of Jimmy’s Pub and Grill.

Longtime Creston Valley business Orchard Valley Glass is building a new facility on the north side of Creston.

At the junction of Highways #3 and Highway 22 sits the brand new City Furniture building in Castlegar.

One of the best known and loved drinking establishments in the Kootenays is undergoing a major face lift—inside and out.

Affectionately known in Creston as the “Trump Tower,” a brand new, three-storey office complex—with 4,500 square feet per floor—is nearing completion.

One the Kootenays' best kept secrets is the Art Sutcliffe Field—more commonly known now as the Creston Valley Regional Airport.

The gaming centre project, worth more than $6.5 million, is well underway at the north end of the Castlegar airport.

The Kootenay Rockies just keep on growing. An exciting new Black Knight Design by Gary Player Design course, (the only one in Canada)—Wildstone in Cranbrook—opens for play June 1.

It may look like a vacant field right now but it will soon be the home of Creston's long awaited new hotel.

Target Corporation has announced that it will convert 105 Zellers stores into Target stores by 2013.

Kootenay I-Tech is today! Don’t miss this premiere event, Wednesday May 25th at the Nelson Prestige Inn.

Grant Sutherland, CEO of Valhalla Consulting Services, is a participant in the Kootenay i-Tech Trade Show being held May 25 (Nelson) and 26 (Cranbrook), 2011

Check out the updated schedule of events for the I-Tech Tradeshow and Luncheon.

Students, faculty, staff and other visitors can now access the College of the Rockies’ website through their smart phone or other mobile device.

The Kootenay i-Tech Trade Show & Luncheon, organized by Kootenay Business, will be held in both Nelson and Cranbrook at the end of May.

You are invited to attend the first ever Kootenay i-Tech Trade Show & Luncheon in Nelson, Wednesday May 25th and Cranbrook May 26th.

Twenty championship teams from across Western Canada and the northwestern United States will showcase their skills, training and the dedication required of those involved in mine rescue.

The University Studies Math and Science program advisory committee continues to strengthen and expand the math and science courses and programs at the College of the Rockies.

BC Hydro has awarded Peter Kiewit Infrastructure Co. a $40 million contract to upgrade the Mica hydroelectric dam near Revelstoke.

To ensure that this air service is successful, it will take full co-operation of the airports, the airline and the region.

Integra has created a schedule with direct non-stop air service, three days a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday), beginning June 6, 2011, pending Transport Canada approval.

Integra Air is poised to begin air service between the Canadian Rockies International Airport (CRIA) at Cranbrook and the Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and the Fort McMurray Airport.

Teachers and other educators with an interest in environmental education should register now for Voices for Sustainability.

Pat Davis and Al Benjamin of West Creek Developments studied the trends of the real estate market in the West Kootenay region, and realized that a new approach to housing in Nelson was needed.

In addition to rehabilitation and general maintenance at the site of Roca Mines located south of Revelstoke, a geotechnical program to survey the existing stope and mapping of other workings has been completed.

BC Hydro is once again supporting the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Government (AKBLG) Annual Conference, hosted this year by the City of Kimberley.

Tembec sees positive signs that the American lumber market is ready to rebound.

Despite not selling a single board of lumber into the Japanese market since the earthquake in northern Japan, Tembec representative is upbeat about the Asian market.

Cranbrook and area biggest employer, gave the monthly Chamber of Commerce luncheon an update report.