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The new Primary Care Paramedic program at College of the Rockies has acquired an ambulance for its students to train with.

The Cranbrook retail sector is abuzz with activity these days and this bodes well for the community.

Angus Graeme has been appointed as president and CEO of Selkirk College.

Andrea Wilkey has joined the communications department in Castlegar as acting director, communications.

Stuart Gorner, long-time printing sales consultant at Rocky Mountain Printers in Cranbrook is hanging up his skates.

The Kimberley Chamber of Commerce presented their annual Business Excellence awards gala at the new Kimberley conference centre.

Working together is a common theme of an upcoming water forum hosted by the Columbia Basin Watershed Network (CBWN)

A new Emergency Services Training Centre will be built in Elkford thanks in part to support from Columbia Basin Trust.

The new College of the Rockies’ Continuing Education spring/summer program guide has been mailed out.

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) President and CEO, Neil Muth is pleased to announce that long-time Basin resident Gary Ockenden will be joining CBT to fill the newly created position of director, Community Engagement.

The Aboriginal Gathering Place, located at the College of the Rockies’ Cranbrook main campus, is starting to take shape above ground.

After several months of planning, the newly formed Nelson Kootenay Lake (NKL) Destination Tourism Marketing Organization launched its premier logo and slogan for the region.

After years of rumours and speculation, it's official; a Wendy's fast food restaurant is set to join the bevy of eateries on Cranbrook's busy strip.

Industry experts believe the provincial government circumvented its own expropriation rules when it kicked miners out of Flathead Valley last year.

Business in Vancouver recently published a list of the biggest mines in B.C. Of the top 10, five of them are in the Elk Valley. Total mine revenue for the five Elk Valley mines is estimated by the newspaper to be $2.64 billion.

On Saturday, April 9th the Minister of Forests and MLA John Slater will be cutting the ribbon between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. at the Midway Mill site.

East Kootenay Community Credit Union (EKC) is excited to announce the finalists for the 2011 Community Award.

After 86 years, Parks Canada has finally pulled the plug and called in the wrecking ball on the Radium Hot Spring Lodge. The multi-story 66-room building sits atop a cliff overlooking the famous hot spring pools owned and operated by Parks Canada.

For the past 16 years College of the Rockies has been involved in the Skills Canada Kootenay regional secondary school welding competition.

CBT and the council sign Memorandum of Understanding.

Selkirk College has started a composting program at its Castlegar campus with the installation of a new Earth Tub.

Businesses in Fernie, Nelson, Kimberley and other Columbia Basin communities are committing to the well-being of our local economies by signing onto this elegant local currency model.

The Stishenkos make it mainly a family affair to manage M&M Meat Shops in Cranbrook, B.C.

The District of Elkford will be home to a new community centre.

Flatiron is currently constructing the foundations for the new Donald Bridge, as well as clearing and grubbing the new alignment for Highway #1.

With a record attendance of 996 people, the College of the Rockies Career and Job Fair was a tremendous success.

CBT follows up on 2010 Columbia Basin Symposium.

CENTURY 21 Maximum Realty Ltd. was opened in March, 2006, by Maxine Wolfe. Maxine is from Fernie—that's right—a Fernie original! Her vision of owning her own brokerage came true with a lot of hard work and perseverance.

Ryan Stimming, 2003 alumnus of Selkirk College's Ski Resort and Operations Management program, currently works as the Risk Manager at Panorama Mountain Village near Invermere, B.C.

Seven non-profit organizations located in the Columbia Basin will be receiving assistance from Enterprising Non-profits (ENP) for social enterprise projects.

Cottons Clothing Company has announced its first ever Cruise Wear Contest. Kootenay residents are encouraged to mail postcards from their vacation destinations this winter to Cottons . Their names will go into a draw for a gift certificate for the store.

East Kootenay Realty Realtor, Jason Wheeldon, is Cranbrook's 2011 Business Person of the Year.

Applications for the Columbia Basin Summer Works program became available February 22, 2011.

Columbia Basin Trust will provide $17,000,000 in new funding in the 2011/12 fiscal year to support a broad range of initiatives throughout the Columbia Basin.