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Picture of heavy-duty equipment.
Energy, Mining, Technology, Transportation GFS Corp names Wajax and Cullen Diesel Power as new Canadian distributors

Wajax will represent the EVO-MT® systems in Eastern and Central Canada, and Northern British Columbia; Cullen Diesel Power will service Southern B.C.

Beth Corven, GLOW Program Manager, Jordan Walker, Grand Prize winner, and Matt Storvold, FortisBC engineer.
Developments, Education, Technology Kootenay kids will use virtual learning centers in school!

KAST GLOWS (Growing, Learning Opportunities with Science) recently wrapped up the 2015 Kootenay Contraption Contest.

An Observe tire on a Subaru in the snow
Invermere, Environment, Technology, Transportation Black tires go green

Turning nut waste into tires is an example of upcycling for environmental benefits

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Mike Hambalek, owner of Caliper Machine and Hydraulics Ltd., appears live on a BNN Commodities episode to discuss his business.
Cranbrook, Developments, Mining, Small Business, Technology M&E story results in BNN live interview for Cranbrook-based company

Caliper Machine and Hydraulics Ltd., works with some of the biggest mining companies and suppliers in the world.

Graphic for the BC Tech Summit, held in Vancouver on January 18th-19th, 2016.
Education, Small Business, Technology KRIC & CBT offer Kootenay companies $1000 to attend BC Tech Summit

Our generous partners at the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) have on offer some serious KRIC-back: 30 travel bursaries worth $1000 each.

Mayor of Kimberley, Don McCormick, Carly Jellis of Telus, Phil Moore, VP Telus Broadband and Bert Braybrook, Telus General Manager,
Kamloops/Cariboo/Kootenay region.
Fernie, Kimberley, Developments, Technology $21M Telus investment in “Fibre” makes Kimberley and Fernie connected communities

This installation makes Kimberley and Fernie two of the most connected small towns in B.C.

Picture of solar panels on a roof.
Nelson, Energy, Technology Nelson’s innovative Community Solar Garden set to shine

Community Solar—purchase solar and receive the benefits as if it were on your very own roof.

Cranbrook mayor Lee Pratt, Kimberley mayor Don McCormick and Cranbrook businessman Rick Jensen (pictured here) announced the Cranbrook Kimberley Development Initiative.
Cranbrook, Kimberley, Developments, Financial, Small Business, Technology Cranbrook Kimberley Development Initiative means business

The Cranbrook and Kimberley business community has formed a take-charge economic development initiative to recruit businesses and investors.

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Colin Fitzgerald is the owner of Place Droid, an electronics manufacturer in Kimberley, B.C.
Cranbrook, Kimberley, Developments, Small Business, Technology Makerspace is coming to Kimberley

Colin Fitzgerald is creating a manufacturing hub where specialized tools, technology and space will be available on an as-needed basis.

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Dave MacLeod, CEO of Thoughtexchange.
Rossland, Developments, Financial, Technology Thoughtexchange raises $7M to fuel innovation

The company sees an enormous opportunity to help groups of all sizes and is excited to bring new products to the market.

The logo for the Junior Dragon's Den student competition.
Cranbrook, Revelstoke, Trail, Developments, Education, Financial, Retail, Small Business, Technology Junior Dragons Den expands throughout the Columbia Basin in 2016!

Modeled after the CBC show, "The Dragons' Den," Junior Dragons Den will be expanding to three Columbia Basin communities this fall.

Terry Van Horn is the economic development officer for the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation, based in Trail, B.C.
Trail, Financial, Small Business, Technology The Lower Columbia advantage

Jobs, services, business opportunities and an enviable lifestyle are attracting new residents to the Lower Columbia region.

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Don Linday, Teck CEO; Jim Whitehead, Chief of Ktunaxa; Rick Jense, Director Columbia Basin Trust; Bill Bennett, BC Minister of Energy and Mines applaud the official
East Kootenay, Kimberley, Developments, Energy, Technology SunMine fast facts and background

As SunMine has officially opened in Kimberley, B.C., here are some interesting facts on the history and background of the project.

Picture of scientist in laboratory grinding a disc.
Financial, Technology $748K to KAST—Mining and metals industry in Kootenay region benefits from investment

Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST) to establish a metallurgical industry development accelerator in the West Kootenay.

CBC Radio Host Chris Walker accepts the RDTDNA Award in Toronto and is shown with Go Public producer Enza Uda
Education, Technology CBC’s Daybreak South scoops up awards

RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television and digital.

Agathe Bernard training with her underwater camera
Cranbrook, Revelstoke, Environment, Technology Agathe Bernard aims high with new scientific inquiry

Agetha Bernard is in the planning stages of a scientific expedition focusing on the growing problem of plastics proliferating throughout our Earth’s oceans

by James Rose
KAST adopt a startup
Cranbrook, Golden, Creston, Technology Adopt a Startup Professional-Technical Partners sought by KAST

KAST seeks professional and technical partnerships to grow the Kootenay technology community.

Photo courtesy Tracey Mozel
Technology Achieving work-life balance

A background in engineering gave Tracey Mozel a leg up when she made a career switch to technical writing.

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John Walker, VP of western canadian operations for Fortis Inc stands in front of the Waneta Expansion Project.
Trail, Developments, Technology John Walker on the Waneta Expansion Project

Kootenay Business magazine talks to the vice-president of Fortis Inc. about the Waneta Expansion Project.

by Kirsten Armleder and Keith Powell
Audrey Repin talking to Keith Powell.
Trail, Developments, Technology Communication was key for Waneta

Communication with the community contributed to the success of the Waneta Expansion Project near Trail.

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A group of officials standing in front of the Waneta Expansion Project.
Trail, Developments, Technology A powerful source of pride

The Waneta Expansion Project is now a state-of-the-art hydroelectric facility capable of powering 60,000 homes annually.

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Mike Martin, mayor of Trail, B.C.
Trail, Energy, Environment, Technology Waneta dam good for Trail

The citizens of Trail, B.C., have reaped some important short-term and long-term benefits from the Waneta Dam expansion project.

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An older gentleman and a women standing above the turbines inside Waneta.
Castlegar, Trail, Developments, Energy, Environment, Technology Inside the $900-million Waneta Expansion Project

Kootenay Business magazine went on a tour of the Waneta Expansion Project near Trail, B.C.

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Dave and Georgina Bachmier
Grand Forks, Small Business, Technology Excellent growth at Neighbours Computers

Neighbours Computers, owned by Dave and George Bachmier, has become a tech-support mainstay in Grand Forks, B.C.

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Peter LeCouffe standing with a red jacket on, is holding a drone.
Nelson, Technology A kickin’ career flying drones

LeCouffe, a youthful entrepreneur at 25 years old, said, "Every time I send that (drone) up, my heart gets going.”

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Trail BC
Trail, Technology City of Trail receives 180 applicants for fibre optic connections

Columbia Networks will be the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) to provide services on the new open access network.

Elise Pare heads the Rossland office of WSP, formerly Focus Corporation.
Rossland, Technology WSP acquires Focus Corporation

WSP now has four branch offices in the Kootenays

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Robo game winners of 2013
Nelson, Education, Technology Robots duke it out at Selkirk College Saturday, November 15th

The Nelson Tech Club and KAST GLOWS hosts the 3rd annual Robogames 2014.

30 years of Kootenay Business Magazine.
Technology Kootenay Business celebrates three decades of publishing

30 years for Kootenay Business magazine

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kimberley's sunMine
Kimberley, Environment, Technology Installation of solar trackers and photo-voltaic modules complete

In recent weeks construction has been moving ahead on Kimberley’s SunMine, western Canada’s largest solar project.

Bill Swan holding a solar panel
Canal Flats, Golden, Invermere, Environment, Technology KRIC helps solar skills expansion in the Columbia Valley

A rapid decline in solar prices is closing a once-prohibitive cost gap and is making solar one of the fastest growing industries in the region.

A young woman operates a vehicle while talking on a cell phone.
Health & Wellness, Technology Distracted driving: changes in B.C.

Increased enforcement penalties and an awareness campaign are being implemented in B.C. to help combat the issue of distracted driving.

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Kirk Ismay is the owner of Secure by Design, an internet service provider based in Nelson, B.C.
Nelson, Technology Secure by Design: keeping the Kootenays connected

Kirk Ismay is the owner of the local business Secure by Design, a Best of Business Award winner for Internet Service Provider in the Kootenays.

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Picture of new executive director of Kootenay Innovation Council, Vine Madder
Cranbrook, Technology Vine Madder new ED at KRIC

KRIC provides programming and events targeted at businesses, communities and students/educators involved in science, technology and innovation.

Matt Messiha, owner of We Were Young design studio, takes a photo, part of his work as a designer.
Nelson, Small Business, Technology We Were Young design studio launches website

With a successful year behind it, We Were Young, an independent design studio in Nelson, B.C., launched a website and demo reel in July of 2014.

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Future location of Telsa charging station
Golden, Revelstoke, Developments, Technology Tesla supercharger stations coming to Revelstoke and Golden

The American electric car maker, Tesla, is planning supercharger stations along Trans Canada Highway.

Broadband depiction
Fairmont Hot Springs, Invermere, Radium Hot Springs, Technology Call out to internet service providers serving the Basin

Columbia Basin Trust is reaching out to identify small- to medium-sized local and regional Internet service providers.

College of the Rockies President and CEO David Walls
Kimberley, Developments, Technology College signs SunMine agreement

COTR President and CEO David Walls is pleased to be collaborating with the City of Kimberley, Teck, and the EcoSmart Foundation.

Shauna Teare is in her garden. She's headed up the Kootenay Food website initiative.
Agriculture, Environment, Technology An online resource for a food community

Local farmers and locavores have a new resource—a place to connect and engage with the Kootenay food system.

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Photo Shane Stewart, owner of Kimberley-based Magnemizer Fuel Conditioning Inc.
Kimberley, Technology KRIC celebrates success at Kimberley’s Magnemizer Fuel Conditioning Inc.

Shane Stewart brings a proven gas-saving technology, widely in use in Europe, to Canada.

Paul Larsen, president of Clear Sky Radio, will open a new radio station in Cranbrook
Cranbrook, Fernie, Invermere, Kimberley, Sparwood, Developments, Technology CRTC approves new FM radio station for Cranbrook—Summit 107

A new FM radio station to serve Cranbrook, British Columbia with repeater FM frequencies in Fernie, Sparwood and Invermere, BC.

Amber Hayes stands holding a bouquet and her Influential Women in Business award certificate.
Nelson, Technology, Influential Women in Business Amber Hayes

As an entrepreneur and business coach, Amber Hayes stays active in the Kootenay business scene and has been named one of 2014’s Influential Women in Business.

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The Corra Linn Dam is located on the Kootenay River downstream of Nelson.
Trail, Environment, Technology Energy in the Kootenays

FortisBC has lots going on, from its renewable gas initiative to a PowerSense program, as it serves customers throughout the Kootenay region.

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A bundle of fibre-optic cables are lit in green and red.
Creston, Technology Improving connection in Creston

With a significant Telus investment underway, Creston residents can look forward to improved Internet speed and infrastructure upgrades.

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Eight men and one woman of the Broadband Advisory Group in Nelson, B.C.
Nelson, Technology Broadband for Columbia Basin and Boundary

The speed and capacity of fibre optics make improved services possible for engaged businesses and service agencies.

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Photo Creston, BC Welcome sign
Creston, Technology TELUS investing $4 million in Creston in 2014

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

A hacker trying to steal information from a laptop.
Small Business, Technology Cyber security tips for small businesses

Ivo Georgiev with Detecta Systems Inc. suggests some ways you can prevent the cyber thieves from attacking your business.

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Technology Beth Corven new head of GLOWS

GLOWS, a program under KAST, has a new manager.

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Entrepreneurs Bradley Roulston and Ric Logtenberg of Time.ly and mentor Sandra Wear sat down with CKNW radio host Fiona Forbes
Nelson, Technology Nelson tech-startup “Time.ly” featured on CKNW

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

A 3d printer!
Cranbrook, Technology 3-D printing has arrived

Rocky Mountain Print Solutions has purchased a MakerBot Replicator, commonly known as a 3-D printer.

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