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The Metal Fabricator Foundation Program is currently accepting applications for a February 1 intake.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WSP now has four branch offices in the Kootenays

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

30 years for Kootenay Business magazine

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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