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Recycle leafblowers and other outdoor power equipment at depots across BC!

Save the great outdoors: recycle your electric outdoor power equipment—it’s easy!

  • Sep 19, 2022
Jumpstart your career at the free Cranbrook Career and Post-Secondary Education Event Sept. 8.

Jumpstart your future at a career and education event just for the Kootenays

FREE Cranbrook Career and Post-Secondary Education Event is live and in-person Sept. 8

  • Aug 15, 2022
Photo credit: Kamloops Immigrant Services

Get Moving with Your Community this June

Download the ParticipACTION app, track your activity + help your community compete to win $100K!

  • May 30, 2022
GoByBike BC Society envisions a future where everyone can experience the joy of cycling – for transportation, for play, for well-being, for the planet. Take part in Spring GoByBike Week May 30 to June 5!

This spring, return to cycling for a fresh start

More than just a bike ride — GoByBike for health, for the planet and for prizes!

  • May 9, 2022
GoByBike BC Society envisions a future where everyone can experience the joy of cycling – for transportation, for play, for well-being, for the planet. Take part in Spring GoByBike Week May 30 to June 5!
Darryl Haugen received funding, mentorship, training and distribution from TELUS STORYHIVE to help produce her 2019 documentary Small Town Strength about Grande Prairie, AB. (Timothy Baskill photo)

Your Story, Your Narrative: $800,000 of funding available through TELUS STORYHIVE’s All Access Documentary Edition for local documentaries

Funding, mentorship, training and distribution on select TELUS platforms will help 40…

  • May 2, 2022
Darryl Haugen received funding, mentorship, training and distribution from TELUS STORYHIVE to help produce her 2019 documentary Small Town Strength about Grande Prairie, AB. (Timothy Baskill photo)
Staff at Foundry Vancouver-Granville, operated by Providence Health Care. One of many Foundry centre across BC that provide integrated health services to young people like Aslam and Lee. Jeff Topham photo.

Foundry supports youth in living a good life

Free and confidential health and wellness supports for BC youth ages 12 to 24 – online and in-person

  • May 2, 2022
Staff at Foundry Vancouver-Granville, operated by Providence Health Care. One of many Foundry centre across BC that provide integrated health services to young people like Aslam and Lee. Jeff Topham photo.
At G.F. Oliver Funeral Chapel, staff have found their passion in helping families through difficult times. And at the heart of this passion is Robert Leduc, new owner, General Manager and Funeral Director. (Morgan Mitchinson Photography)

Celebrating life and supporting families

Family business provides unwavering commitment to those suffering from loss

  • Feb 14, 2022
At G.F. Oliver Funeral Chapel, staff have found their passion in helping families through difficult times. And at the heart of this passion is Robert Leduc, new owner, General Manager and Funeral Director. (Morgan Mitchinson Photography)
Kokanee Ford Sales Manager Mike Daybell and technician Len Rae. Creston’s Ford team is on the road to becoming a certified EV dealership.

Creston Ford dealership eyes EV certification

The time is right to bring local drivers more electric options

  • Jan 31, 2022
Kokanee Ford Sales Manager Mike Daybell and technician Len Rae. Creston’s Ford team is on the road to becoming a certified EV dealership.
Creston's Kokanee Ford recently finished a renovation that has both modernized the showroom and created a more user-friendly experience for customers.

Fresh digs + new wheels at Creston’s Kokanee Ford

Renovations are complete… just in time to welcome the new Broncos!

  • Jan 10, 2022
Creston's Kokanee Ford recently finished a renovation that has both modernized the showroom and created a more user-friendly experience for customers.
Through a confidential application process, KidSport provides grants to kids aged 18 and under (from families facing financial barriers) to help cover the cost of registration fees for a season of sport. Visit kidsport.ca to learn more.

Let’s play! Grants help Kootenay kids get off the sidelines

Every year, KidSport pays registration fees for low-income families, so ALL kids can play

  • Dec 13, 2021
Through a confidential application process, KidSport provides grants to kids aged 18 and under (from families facing financial barriers) to help cover the cost of registration fees for a season of sport. Visit kidsport.ca to learn more.
(L to R) Shane Gravelle, Intern Field Safety Officer, ProActive Safety & First Aid, attends an Inland Gas Upgrades project site with contractor Ren Davidson and Jamie Peterson of FortisBC to ensure workers are following safety rules and regulations.

Partnership makes safety internship possible for Ktunaxa Nation member

Investing in local and Indigenous communities where its projects are located is…

  • Dec 6, 2021
(L to R) Shane Gravelle, Intern Field Safety Officer, ProActive Safety & First Aid, attends an Inland Gas Upgrades project site with contractor Ren Davidson and Jamie Peterson of FortisBC to ensure workers are following safety rules and regulations.
Sue Stewart [left] and Riley Severinski [Right]. Jeff Weddell Photography.

20-year hospital journey inspires a legacy

Riley was just a six-week-old infant when her mom, Sue, was told…

  • Oct 18, 2021
Sue Stewart [left] and Riley Severinski [Right]. Jeff Weddell Photography.
Randy Gregory logged his bike rides around Kamloops for GoByBikeBC, and won a free cycling trip to the Baltics! This year's GoByBikeBC is Sep. 27 to Oct. 10, and you can win a cycling trip to France.

Bike for health, for the environment, or for a free trip to France!

Grab your friends and co-workers and GoByBike Sep. 27 to Oct. 10

  • Sep 27, 2021
Randy Gregory logged his bike rides around Kamloops for GoByBikeBC, and won a free cycling trip to the Baltics! This year's GoByBikeBC is Sep. 27 to Oct. 10, and you can win a cycling trip to France.
ECO Canada’s BEAHR training program provides customizable environmental training programming for Indigenous communities that uniquely braids traditional ecological knowledge with Western science.

Why braiding traditional ecological knowledge with Western science is so important – and how ECO Canada’s BEAHR program is helping

Training program helps Indigenous youth engage in a meaningful career in the environmental sector

  • Sep 13, 2021
ECO Canada’s BEAHR training program provides customizable environmental training programming for Indigenous communities that uniquely braids traditional ecological knowledge with Western science.
Career Fair

5 reasons your career search just got easier

Black Press Virtual Career and Post-Secondary Education Event comes to the Kootenays

  • Aug 30, 2021
Career Fair
Career Fair

5 reasons your career search just got easier

Black Press Virtual Career and Post-Secondary Education Event comes to the Kootenays

  • Aug 23, 2021
Career Fair
Career Fair

5 reasons your career search just got easier

Black Press Virtual Career and Post-Secondary Education Event comes to the Kootenays

  • Aug 16, 2021
Career Fair
Interior Health's 310-MHSU number connects callers directly to the closest mental health and substance use centre in their community.

How to access local mental health and wellness supports with a single phone number

Mental health and substance use supports are available through Interior Health

  • Aug 9, 2021
Interior Health's 310-MHSU number connects callers directly to the closest mental health and substance use centre in their community.
Career Fair

5 reasons your career search just got easier

Black Press Virtual Career and Post-Secondary Education Event comes to the Kootenays

  • Aug 9, 2021
Career Fair
Interior Health's new 310-MHSU number connects callers directly to the closest mental health and substance use centre in their community.

Access local mental health and wellness services with a single phone number!

Improving access to mental health and substance use services is a key priority for Interior Health

  • Jun 28, 2021
Interior Health's new 310-MHSU number connects callers directly to the closest mental health and substance use centre in their community.