Tracy Connery

#yourbetterlife = Trail!

Trail, BC, self-proclaimed “Home of Champions” for the many world-class athletes that have trained and competed in a variety of national and international sporting events, enjoys a vibrant and community minded population of over 7,000 residents and sits along the scenic banks of the Columbia River. The mighty and beautiful Columbia, in fact, flows right …

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RED Mountain Hits $10,000,000 Goal!

RED Mountain Resort hit its $10 million crowdfunding campaign goal last month. Last summer, RED Mountain Resort launched a previously unheard of effort in the resort business called “Fight the Man, Own the Mountain” on Start Engine, with the goal of securing $10 million in reserved investments. Well, RED made that happen a few weeks …

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YCDTH Podcast Episode 103 – Graham Hein of Kootenay Tonewood

Any string that vibrates at 261.62 Hz, will produce a middle C. While the string’s vibrations determine the pitch of the sound we hear, the voice box of string instruments that determines what that tone sounds like, lies primarily in the wood. The density, and flexibility of the wood affects its resonance. the sound is …

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Junior Dragons’ Den is Coming to Nelson!

Junior Dragons’ Den is coming to Nelson and we’re looking for talented young entrepreneurs throughout the West Kootenay and Boundary area who want to get their business idea off the ground. Modelled after CBC’s “The Dragons’ Den”, students from Grades 7 to post-secondary level pitch their business idea to a group of potential investors. The …

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Trust Announces New Heritage Program

$6.75 million committed for three year partnership (Columbia Basin) – The Trust is making history as it establishes a new program, a new partnership and new funding to support the Basin’s heritage values. The Trust has allocated $6.15 million for a three year large capital grants program for built heritage and $600,000 for a Heritage …

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Heading to #BCTECH Summit? Be Sure to Find Us!

Attending British Columbia’s biggest ever technology business conference? Here’s how to find your Kootenay contingent friends and fun… Imagine Kootenay will be hanging out with our friends and colleagues from KAST in the Innovation Corridor (upper floor) along with MIDAS and Selkirk College in Research Row. The LCIC will be at the #BCTECH Summit as …

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Tackle the Tech Challenge – Sign Up Today for RoboGames 2017

CASTLEGAR – Get ready for a robot competition like no other. With experimentation and mentoring, youth around the region learn how to design, build and program robots that they will enter into the annual RoboGames with the ultimate machines awarded. Registration is now open for RoboGames 2017. Open to youth ages 6 to 18 from …

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