5 tech startups to watch in the Kootenays
Whether you’re a remote worker on contract 5,000 kilometres from the office, or an ambitious new enterprise employing dozens of people to manufacture advanced materials, there’s never been a better time to go your own way. And there’s no better place to do it than the Kootenays – which have always been about unbridled self-realization. […]
TELUS set to bring fibre optic internet to Nelson
TELUS is investing $20 million to connect more than 90 per cent of homes and businesses in Nelson directly to its fibre optic network and enhance wireless connectivity throughout the region.
Nelson photographer offers tech solution for creatives doing business in pixels
Melissa Welsh is the founder of Pixel Cents, a pricing software for digital artists and photographers.
New $35m mass timber facility to be built in the Kootenays
This new facility is scheduled to open in late 2019, creating 50 technology-centered jobs.
Immigration pilot program to benefit the Kootenays
Castlegar, Kimberley, Nelson, Rossland and Trail are part of the BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration Regional Pilot.
5 Kootenay innovations to watch
Here in the Kootenays, we have an impressive crop of innovators passionately finding solutions to problems big and small.
Disaster preparedness forum coming to Castlegar
The theme of the 2019 Community Economic Development Forum is “Natural Disasters: prepare, respond, recover”
The Kootenays are coming to #BCTECHSummit
Around 50 Kootenay-based tech companies will be at the annual innovation conference, as attendees, exhibitors, and speakers.
5 ways Imagine Kootenay supports small business
Though its main focus is attracting workers and investors for outside the region, Imagine Kootenay also benefits local businesses
Revelstoke programmer hits it big with wildly popular nutrient-tracking app
Revelstoke’s Aaron Davidson is the founder of Cronometer, a digital app with more than 2 million users.