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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.

Making a clean start in Golden

Scott and Alycia Weir are the new owners of Kicking Horse Janitorial in Golden, BC

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Land Acknowledgement
Imagine Kootenay is committed to the continuous understanding of truth and reconciliation and acknowledges the traditional, ancestral, unceded territories of the Ktunaxa, Sinixt, Syilx and Secwépemc Nations on whose land we live, work and play. The Kootenay region is also home to 6 Métis Chartered Communities.