Heading out into the backcountry this winter? Stay informed and know the conditions before you go. The Powder Highway is living up to its name this season, and for die-hard powder hounds wanting not only first, but only, tracks that will mean heading off the beaten path and into the backcountry. To help you plan …
Fortunately, the Kootenays is a real place where people work (and ski in the same day!), go to school, contribute to their communities. If you are dreaming of #YourBetterLife, have a look at these business opportunities located along the powder highway.
Read moreFor Sale! Buying a Business Along the Powder Highway Pt. 1
Hearing about the recent funding granted the Slocan Valley upon only a little digging, it didn’t take long to find there was significantly more funding made available to other communities throughout the Basin specifically to support recreation opportunities. 20 Basin recreation projects receive $1 million Under the Columbia Basin Trust‘s Basin Recreation Infrastructure Grants program, …
Accelerating Canada’s top women-run companies In partnership with the Canadian Consulate San Francisco/Silicon Valley, the TechWomen Canada program aims to connect with and provide support for Canadian women in the technology sector in Silicon Valley. This outreach initiative will expose Canadian women to the influence and rapid growth culture of the Valley, which they can …
In the last instalment of our Succession Planning Series we covered the steps involved in successfully transferring ownership of your beloved business to employees. This is one possibility when it comes to the succession of your business but how do you decide which path will be the best one to ensure the ongoing success of …
In an effort to better represent what it is to live #yourbetterlife in these, our wonderful #Kootenays, Imagine Kootenay is now on Instagram! We’re posting and reposting all of the fantastic snapshots of life and work in our precious part of the world and would like you to join us. There are thousands of terrific …
The adVenture Capital Conference is designed to introduce entrepreneurs and prospective entrepreneurs to business opportunities in British Columbia’s Elk Valley.
Read moreElk Valley Conference Aims to Attract Entrepreneurs to the Kootenays
The Air Miles Detour contest is on and 5 Canadian cities are vying for the chance to win a free concert from a for-real pop star! The Koots’ own, City of Nelson, made the cut! The hub of the West Kootenay is battling against Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Morin-Heights, Quebec, Mulmur, Ontario and Port Hawksbury, Nova …
New partnership launched to attract investment and a diversified workforce to the Kootenays. Invest Kootenay and Work West Kootenay have joined forces to create one dynamic new platform to showcase the Kootenays: Imagine Kootenay. Imagine Kootenay (IK) focuses on highlighting the region as a great place to work, and excellent area to invest and an …
Originally posted by Sheri Regnier of the Trail Daily Times Capturing a moment of wonder in the Canadian Rockies has a Rossland artist’s vision engraved onto a newly minted coin. Stéphanie Gauvin’s rendering of B.C.’s Tower Peak in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park is the first painting recreated in a four-piece silver coin series by …