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Slocan Valley business receives funding to build batteries for clean energy vehicles

Eagle Graphite will receive $290,000 to further develop B.C.’s clean energy vehicle (CEV) sector, create jobs and support low-carbon innovation. “Under our CleanBC plan, we are building a low-carbon…


Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Program Funding

Wondering how your community will be determining how funds are distributed? Here is a complete list including New Denver, Silverton, Slocan and Area H. PUBLIC PROCESS INFORMATION FORM Dot Day in…


Improved high-speed internet is on the way in the Slocan Valley!

Improved high-speed internet is on the way for 26 communities in the Kootenays, bringing people opportunities to learn, connect and better expand their businesses. * Communities benefiting from this…


Slocan Valley Economic Development update

The following update from Ron LeBlanc, Slocan Valley Economic Development Coordinator, was originally published in the Valley Voice on March 14, 2019. Valley residents often ask me about my new role…


Rural Media, Kootenay Style

In the summer of 2018, Angela Long embarked on a 22,000-kilometre journey, traversing eight provinces and a territory – from Dawson City, Yukon, to Cape Breton, N.S. – to learn from residents,…