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Columbia Basin Trust received a $295 million endowment by the Province. $250 million is committed to finance power project construction. As directed by Basin residents, $45 million is being reinvested for the benefit of Basin residents through short-term cash investments, business loans, real estate ownership, and venture capital projects.
Cranbrook is at the junction of major highways 3 and 93/95, and due to its close proximity to the borders of Alberta and the United States, it is an important transportation hub. Cranbrook has a major Canadian Pacific Railway yard, which serves as a key gateway for trains arriving from and departing to the United States.
The Basin Summer Showdown The Central Washington car show showdown is happening from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of the Grant County Courthouse. There will be food, music and trophies awarded to a ...
Columbia Power Corporation is a Crown Corporation, owned by the province of British Columbia, Canada. Its mandate is to undertake hydro-electricity projects in the Columbia River region of British Columbia. In so doing, it is required to work with its sister crown corporation the Columbia Basin Trust. Its assets include:
Averaging a major dam every 72 miles (116 km), the rivers in the Columbia watershed combine to generate over 36,000 megawatts of power, with the majority coming on the main stem. Grand Coulee Dam is the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States, [1] generating 6,809 megawatts, over one-sixth of all power in the basin.
Dec. 5—CASHMERE — The Columbia Basin Project is making gradual progress toward completion with significant accomplishments for the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program and other milestones ...
In 1948, the status was upgraded to Port of Kingsgate. In 1961, 24-hour service began. [2] The depression-era wooden border station [citation needed] was replaced with a brick border station in 1953. This was replaced with the current concrete and steel structure in 2012. [3] This crossing is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
The Townsman is the paper of record for Cranbrook. During the COVID-19 pandemic it publishes once a week, on Tuesday. During the COVID-19 pandemic it publishes once a week, on Tuesday. Its Thursday product, the Kootenay News Advertiser, distributes to several outlying communities in the East Kootenay region.