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According to the Association of Interior Realtors, there were 278 residential sales in the region in August, down from 312 units sold the previous month. However, it was a 0.7 per cent increase on August 2024.

More people were working last month in the Kootenays and fewer people were looking for work compared to the same time last year.

Wildsight says it will seek the order for the endangered mountain holly fern after BC's environmental assessment office decided the Record Ridge project doesn't need to be subjected to a full-blown review.

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate in the Kootenays last month was the same as the provincial rate and lower than the national rate.

Kalesnikoff Mass Timber has been recognized by the federal government for its role in advancing Canada’s housing goals. 

Regional real estate climbed 4.2 per cent in July compared to the previous month and 11 per cent compared to the same time last year.

Affordable rental housing across the Kootenays will benefit from over $5.8 million in clean energy upgrades thanks to the Columbia Basin Trust.

Over 34,000 members of the B.C. General Employees’ Union working for B.C.’s public service are set to hold a strike vote. 

Unionized workers at StellarVista Credit Union branches in Castlegar and Slocan Park have overwhelmingly rejected the employer’s latest contract offer, extending job action into it's 15th week.