Think Local First News Today

 WITH CHRISTMAS EVE falling on a Sunday, it raises questions about whether shops will be open  across town.

Sustainable Connections is rolling out a gift card that can be used at more than 270 Whatcom County businesses this holiday season. The Think Local First gift cards, which Sustainable …

The nonprofit Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity (CCRE) has named Kim Dreux-Kelly its first executive director. 

Broadmead store changes hands

Down in the Reeds has celebrated the city’s diversity within and beyond the local music scene, but without grants, the music stops.

There are signs that a recession could be settling in for Nelsonites in 2023, according to the top executive with the city’s chamber of commerce. Tom Thomson, executive director of the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce, was not adamant that there would be an economic downturn in the city as the year moved on, but he said there were some suggestions it could happen. With

A Marion company started by high school classmates nearly 20 years ago has grown by investing in the community.

More B.C. businesses were struggling to attain pre-pandemic success in 2021, with a provincial survey revealing a downswing in prospects, says a member of the city’s economic development partnership. Tom Thomson spoke on behalf of the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership (NAEDP) — of which the City of Nelson is a member — to city council on the 2021 Collective

More B.C. businesses were struggling to attain pre-pandemic success in 2021, with a provincial survey revealing a downswing in prospects, says a member of the city’s economic development partnership. Tom Thomson spoke on behalf of the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership (NAEDP) — of which the City of Nelson is a member — to city council on the 2021 Collective

More B.C. businesses were struggling to attain pre-pandemic success in 2021, with a provincial survey revealing a downswing in prospects, says a member of the city’s economic development partnership. Tom Thomson spoke on behalf of the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership (NAEDP) — of which the City of Nelson is a member — to city council on the 2021 Collective