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November 15, 2010
Glacier Resorts Welcomes Support from Shuswap Despite Surprise Claims by Ktunaxa
Glacier Resorts Ltd. is surprised by the claims made by the Ktunaxa Nation’s demonstrators in Victoria, B.C. despite 20 years of consultations.
It continues to expect that the leadership and friendship of the Shuswap Band, the First Nation people in Invermere and closest to Jumbo Valley, will show the way for the future and will help bring the Ktunaxa representatives to a more cooperative position...
August 8, 2009
Regional
District votes to request Mountain Resort Municipality for
Jumbo
The Regional District of
East Kootenay requested again, as it did in 1996, that at the conclusion
of the provincial review processes a local governance structure
be formed for the Jumbo Glacier Resort project to implement the
approved Master Plan, the Environmental Certificate requirements
and the land use decision of the East Kootenay CORE Table (recommendation
#75), a public and local land use designation process that was
the basis of the following fifteen years of public process....
July 28, 2009
Glacier Resorts
supports resolution before Regional District
Glacier Resorts Ltd. fully supports the resolution before the Regional District of East Kootenay in recommending to
the Province that a Mountain Resort Municipality, which ensures
local governance and representation, should be created for the
resort...
October 14, 2008
Glacier Resorts
and Shuswap Indian Band sign Benefits Agreement
Glacier Resorts Ltd. (GRL) and the Shuswap Indian Band have signed an agreement detailing how the local First Nation will benefit from the proposed $1 billion year-round ski resort project 55 km west of Invermere and Radium in the Kootenay Rockies....
July 31, 2007
Master Plan Approval
The Jumbo Glacier Resort project team is very pleased to announce the Master Plan approval from the Ministry of Tourism, Sport, and the Arts. Ministry officials worked hard and worked well throughout the process and we thank them for their efforts.....
February 7, 2007
R.K. Heli-ski Appeal Dismissed
The Court of Appeals of British Columbia, B.C.'s highest court, has confirmed the earlier dismissal by the Supreme Court of B.C. of R.K. Heli-ski's petition to overturn Jumbo Glacier Resort's environmental certificate.....
September 18, 2006
East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett statement on Jumbo Glacier Resort
"...It's a project that has been subjected to the most comprehensive environmental review in British Columbia's history, it is consistent with the resort development that was identified in the Kootenay Boundary Land Use plan and it is time for a decision to be made..."
August 18, 2006
Provincial Master Plan Review Progressing Well - Community Update Event
The Jumbo Community Advisory Board, Jumbo Glacier Resort supporters and guests crowded into the Pynelogs Cultural Centre in Invermere B.C. on Wednesday, August 16, to hear Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett...
April 4, 2006
Project Update
The final approval process for Jumbo Glacier Resort is nearing its conclusion. A public input period lasting 60 days on the draft Master Plan was concluded on March 4, 2006...
December 14, 2005
JGR Open House
Jumbo Glacier Resort will hold an Open House on January 4th 2006. The event will be held from 4 pm to 8 pm at the Best Western Invermere Inn, 1310 7th Ave, Invermere, British Columbia...
November 23, 2005
R.K. Heli-ski Petition Dismissed
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has dismissed R.K. Heli-ski's petition to overturn the Jumbo Glacier Resort project's Environmental Assessment Certificate (EA Certificate) and has awarded costs to the respondents, including Glacier Resorts Ltd., the proponent of Jumbo Glacier Resort....
September 12, 2005
2005 Jumbo Glacier Resort Master Plan submitted for approval
On behalf of Glacier Resorts Ltd., Pheidias Project Management Corp. has submitted the 2005 Jumbo Glacier Resort Master Plan to Land and Water British Columbia Inc. The Master Plan was submitted on August 26, 2005 in fulfilment of the requirements of the Commercial Alpine Ski Policy (CASP) of British Columbia...
October 14, 2004
Jumbo Glacier Resort Receives Environmental Assessment Certificate
After a nine-and-one-half year process in the provincial government's Environmental Assessment Office (EAO), Jumbo Glacier Resort's go-ahead from the provincial government is cause for a mixture of relief and celebration among the project's proponents...
October 12, 2004
 Shuswap First Nations affirm traditional interest in Columbia, Kootenay valleys (84K PDF)
Chiefs representing the 17 Shuswap First Nations today unanimously supported a resolution that confirms the Shuswap Nation's traditional interest in the lands of the Kootenay and Columbia valleys...
October 14, 2004
WEST - Welcoming Employment with Sustainable Tourism (104K PDF)
The founding Members of WEST strongly believe the Jumbo Glacier Resort proposed near Invermere will be an excellent use of Crown land...
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