Mountain Transport Institute’s owners believe in making contributions to the communities where MTI operates. MTI supports a number of local groups and initiatives. We are proud to be a part of our communities.

Castlegar Fire Truck – When Castlegar purchased a new truck the local Rotary club wanted to send the old one to help a community in Honduras that did not have a fire truck. The Rotary had the truck checked out and made ready for transport. MTI donated it’s services (tractor, flat deck, and driver) to move the fire truck from Castlegar to the docks in Vancouver where it was shipped to its new location.

Mobile MRI – The mobile MRI was purchased by the Interior Health Authority in conjuction with local fundraising groups in the Southern Okanagan, East and West Kootenay. The $2.6 million MRI unit is contained in a 53 foot trailer and is moved between Trail, Penticton and Cranbrook on a regular schedule. MTI donated its services (tractor and driver) to move the MRI between the three hospitals for the first year.

Sunfest Parade – MTI donated a tractor, flat deck and driver to the local Girl Guides and the SHSS and J Lloyd Crowe high school bands for their floats in the annual Castlegar Sunfest Parade.

Silver City Days - The Maple Leaf Band has been an active community band in Trail, BC since 1917. Some of the members are elderly and find it difficult to march in the Silver City Days parade so MTI helped out with a flat deck trailer and tractor to transport the band during the parade.

Other local groups and organizations have been helped by MTI providing free delivery of items, like apples and turkeys and Christmas trees, for their fund raising events. Such groups include the Castlegar Aquanauts, the Children’s Orchard Russian Exposure Preschool, the United Church of Castlegar, the SHSS Grad class of 2004 and the Castlegar Evening Rotary club.

MTI, along with AM Ford of Trail, donated two new AED – Automatic Electric Defibulators – which will be placed in the arena of the Castlegar & District Recreation & Aquatic Centre and the Pioneer arena.