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FortisBC PowerSense asks residents to turn every hour into an 'Earth Hour'

by Contributor on 13 Mar 2013
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FortisBC PowerSense asks residents to turn every hour into an 'Earth Hour'

For the fifth consecutive year, FortisBC is encouraging individuals and communities to pledge to reduce electricity and natural gas use during Earth Hour from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 23.

“FortisBC PowerSense encourages customers to turn every hour into an ‘Earth Hour’ by making impactful changes that can reduce energy use and costs,” said Tom Loski, vice president of customer service at FortisBC. 

K is for Kompost as Kootenay Boundary faces landfill Krunch

by Andrew Bennett on 07 Mar 2013
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K is for Kompost as Kootenay Boundary faces landfill Krunch

After great success in the Grand Forks pilot project that's gone city-wide, but also spurred by a looming local landfill crisis and millions of dollars in imminent savings from recycling programs, the stars may finally have aligned for a regional composting service—a.k.a.

Kootenay Contraption Contest 2012 in full swing

by Contributor on 02 Dec 2012
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Kootenay Contraption Contest 2012 in full swing

Imagine the year is 2050. Gigantic, funny-shaped towers surround your view, a hovercraft zips by and of course, your robot butler hands you your drink. While we may still be far from this sort of scenario, one of the most important questions then (as now) is:

“How will we use less energy?”

ThoughtStream: Local innovators capture the wisdom of groups in a new "community learning" tool

by Andrew Bennett on 07 Nov 2012
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ThoughtStream won "Most Innovative Company 2012" (right) in the Kootenays

Its ancestors were decision-making tools for management consultants, but now ThoughtStream has evolved into a broadly applicable, collaborative software that groups of any size can use to merge many people's ideas to answer difficult questions, identify priorities, and more—all using technology that's as simple as email.

Celebrating the West Kootenay Spirit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

by Andrew Bennett on 26 Jul 2012
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Celebrating the West Kootenay Spirit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The quadrennial Spirit of Innovation Awards are on again and KAST—the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology, the award organizers—want no

Rossland's Energy Diet sparks a trend

by Andrew Bennett on 18 Jul 2012
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Steve Ash, Greg Granstrom, Katrine Conroy, and Carol Suhan. Photo credit: Ed Chernoff

The "Rossland Energy Diet," a unique energy-saving program that brought notable local rewards and has started to draw provincial and national attention, has celebrated great success in “phase one" and will now move into "phase two."

Christina Lake gets much anticipated new fire truck

by Erin Perkins on 26 Apr 2012
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Christina Lake Fire and Rescue is pleased to have a new Engine 1. Photo Erin Perkins.

Christina Lake Fire Rescue has waited nearly five months but their shiny new red and chrome pumper truck is finally here.

The truck, now known as Engine 1, arrived at the department's garage earlier this month. They had expected it to be delivered on November 15, 2011 but due to manufacturing delays, it was quite late.

Delay aside, the truck is great according to fire chief Ken Gresley-Jones.

Builder and energy assessor Ray Smith passionate about “passive” homes

by Andrew Bennett on 07 Mar 2012
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Ray Smith measures how much my house sucks

My reassessment by green builder Ray Smith was not only an opportunity to secure a fat cheque in the mail from BC and the feds—albeit three months from now—but Smith took the time to give me more insight into the future of construction.

Kootenay-Rockies Tourism presents regional "Connected Travel" program, complete with a flashy new app

by Andrew Bennett on 29 Feb 2012
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Kootenay-Rockies Tourism presents regional "Connected Travel" program, complete with a flashy new app

Chris Dadson, president of Kootenay-Rockies Tourism (KRT), presented council with interesting tourism statistics on Monday evening, and showed off a brand new "Connected Travel" initiative for smartphones that they hope will help fulfill KRT's mandate to enhance the region's visitor economy.

A new pair of warm boots for the old basement

by Andrew Bennett on 08 Feb 2012
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A new pair of warm boots for the old basement

Last week I finally got around to fulfilling the old English builder's proverb: "A house needs a good hat and a good pair of boots."

I called in the services of Jesse Ewing of Ewing Insolutions Inc. of Nelson to spray my basement with R-10 of foam on the walls (about an inch and a half thick) and R-21-plus on the rim joists.

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