COLUMN: Paradigm shift needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss
Despite Canada’s important commitments at the December UN COP15 in Montreal, we’re not halting, let alone reversing, biodiversity loss. More than 5,000 wild species face some risk of extinction, according to the recently released report “The Wild Species 2020: The General Status of Species in Canada.”...
Hybrid and Electric vehicles explained
By Gaoliang Fang, Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster Automotive Resource Centre, McMaster University As part of its goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, Canada has introduced new regulations to mandate one-fifth of all vehicles sold in Canada be electric by 2026. With the price of gasoline being projected to rise again, and...
First permanent delivery-fee cap in Canada will help B.C. ring in new year
Canada’s first permanent cap on fees charged to restaurants by food-delivery companies will go into effect in British Columbia on Jan. 1, 2023, giving restaurant owners more certainty about their costs. “We all have a favourite local restaurant, somewhere we celebrate as families and friends, eat our favourite foods, or get...
Column: How Global Warming Causes Extreme Cold
[Editor's Note: The author's political commentary refers mainly to the U.S., but the scientific explanation he provides applies to Canada's extreme-cold winter weather events as well as those in the U.S.] By Thom Hartmann; originally published in...
Teck Outlines Economic Contributions to Regions including Trail
Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) (“Teck”) released its annual Economic Contribution Report today, outlining how Teck generated $1.1 billion in total economic contributions to Trail where Teck Trail Operations is located; created or sustained over 3,455 jobs (direct and indirect); and contributed...
Free support for home energy upgrades is coming to Rossland
Updating your home to make it more comfortable and energy-efficient just got easier in Rossland. This week sees the launch of Retrofit Assist, a free concierge service to guide homeowners through the process from understanding their home energy performance, through to engaging contractors to support their home energy upgrades....
Chamber celebrates residents who #ThinkLocalFirst
It’s like Christmas morning came early as the Trail & District Chamber of Commerce excitedly unwraps the #ThinkLocalFirst Shopping Bag Campaign this holiday season. Twenty stores across the South Kootenay are stocked with branded, reusable fabric bags, up from the 10 that participated during last year’s inaugural...
COLUMN: Calling the climate COPS
Other than a small number of people who’ve bought into fossil fuel industry propaganda or who simply haven’t examined the evidence, everyone knows we’re in a climate crisis. It’s why negotiators from every nation are meeting in Egypt in November for the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (officially Conferences...
CBT internship wage subsidies offer growth/opportunity for Basin
Lysenko Law’s four lawyers aid people in many ways, from helping them with wills and real estate transactions, to performing litigation and family law. Started in 2013 by owner Lilina Lysenko and based out of Rossland—with a newly opened Kimberley branch—the firm has experienced increased demand. To maintain its commitment ...
Innovation Meets Reuse in Lower Columbia’s Metal Tech Alley
A Canadian smart vending technology company that launched out of Trail, BC is diverting plastic from the landfill and funnelling it into the Lower Columbia’s robust circular economy. SMRT1 Technologies Ltd. has salvaged an abundance of plastic cutoff, demonstrating its position in Metal Tech Alley, a cluster of industrial and...
