Make insulation your first energy-efficiency upgrade
The key to your home’s energy efficiency begins with insulation. “If you upgrade your furnace, it will only perform well if the heat stays in the house,” says Gilles Lesage, Natural Resource Canada-Certified Energy Assessor. “That’s why insulation is one of the most important aspects of a home’s energy-efficiency upgrades.” Choosing insulation Before adding more […]
Innovative loan program paves way to energy savings
When we take out a loan to finance a car, we’re left paying it off for years, even though the car’s value depreciates. But with a home energy-efficiency loan, the return on your investment can show in energy savings for years to come. For example, Ed from Castlegar borrowed funds to upgrade from electric baseboard heating to...
Report Draws Important Sketch of Columbia Basin
Leaving no stone unturned in its 8.6 million hectare territory, the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute (RDI) has released the 2013 State of the Basin report. In the works for several years, the 2013 report updates and builds on the work produced in the 2008 State of the Basin report. The 75-page long report and 16-page...
Grow older but don't age?
Aging in North America is feared and treatments that supposedly reduce aging are highly commercialized. Many people’s lifestyles accelerate aging, but, it is surprising that on one hand there are those that accept how they are feeling as unavoidable and on the other hand those that expect a miracle in a bottle. Unnecessary...
RCMP ask for public info after rash of attempted car thefts
A rash of attempted car thefts have police asking the public for assistance, according to Trail RCMP Cpl. Kelly Hall. "Between the evening hours of Dec. 14 and the morning of Dec. 16, a number of vehicles in the West Trail area were damaged during theft attempts," said a press release issued by Hall. "During the incidents two...
City of Trail to buy Trail airport
Trail City Council is pleased to announce the City of Trail will be proceeding with the purchase of the Trail Regional Airport (YZZ) from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB). Council determined the condition precedent, a business plan outlining the operations and economic feasibilities of the City of Trail...
COUNCIL CLIPS: Final reading for deer bylaws, vital signs, family day and national park
Grand Forks city council gave the final readings to both repeal bylaw 1884 (the outgoing deer feeding bylaw) and the bylaw 1967, which replaces it. The new bylaws will allow offenders to be ticketed for intentionally feeding deer within city limits. However, councillors Patrick O’Doherty and Michael Wirischagin opposed the ...
Bruins struggle to conquer the Dynamiters on ice
The Grand Forks Border Bruins played head to head two days in a row against the Kimberley Dynamiters with the second game held at the Grand Forks Arena, Saturday night. The game was just like the movie … 2 Fast 2 Furious. Regardless of the great attempt to take the lead for a win, the […]
LETTER: Politicians need to shape up when it comes to cattle industry, GMOs
How we come to these moments in local political history… On the one hand we have a member of our honourable Grand Forks city council declaring in a public forum on the night of Dec. 5th: “If glyphosate shows up in your urine, it is certainly an indication your body is processing it adequately.” Absolutely brilliant on the...
UPDATED: Agreement ends FortisBC lockout of 225 electrical workers
Both sides of the FortisBC lockout will be getting an early Christmas present: an end to what has been a long and bitter parting of ways. Mike Flynn, business manager of IBEW local 213, said the 225 locked out electrical workers should be looking at an immediate return to work, with some back on the job as soon as this...
