Opinion: Misleading claims about 'green' products and what to do about them
By Gaelle Gourmelon; article from WorldWatch Institute You’re standing at the store, a bottle of shampoo in each hand. Your gaze circles from one label to the other, and your mind runs 10 simultaneous comparisons to decide which bottle you’ll bring home. Blue is, after all, your favorite color. And this label does...
Columbia Basin Trust’s Built Heritage Grants fund 16 projects with $1.4 million
Heritage structures are physical reminders of our communities’ pasts. They may represent community-defining businesses that have come and gone, or early ways of life that no longer exist. They may stand alone as singular examples or be part of a string of historic structures that add interest to a neighbourhood. Now, 16 heritage structures in […]
Grand Forks reaches agreement with CUPE workers
The City of Grand Forks announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement with its union workers following two days of bargaining. Mayor Frank Konrad said the agreement with CUPE Local 4728 is for four plus years. “I’m pleased that everything worked out so well, and I’m very happy with the results for the corporation and […]
Cycling Never Gets Old
Two hundred years ago this month, an environmental and fuel crisis inspired one of our greatest inventions — a device so simple, efficient and useful that it’s turning out to be part of the solution to today’s environmental and fuel crises. As a Treehugger article explains, the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora in April...
This is a great chance to see Kootenay Studio Arts students in action
The educational pathway for students at Selkirk College’s Kootenay Studio Arts (KSA) is an individual journey that results in a creative collection of final projects. On June 23 and 24, students from five studios will showcase their concepts, designs and skill-sets at the annual KSA Year End Show & Sale. “There are not very many […]
Step Into the Light Walk Raises Awareness and Support for New Parents
Grand Forks City Park is the place people can meet Saturday (June 24th) at 10:30 a.m. to participate in the ‘Step Into the Light’ walk for women’s health. When the new baby arrives in a family, most people assume it is a time of love and celebration. What many new moms don’t expect is that […]
Rossland Summit School Students learn about our watershed
By Jennifer Schleppe We turn on our taps and water comes out. We pull the plug, and there it goes. But where did the water come from? Where did it go? This spring, students from Rossland Summit discovered that the answers to those questions are much more complex than the conveniences of modern life have led us to believe....
Police seek help finding perpetrator of cruelty to a dog
On June 17 at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Castlegar RCMP responded to a call regarding a dog that had been thrown from a car window, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. “The witness stated that a car had driven into the rural area of Woodland Drive near the gravel pit in Castlegar, thrown the dog out the […]
COLUMN: Getting rid of head lice and pinworms -- naturally.
At this time of year, I always have a few parents come in with children who have contracted head lice and pinworms and are asking not only what they can use to get rid of them naturally, but also how NOT to pick them up themselves! What do they look like? Head lice are typically identified as small dark brown or...
Balfour Water Users overwhelmingly approve of borrowing to upgrade water system
The on again, off again, Balfour Water System Upgrade is, well, on again after Balfour residents voted in favour to borrow money to upgrade the local system. The Regional District of Central Kootenay referendum, held Saturday (June 17th), saw 87.9% (153) of voters in support of the borrowing to commence upgrades of the system. There […]
