Time to Get Aggressive About Passive Houses
Does your new house plan include solar exposure as a significant design component? If not, you – or your architect, engineer, and contractor – should be preparing to attend the Passive House Design and Construction workshop scheduled for Cranbrook from October 7-11. Nelson designer and builder Lukas Armstrong will showcase ...
Selkirk Becomes Canada's First Community College to Achieve Fair Trade Campus Designation
Selkirk College has become the first community college, and fourth post-secondary institution, in Canada to achieve Fair Trade Campus designation from the Canadian Fair Trade Network. Selkirk joins the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the University of Guelph to be among the first Canadian post-secondary...
Charges laid in Grand Forks city hall fire
Charges have been laid against a 31-year-old Grand Forks man who allegedly started a fire at Grand Forks city hall, Thursday. Andre Robert Conn has been charged with breaking and entering, arson, possession of incendiary materials and possession of break in instruments. Conn is a 31-year-old Grand Forks resident and has been...
Province offers raise but no new funding - strike aversion may mean program cuts
A deal ratified this afternoon by CUPE and the province is a mixed blessing bringing both good news and bad, according to president of CUPE Local 1285 Cherryl MacLeod, who represented both the East and West Kootenays at the bargaining table. In an interview from Vancouver, MacLeod told The Source that she's delighted there ...
New deal ends threat of school strike
Strike action at schools across the province has been averted with the announcement of a tentative deal between the province and school support workers, according to a press release issued today. "The provincial bargaining committee working with the British Columbia Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA) and the unions...
Police report missing Nakusp man found safe
The Kootenay Boundary Regional RCMP is pleased to announce the Steven Schroff of Nakusp has been located safe and sound. RCMP Sgt. Darryl Little said police received a call Friday at 8:50 a.m. from the sister of Schroff advising the Nakusp man had heard the announcement on the radio and called to say he was safe. Schroff, 55,...
GF city hall significantly damaged by suspicious fire
Update Grand Forks RCMP are saying with a "high level of confidence" that the fire at city hall this morning was caused by an arsonist. The fire and intruder alarms sounded at 5:30 a.m. when the blaze was set and the Grand Forks Fire Rescue arrived on the scene within minutes. They were able to quickly control the fire, but...
LETTER: Residents band together to protect Pass Creek watersheds
Dear Editor: We are concerned citizens of Pass Creek, Robson and Raspberry who have united in a campaign to protect Pass Creek watersheds from the negative effects of road building and logging, and to preserve our scenic and wildlife corridor. The Rialto Creek/Ladybird mountain area provides domestic drinking and agricultural...
Selkirk College Signs Transfer Agreement with Royal Roads University
Selkirk College recently signed an agreement with Royal Roads University to allow Selkirk Business Administration graduates to transfer into RRU’s Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration programs after two years of study. More options for students Selkirk students, who have successfully completed a Business Administration...
Thoughts in fits and starts
The way to ruin the American people is to give them everything they want. -- John Steinbeck The nobility of poverty I’m always hearing people extol the virtues of humanity when we are in a dire crisis, whether it is earthquake, flood, fire, famine, tsunami, or war. We are at our best when we have to help each other, because...
