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. While the Canadian Tourism Commission...

By Michael Grabell in ProPublica. A common criticism of President Obama's $800 billion stimulus package has been that it failed to produce anything – that while the New Deal built bridges and dams, all the stimulus did was fill some potholes and create temporary jobs. Don't tell that to Annette Herrera. She was 50 when the ...

West Kootenay residents and people across B.C. will get up to $5,000 off the sticker price of a qualifying clean energy vehicle starting Dec. 1. Environment Minister Terry Lake said Saturday that the rebate includes qualifying new vehicles that are battery electric, fuel-cell electric, plug-in hybrid electric and those that operate on compressed natural gas. […]

  Kootenay-Boundary girls can learn how it feels to fly in aviation, mix up a mirror from scratch in chemistry, build a digital map of our natural environment, and mingle with young women already working in their dream jobs at Quantum Leaps, a unique, hands-on science and technology careers event at Selkirk College Oct. 20 […]

By Tony Mauro, BC Hydro blog In the last 30 years computers have become a standard appliance in a lot of households, maybe not as integrated as the HAL 9000 of science fiction movie fame, but still pretty important. When you factor in the peripherals, such as printers and scanners, you might be surprised how […]

Two years ahead of its goal, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has achieved carbon neutrality. Offsetters, leading carbon management solutions provider, has partnered with RMOW to offset their 2010 corporate footprint. As one of the first British Columbia municipalities to adopt a Carbon Neutral Operations plan (September 2009), the RMOW has measured emissions associated […]

In an effort to expand broadband internet in the Columbia Basin, the Columbia Basin Trust signed an agreement with Columbia Mountain Open Network (CMON) Wednesday to acquire CMON’s broadband assets. The assets will be managed by the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC), a new wholly-owned subsidiary of CBT formed in an effort to expand broadband […]

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and jobs could be created in B.C. by 2015, starting with the Kitimat liquefied natural gas plant. Presently, the most advanced LNG project is the Kitimat LNG terminal proposed by Apache Canada Ltd., EOG Resources Inc, and Encana Corporation. This terminal is located on Haisla Nation territory. Kitimat LNG […]

By Akhila Vijayaraghavan, Triple Pundit Landfill mining is a rapidly growing area of waste management that is proving to be extremely profitable. About 50 miles east of Brussels, at Houthalen-Hecteren lies the Remo Milieubeheer landfill which dates back to the 1960s. It consists of industrial waste, household garbage and other things that landfills normally have […]

A 182-page report issued Sept. 1 by the United States National Research Council warns that the amount of debris in space is reaching “a tipping point,” and could cause damage to satellites or spacecraft. The report calls for regulations to reduce the amount of debris, and suggests that scientists increase research into methods to remove […]