After an extensive search by the board of directors of the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce selection committee, Elio Furlan was appointed as the organization’s new executive director on Nov. 20. “We are excited to work with Elio to continue to support our members and champion economic prosperity in Richmond Hill and ultimately improve the […]
ROCKLAND, Maine — The attempt may be a long shot, but the Rockland City Council wants to determine whether it can use additional quarries for disposing of demolition debris. The council met Wednesday night and held a lengthy workshop on the future of its waste disposal and recycling programs. After more than two hours of
Candidates vying to be the next MLA for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain sparred over schools, transit and housing affordability at the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce all-candidates meeting Wednesday evening at Douglas College in Coquitlam. The Green Party’s Joe Keithley and the NDP’s Jodie Wickens did not take many shots at each other, using most of their time
She always wanted to own land, and so Judy Kenzie worked her way from an apartment in Kitsilano to a house on small lot in Strathcona and, finally, to a lush hillside spread in Mission with a can’t-look-away view of Mount Baker. She had always wanted to recycle a house, too, because Kenzie has a
Paper Cup Recycling Dilemma in Canada.A Vancouver group thinks it may have a solution to the problem of litter and waste caused by the 1.6 billion disposal coffee cups that get thrown out in Canada every year. Anna Godefroy of the Binners Project, a group that picks up recyclables and returns them for cash, believes
There are calls for more regulation of B.C.’s recycling stewards after several industry-run agencies reported millions in cash reserves. The agencies that run the programs are set up as non-profits and tasked with setting and collect fees, which by law we all have to pay. The fees range from three cents to $40 depending on
