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Here's how geothermal energy heats and cools a home
July 13, 2023 - 5:08 AM

Some homeowners looking to switch out their heating and cooling systems are turning to home geothermal — also known as ground source — heat pumps. It's a technology that relies on a simple physical fact: Dig several feet below Earth's surface, in the coldest winter or the hottest summer, and the temperature will be around 55 degrees.
Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house
July 13, 2023 - 5:09 AM

Summers are famously humid in New York State, but life in the Maioli household has gotten more comfortable since the couple installed a new heating and cooling system — one that isn't well known yet in the U.S.
Renters face charging dilemma as U.S. cities move toward EVs
October 25, 2022 - 2:47 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephanie Terrell was excited to join the wave of drivers adopting electric vehicles when she bought a used Nissan Leaf this fall.
Renters face charging dilemma as U.S. cities move toward EVs
October 25, 2022 - 2:43 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephanie Terrell bought a used Nissan Leaf this fall and was excited to join the wave of drivers adopting electric vehicles to save on gas money and reduce her carbon footprint.
As Cairo transforms, Egyptians fight to save their trees
March 11, 2022 - 10:20 PM

CAIRO (AP) — A few months ago, Choucri Asmar decided he wasn't ready to give up hope. So he led a group of residents in “a peaceful demonstration to protect the trees” of his Cairo neighborhood.
Wildfires in southern Turkey leave 3 dead, 58 hospitalized
July 29, 2021 - 8:34 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Thursday began investigating the cause of a string of forest fires in Turkey's Mediterranean and southern Aegean regions, including two near the coastal resort town of Manavgat that killed three people and sent over 50 others to the hospital as homes burned down.
P.E.I. to reopen some liquor stores, citing concerns about alcohol withdrawal
March 25, 2020 - 3:56 PM

Addiction experts are urging provinces to keep liquor stores open during the COVID-19 outbreak or risk exacerbating another public-health crisis.
Ukraine’s Chernivtsi a charming city of architectural gems
October 02, 2019 - 9:20 AM

CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine - Tucked in the southwest corner of Ukraine, Chernivtsi is a cheerful city that graciously marries the glories and sorrows of centuries past with vibrant Eastern European urban life today.
Egypt's ballet dancers find passion on an isolated stage
May 12, 2017 - 8:12 AM

CAIRO - Ballet dancer Fady el-Nabarawy feels he can finally breathe again the moment he enters the gates of the Cairo Opera House after a commute from his ramshackle, poor neighbourhood. This is where he and his fellow dancers practice, perform, love and create.
Lack of services perpetuates indigenous mental health crisis: frontline workers
November 29, 2016 - 12:51 PM

Indigenous leaders say rampant child sexual abuse on many reserves across the country is an underlying contributor to mental health crises — particularly among young people — but a lack of funding and co-ordinated programs is leaving residents without desperately needed counselling services, which could help break the chain of despair and hopelessness enveloping entire communities.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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Here's how geothermal energy heats and cools a home

Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house

Renters face charging dilemma as U.S. cities move toward EVs

Renters face charging dilemma as U.S. cities move toward EVs

As Cairo transforms, Egyptians fight to save their trees

Wildfires in southern Turkey leave 3 dead, 58 hospitalized

P.E.I. to reopen some liquor stores, citing concerns about alcohol withdrawal

Ukraine’s Chernivtsi a charming city of architectural gems

Egypt's ballet dancers find passion on an isolated stage

Lack of services perpetuates indigenous mental health crisis: frontline workers

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