The provincial election is on full force, we have Brittny Anderson the NDP candidate on to talk about what she’s hearing in the Nelson-Creston riding.
The Province announced some time ago they were officially opening part of the Great Trail to vehicle traffic. It used to be called the Trans Canada Trail and was intended for non-motorized use only. The 67 kilometer section of the Columbia Western trail between Castlegar and Christina Lake is spectacular and remote, going up along Arrow Lake and far north of Highway 3 through the mountains. There’s even a nearly 1 kilometre long tunnel. Not everyone is happy about opening it up to traffic, possibly even logging trucks. We speak with Ciel Sander the President of TrailsBC.ca about it.
Using biomass for heating and electricity generation is often called an enviornmental or renewable energy. Recently, there’s been controversy about wood pellet exports from BC Forests for electricity production. The Forest March BC Online Summit that took place in September had an excellent session on biomass, and we have a short excerpt from Dr. Mary S. Booth about it. Her data shows burning biomass to create electricity is worse than coal.
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