Risk of dementia 70% higher in homes with wood stoves

Researchers at the Umea University in northern Sweden have studied air quality in homes where wood-fire stoves are used and […]

Does focusing on getting people to switch to newer stoves work? Did it work after one town spent $2.5 million […]

The BC government has released a new report on Air Quality in Courtenay “Patterns of Air Quality and Meteorology in […]

BC’s wood stove exchange program provides rebates for the removal of highly polluting, uncertified wood stoves. In a positive step, […]

This past January-February, a mobile monitoring study of fine particulates was conducted in the Comox Valley for two weeks. Two […]

There is an important AIR QUALITY FORUM in the Comox Valley on Tuesday, April 4th. This is an “Elected Officials […]

“It does not seem logical that an eco-labelled stove is allowed to pollute 25 times more than a 10 year […]

The photos below were taken in Courtenay, Cumberland, Comox and CVRD in November 2016. These are not being shared to target specific […]

“Health concerns about wood smoke are driving some B.C. municipalities to ban old, inefficient stoves starting as early as next […]

The Comox Valley Record published an article on the new wood stove regulations in B.C. “Changes to the solid fuel […]

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