4 Reasons to Choose Insulated Vinyl Siding

Few home improvement projects offer an instant improvement in the looks of a building than vinyl siding. You can choose from a variety of colors and textures while feeling confident that the maintenance will be a breeze. Below are four reasons you should consider changing your current siding to vinyl. Give Your Home or Business … Read more

Smart Home Security Camera Sends Footage to Wrong Person, Is Maybe Not So Smart After All

Internet-connected devices are known for having their fair share of security issues—especially when it comes to cameras. But here’s a new one: the BBC reported this week that a smart home security camera started sending video clips to the wrong person. The BBC first caught wind of the problem shortly after one of its employees purchased an internet-enabled … Read more

Traditional Retailers Focus On Customer Experience At The Expense Of Other Innovations

Almost every retailer out there will tell you they need to be more innovative, and that this is hard. Retail has long been an industry focused on buying low, selling high, and optimizing everything in between. Shifting to meet an expectation of providing content, services, experience, engagement and more – this is a big shift, … Read more

GE Appliances’ $115M investment to add 255 full-time jobs

GE Appliances plans to invest $115 million in an expansion of its refrigerator manufacturing plant in Decatur that will add 255 full-time jobs, with annual average wages of $30,600, not including benefits, the company said. The investment will allow GE Appliances to increase the plant’s production capacity by 25 percent, said Greg Canfield, state Department … Read more

Wayfair Unleashes Archie & Oscar Exclusive Line of Furniture and Accessories for Pets

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wayfair Inc. (NYSE:W), one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home, today launched Archie & Oscar, a new Wayfair-exclusive line of furniture and household accessories for pets. Available now at Wayfair in the U.S. and Canada, Archie & Oscar features more than 500 unique and stylish items ranging from aquariums and gerbil cages, … Read more

ATS gives Quala greater depth in tankcar and high-hazard cleaning services

ALPHA Technical Services (ATS) has to be one of the most diversified and specialized operations in the Quala portfolio. It also is one of the largest in physical size. Acquired by Quala in mid-2017, ATS occupies a roughly 30-acre site in Pasadena, Texas. The facility cleans a wide variety of transport equipment, including tank trailers, … Read more

County hoping cleaning ditches means fewer floods

County of Grande Prairie Council has approved borrowing $1.9-million for what is being called an enhanced ditch cleaning program. This would see topsoil that was washed into the ditches during flooding dug up and put back onto farmer’s fields. Public Works Director Dale VanVolkingburgh says they hope will help prevent future flooding in these areas. “(During) the … Read more

Vegan gardening. Yes, it’s a thing

With animal products out of bounds for vegan gardeners, what do they use? “Certainly not blood and bone!” Fiona Harman, who has a micro-organic farm near Oxford in the North Canterbury foothills, is almost spluttering down the phone. “I don’t think I would ever use it even if I weren’t vegan,” she laughs. “All those antibiotics.” Some gardeners … Read more