Residents concerned about proposed soccer dome

CTV.ca News Staff

About 200 residents have signed a petition against a proposal to convert a high school track into a soccer dome.

Some homeowners near Northern Secondary School, located on Mount Pleasant Road north of Eglinton Avenue East, are worried the state-of-the-art facility would increase traffic in the residential area and create parking issues.

Don't rely on home equity for cash

Thinking about tapping into your equity for a loan?

That could be a dangerous move. In a financial crisis, you could be forced to sell your home or wind up in foreclosure.

Thanks to the real estate run-up of the past several years, you're sitting in a $500,000 home that you owe $50,000 on.

Durie seeking dollars for domes

29 November 2006 

By ANDREW STILL

TENNIS

Ra Durie is going ahead with plans to build New Zealand's first all- weather clay court tennis mecca.

Durie, a sports medicine doctor, is meeting potential sponsors in Auckland next month to see if they'll back his plan for a regional indoor facility a complex which would have six purpose-built dome structures covering two courts each, plus a further six outdoor courts, making 18 in total.

In Britain, wind turbines offer homespun electricity

By Kendra Nordin | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND – Amid the rooftops and chimneys of this seaside town south of London spins a solitary symbol of Britain's growing devotion to green energy. Usually relegated to windy plains or planted offshore, a wind turbine has sprouted on the roof of Daren Howarth's terrace house.

While it is Brighton's first, miniature windmills have suddenly become the latest "must have" accessory among Britain's eco-conscious city dwellers.

It heats. It powers. Is it the future of home energy?

Residential 'micro-combined-heat-and-power' units are efficient furnaces that create electricity.

By Mark Clayton | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Down in Bernard Malin's basement is a softly thrumming metal box that turns natural gas into hot water and generates $600 to $800 worth of electricity a year - a bonus byproduct of heating his home.

"It's like printing money," says Mr. Malin, the first person in Massachusetts - perhaps in the nation - to own a residential "micro combined-heat-and-power" system, also known as micro-CHP.

Mortgages that outlive you

Lenders are offering home loans that are likely to last longer than you do. Is there any reason at all to consider a 40- or 50-year mortgage?.

By Liz Pulliam Weston

Mortgage lenders will tell you that every type of home loan has a niche -- that it's good for someone, in other words.

When it comes to 40- and 50-year mortgages, though, it's hard to imagine whom.

Surprise: Not-so-glamorous conservation works best

Efficient appliances and flourescent bulbs are easy upgrades that make a big difference, experts say.

By Moises Velasquez-Manoff | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

When high school science teacher Ray Janke bought a home in Chicopee, Mass., he decided to see how much he could save on his electric bill.

A bigger, better Omnimax

$1 million upgrade promises a more exhilarating experience

BY JIM KNIPPENBERG | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Eleven weeks and $1 million later, the Robert D. Lindner Family Omnimax Theater reopens today at the Cincinnati Museum Center as the most state-of-the-art Imax theater in the country.