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Museum short $80,000 for coming year
by Mona Mattei on Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 1:24pm

Society directors came to Grand Forks city council Monday night seeking a commitment of $80,000 for the survival of the Boundary Museum.

Christine Thompson, past city councillor and director with the museum, attended the council meeting along with fellow board members to present their...

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National Day of Action comes to Selkirk College for first time
by Erin Perkins on Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 9:32am

A national campaign by the student movement Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) is coming to Selkirk College Grand Forks campus for the first time, Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 10:30 a.m.

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Credit union builds a lasting legacy with Phoenix Foundation
by Erin Perkins on Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 4:11pm
The Phoenix Foundation will be $1 million richer with a generous commitment from the Grand Forks Credit Union announced Thursday, Jan. 19.
 
The credit union, who donated $100,000 each of the last two years to the Phoenix Foundation, will continue donations into...
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Recent News

SPOTLIGHT FILMS: The Guard

by Contributor on 28 Jan 2012
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For those of you who missed Beginners, presented by Spotlight films in November, I would like to suggest you watch it when you can. It is a very funny and sweet film with excellent performances by Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor and a very talented supporting cast including a cerebrally developed Jack Russel Terrier who gets his own subtitles.

RCMP: Police vehicle rolls leaving officer injured

by Boundary Sentinel on 27 Jan 2012
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RCMP: Police vehicle rolls leaving officer injured

A police vehicle left Highway 3 just west of Grand Forks yesterday, rolling and injuring a police officer.

RCMP Staff Sargeant Jim Harrison could not comment to the Sentinel at this time. 

According to reports from other news agencies, two people, including an RCMP constable were taken to hospital following the crash Thursday afternoon.

The crash took place on a three-lane stretch of Highway near Collins Rd and involved a marked police pick-up truck and a Toyota Prius.

Regional News

Blaze causes $50,000 damage to Columbia Avenue property

by Kyra Hoggan on 26 Jan 2012
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Blaze causes $50,000 damage to Columbia Avenue property

Investigation has not yet revealed the cause of a fire in the old Sandpiper Hotel Sunday afternoon.

Castlegar fire cheif Gerry Rempel said people were at home in one of the rental units when they saw smoke and called 911.

"They got out of there and called us," he said. "When we arrived, there was a lot of smoke, but the fire didn't spread to other units. We were able to successfully contain it very quickly.

"The one unit was pretty much completely gutted, though."

Three new members join CBT's Board of Directors

by Contributor on 26 Jan 2012
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New board member Laurie Page

Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) welcomes three new members to its Board of Directors and would like to recognize the reappointment of five current directors.

The new directors are:
* Wendy Booth from Fairmont Hot Springs (two-year term);
* Am Naqvi from Nelson (one-year term); and
* Laurie Page from Nakusp (one-year term).

Provincial & National

CST calls upon medical experts in BC to oppose Smart Meters

by Contributor on 26 Jan 2012
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CST calls upon medical experts in BC to oppose Smart Meters

Citizens for Safe Technology Society (CST) has launched a Human Rights action against BC Hydro requesting accommodation of individuals refusing a wireless "smart meter" for health reasons. These are persons with a variety of health concerns ranging from cancer to heart problems, from seizures to electrosensitivity, and who have medical letters from their doctors requesting BC Hydro accommodate their health conditions by allowing an analogue meter to remain.

Stephen Harper and the Big Oil Party of Canada

by Murray Dobbin on 25 Jan 2012
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Stephen Harper and the Big Oil Party of Canada

Where will you be and what will you be doing when the first giant oil tanker, (there will be two plying the waters every three days) carrying over 200,000 gallons of tar sands goop diluted with solvent, spills its load into the pristine waters of the northern BC coast?

International

How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

by Contributor on 28 Jan 2012
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How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

While many of us are working to ensure that the Occupy movement will have a lasting impact, it’s worthwhile to consider other countries where masses of people succeeded in nonviolently bringing about a high degree of democracy and economic justice. Sweden and Norway, for example, both experienced a major power shift in the 1930s after prolonged nonviolent struggle. They “fired” the top 1 percent of people who set the direction for society and created the basis for something different.