Explosive excitement on tap at 2015 Firefighter Games in Pass Creek
The term ‘explosive’ is an exaggeration often used to get people excited about something, but make no mistake – it’s a 100-per-cent-accurate description of the Firefighter Games (see attached video, in which the 2014 opening ceremonies include blowing up a car and RV, and check out the resulting 100-plus-foot fireball). Family...
Filmmakers take note -- Daryl Duke Prize
Calling all filmmakers! The Daryl Duke Foundation announces a $25,000 prize for excellence in either a treatment or a screenplay for an unproduced long-form dramatic film telling a fictional story. The deadline for entries is September 30, 2015. Interested? To learn more, go to http://daryldukeprize.ca...
Youth program offers $5,000 for small business start-ups
Community Futures Central Kootenay is looking for five youth under 30 to participate in a brand new entrepreneurship program called Youth Mean Business, which will provide up to $5,000 in funding and training to help them launch their own small business. The program will begin mid-July and will support participants for up to...
City plans all wheel park for under-used portion of Gyro
The City of Trail has decided to postpone the All Wheel Park telephone survey that was to commence early this week by GDH Solutions and Discovery Research. This decision was made after city council agreed to proceed with a Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program grant application for $350,000 that would go towards...
Kicking off Kootenay Festival's most exciting year yet!
What started five years ago as a fairly small community gathering has grown to include exciting and dynamic offerings ranging from entertainment and vendors to hot-air-balloon and kayak rides. Kootenay Festival - Let's Celebrate is presented in partnership by the RDCK, Castlegar Arts Council and the Castlegar and District...
Salmon Ceremonies coming to GF June 22
Tribes, First Nations call salmon home and hold community meetings while United States, Canada prepare to negotiate, modernize Columbia River Treaty Date Time Event Location 6/19/15 5:30 AM Salmon Ceremony – Bridgeport, WA Colville Fish Hatchery Administration Building 6/22/15 10 AM Salmon Ceremony – Kettle Falls near the ...
Water & Lights at the sixth Christina Lake Homecoming
Mark your calendars, tell your friends, gather your neighbours! This year we will celebrate our 6th Annual Christina Lake Homecoming Summer Festival July 10 & 11 & 12, 2015!! Everyone Welcome!!! Proudly Sponsored by RDKB and elected official Area C Director Grace McGregor. "A tradition that unifies and celebrates our...
International street show coming to Grand Forks Farmers’ Market
International street performer Tianna the Traveller will be performing at the Grand Forks Farmers’ Market on June 19th. The show is 20 to 30 minutes and will include death-defying stunts, jokes, and stories. Tianna will perform several times during the day. In lieu of admission, donations will be accepted at the end of the ...
Taking over the Big Apple — Selkirk's Kiesza, Parenteau get gig on ABC's Good Morning America
It was a Selkirk College reunion that played out before millions of television viewers across Canada and the United States on Wednesday morning. Selkirk College Contemporary Music & Technology Program Instructor Gilles Parenteau and program alumna Kiesza performed together on ABC’s Good Morning America, the number-one...
LIBRARY MUSINGS: GFPL going to the dogs; taking summer break; Fabulous Fridays
There are lots of exciting things happening at the library, so I’ll skip the preliminaries and get right to it! Film Club Our next NFB movie night is on Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 pm – we’ll be screening Trick or Treaty? (85 minutes). Here’s a blurb on it: “This documentary profiles Indigenous leaders in their quest for justice...
