Hi Folks! We have a little suggestion box in the library. It’s off to the side of the checkout desk – a small, wooden treasure chest. We receive all sorts of comments, and I’ve decided to include some of them, along with my responses: Q: Would love to have reservations for magazines, please! The library used to! A: That’s a...

This interactive workshop will critically examine how our conventional methods of measuring progress, and important decisions based on these methods, have led to a disconnection among humans, and between humans and the environment.  This workshop follows a series of community peace cafes that were held in Nelson, Castlegar,...

Readers couldn't agree on whether they wanted bacon or curry for this week's recipe - so I got creative and came up with a simple bacon curry recipe that met with mixed reviews. I would've preferred it with chicken or shrimp, but my son absolutely loved the bacon in it and said this recipe is a keeper. I also wasn't wild about...

In May 2012, the Selkirk College community celebrated the unveiling of an Aboriginal Gathering Place at the school’s ​Castlegar campus. The opening represented a significant milestone in Selkirk’s commitment to developing positive and inclusive educational opportunities for Aboriginal learners, and created opportunities to ...

There's a new festival coming to Rock Creek this Labour Day long weekend  called the Ponderosa Arts and Music Festival. The event is meant to showcase artists and musicians from Western Canada and attract people from all over to enjoy the amazing beauty of the Kettle Valley. Ponderosa Festival will take place on Friday, August...

On Tuesday May 28th Spotlight Films will be showing the film No, by Chilean director Pablo Larrain. No is the culmination of Larrain’s trilogy about life under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The previous two films were Tony Manero and Post Mortem. In 1973 Salvador Allende was ousted as leader of Chile after a violent coup...

The students of Fine Woodworking at Selkirk College invite the public to their 2013 Year End Show, May 24th – 26th.  They will be showing their work at the Nelson Trading Company building at 402 Baker Street in Nelson. The show will include student projects made over the past year including unique and innovative examples of...

Hi Folks! We’ve got some exciting new tools in our metaphorical toolbox, and I want to tell you about them. They are called online databases, and they can be accessed through our website (using your library card number) at grandforks.bclibrary.ca. One of them, Imagine Canada / Grant Connect, allows non-profit organizations ...

Full Circle Art Collective evolved when a small group of artists, having worked in the same communal studio in Vancouver for many years, were finding themselves on physically separate paths, yet there was a desire to stay connected. Each artist from the collective brings a distinct, mature signature to their work, and by...

Russell Morrison credits music with saving his life. For about 15 years, the Grand Forks resident was addicted to cocaine. That all changed when he was in a motorcycle accident. “It was so painful, I couldn’t go score,” he said. For some, the pain might be enough to get them hooked on other drugs, but Morrison found relief ...