The Boundary Museum Society recognized the tireless efforts of volunteers and elected a new board at their annual meeting Monday, April 16. Reports were delivered to the meeting by board members detailing the progress made in the last year. Items of significance included the completion of the shade shelter at Fructova,...

Pirates, treasure, and fun make for a lively adventure in Rachelle Delaney’s The Ship of Lost Souls.  The lost souls have settled on Island X when the dark ranger arrives, followed closely by a troop of King’s men.  Excitement and confusion combine to make this children’s novel a page-turner. The Ship of Lost Souls was a 2010...

They were called “home children.” They were kids shipped from England to South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada in the early days of the colonies. In 1869, Annie McPherson gave a name to the already old practice by founding the “Child Migration Scheme.” It was a general belief, and the children were deceived into...

Christina Lake, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway, Rock Creek and Beaverdell are all on the Rick Hansen Relay for Life 25th Anniversary tour next week. The original Man in Motion tour began when Rick Hansen, a British Columbian who suffered from a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident,...

Join CBC host Grant Lawrence for a reading and slide show featuring his bestselling book Adventures In Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound ($26.95, Harbour Publishing) at the Grand Forks & District Public Library—7342 – 5th Street—on Tuesday, Apr. 24 at 6:30 p.m. Grant...

The Boundary District Arts Council and Gallery 2 are again combining forces to host the Arts and Culture Week in the Boundary. During Arts Week there will be tours and demos for school students, in the Gallery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the library (regular hours) but all are welcome. Admission is free, but donations are...

News website grioo.com reports that on April 15, 2012, Swedish Culture Minister, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, attended a exhibition preview at Museum of Modern Art of Stockholm to celebrate ‘World Art Day'. The highlight of the show seems to have been the tasting of the ‘Painful Cake' representing the body of an African woman, ...

Step aboard and back in time with Iron Mountain Theatre's production of White Star Lady: The Story of Violet Jessop. White Star Lady is one-woman musical about the life and adventures of Ms. Violet Jessop. A stewardess aboard ocean liners for 42 years, her experiences at sea are unequalled by anyone in her position. The...

Columbia Power has provided $1000 in support of the 8th Annual Under 19 (U19) Film Festival, a showcase for youth filmmakers aged 10 through 18 years. The event occurs this Saturday at the Royal Theatre in Trail which will see prizes handed out in six categories for best short film in the genres of drama, documentary, animation,...

Boundary kids will have a few opportunities to visit with their favorite egg-giving bunny at various events around the Boundary Easter weekend. The Grand Forks and District Aquatic Centre is hosting an Easter Bunny Swim for the whole family Saturday, April 7 from 1 to 5 p.m. The annual event features fun and games in the pool,...