Rating: Two stars out of five Seven lone survivors of a transport plane wreckage in the desolate Arctic struggling to find safety, thwarted by wolves at every turn, seems like an excellent premise for an action-packed thriller. But The Grey, set in the stunning mountains surrounding Smithers, B.C., falls short as a tension-filled...

For some writing can be a daunting process, for others, like cowgirl poet Jill Gunnarson, it is a gift. And it is Gunnarson's gift for inspiration -- which often comes to her in the middle of the night and keeps her up until morning -- that won her the B.C.Cowboy Heritage Society Rising Star award at the cowboy western poetry...

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Based on the 1974 novel by John Le Carre is the upcoming Spotlight Films feature to be screened on Tuesday, Mar. 27.  This spy thriller is set in 1973, the Cold War era, and features Gary Oldman (Dark Knight, Fifth Element) as George Smiley. An operation in Budapest goes horribly wrong, forcing the...

The Midway Community Garden will be just that much better after being awarded a $20,000 Age-friendly B.C. Grant. The money will be used to expand the popular community location to include a food preparation area with electricity where residents will be able to learn how to preserve the food they've grown in their garden plot....

Josh Martin’s new online mystery novel, Run, is full of twists, turns and a whole lot of secrets. In addition to weekly chapters posted on his website, www.PlotHinge.com, Martin is also making bonus content available on password-protected pages. So where might one find the password to access these pages? For that, Martin has...

Lone Sheep Publishing is proud to present Yves Engler, author of The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy and Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid. In his new book, The Truth May Hurt, Engler strips away the layers of former Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson’s past, exposing him as less of a Canadian peacekeeper and ...

Masked gowned guests revelled at the Venice carnival style ball last Saturday hosted by Gallery 2. Several months ago the Grand Forks Art Gallery Society identified the need for another fundraiser to meet the increasing cost of operations and to hedge the uncertainty of receiving government grants.  Plans for an event to mark...

A former Catholic nun who first gained the spotlight with her 1993 book A History of God: The 4,000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam,  Karen Armstrong is now an author of 20 books that focus largely on commonalities of major religions – including the nearly universally but often-ignored principle of compassion....

Everyone’s favourite book club is back. One Book, One Kootenay (OBOK) is a region-wide book club that celebrates the work of the talented writers living in the Kootenay Boundary. Once again, readers from across the Kootenay region will read and vote for the book they feel all Kootenay booklovers should read. Three Kootenay ...

Experience the tradition of a Venice Carnival at the Grand Forks Art Gallery Society’s 1st Annual Masquerade Ball.   Gallery 2 will host this great new fundraiser and provide an elegant atmosphere for the Venetian style Masquerade.  Featured live entertainment is  “Mad Dog 20  20”.  Dance through the evening and enjoy a late...