In an upcoming speaker series, award-winning author and journalist, Andrew Nikiforuk will talk about the impact and evolutionary role that bark beetles play in the health of aging forests, and the critical lessons this tiny creature has to teach human society about natural cycles of collapse and renewal in all ecosystems....

You know spring can't be far off when the annual Seedy Saturday Seed Share and Exchange hits Grand Forks. This year the event, which is hosted by the Grand Forks and Boundary Regional Agricultural Society (GFBRAS) and the Boundary Organic Producers, runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10 at the Holy Trinity Anglican...

Rebuilding in tough economic times takes a lot of drive from those who make up their community and for the east coast island of Cape Breton trade unions have been instrumental in creating change. Filmmaker Nik Green’s first feature length documentary, aired at the World Traveling Film Festival in Grand Forks last week, captured...

Iranians are overjoyed with the news that Asghar Farhadi's film “A Separation” was awarded an Oscar for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 26, 2012. It is the first Iranian film to win an Oscar. Iranian bloggers participated in an outpour of celebration, and some fans also created posters...

Magic! That’s family entertainment - spellbinding, heart-throbbing-in-the-throat suspense, uproarious laughter and brilliant surprises – as the Boundary District Arts Council’s presents their grand finale of the 2011-2012 Performance Series with Murray Hatfield and Theresa in an “Incredible Evening of Magic”. On Thursday,...

It's been a tough financial year for Boundary non-profit organizations. But there may be some hope at the end of March now the provincial government announced it will be reinstating the community gaming grants to groups who support adult arts and sports, animal welfare and environmental concerns. “Through an open public...

Is it any coincidence that the winner of this year's Best Actor award for comedy or musical in the Golden Globes was Jean Dujardin, the lead actor in Spotlight Films upcoming film The Artist and that he beat out the co-lead in Spotlight's last film, Brendan Gleeson of The Guard? Maybe. According to the critic site Rotten...

This could be the last ski season for the Phoenix Ski Hill if no secure funding is found for the non-profit operation. For the past few months the Phoenix Mountain Alpine Ski Society (PMASS) president Don Colclough has been appearing at local government meetings and speaking to the Regional District Kootenay Boundary (RDKB)...

One of the largest private film collections in Canada, which provides a fascinating document of rural B.C., will be housed and preserved by UBC Library thanks to a generous donation from the Halleran family and the support of community partners including Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). The Halleran Collection, valued at $750,000,...

It takes a special kind of person to climb and ski two million vertical feet in 266 days. Revelstoke-based ski mountaineer Greg Hill drops by as a special guest presenter at the sixth annual North Valley Mountain Film Festival on Saturday, March 3 in New Denver. One of the world's most accomplished ski-touring endurance...