Local theatre productions give audiences a chance to project themselves into another reality and take a break during our seemingly long winter. This weekend’s Rivers Edge show, Toad at Toad Hall, was well produced with excellent acting, clever set design and lively music. But the show fell short of its mark for the audience,...

If you're concerned about local food security, you won't want to miss the Kettle Valley Food Co-op's (KVFC) free presentation Resilient Food Secure Communities with Jon Steinman, Thursday, Feb. 16. The event is one of many to come for the KVFC this year in celebration of what has been declared by the United Nations as 2012,...

Get ready for some good clean family fun at the annual Winterfest in Greenwood, Friday, Feb. 17 to Sunday, Feb. 19. The weekend kicks off on Friday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. when the City works department begins dumping trucks loads of snow in front of nearly every business in town for the snow sculpting competition. Each participating...

Young, old and every age in between fans of Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame won't want to miss Rivers' Edge Theatre Society's latest production. Toad of Toad Hall, a play adaptation of Wind in the Willows by A.A. Milne of Winnie the Pooh fame, features everything a great play needs -- wonderful costumes, music, dancing,...

Book your weekend off Feb. 24 to 26 as No Boundaries film club presents, for the seventh year, the Traveling World Community Film Festival. This festival celebrates the art of the documentary film and the weekend’s selections come from past festival viewers. The World Community Film Festival is British Columbia's longest...

A new 4H club with nine exciting projects has started up in Grand Forks this year. The former Boundary Bit N' Bridle 4H Club, which had only horse projects, has morphed into a larger multi project club called the Boundary Multi 4H Club. "Not everyone has access to horses and livestock so now they too can be involved in 4H,"...

Avid readers are often disappointed when they go to see a screen version of their favourite books. I was introduced to the nearly viral, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson, and its following novels by my mother and quickly consumed the book in its entirety. So it was with trepidation that I...

After more than 40 years looking for a permanent home, the City of Grand Forks is now actively looking for a property for the Grand Forks and District Fall Fair. On Friday Jan. 27 a steering committee made up of members from the Grand Forks City Council, met with members of the Grand Forks and District Fall Fair Society...

The first National Day of Action protest for Selkirk College Grand Forks campus was a quiet but passionate one as students, faculty and community members supported the student union's campaign to reduce tuition fees, drop student debt and increase education funding, Wednesday, Feb. 1. Rather than focussing on the campaign...

From a winter version of baseball called Sno-Pitch to skill testing games and a polar dip in the lake, Christina Lake's annual Winterfest promises to have it all. Winterfest, sponsored by the Christina Lake Community Hall Association, runs Friday, Feb. 3 and Saturday, Feb. 4. "(Come out) just to visit with friends, meet new...