Date set for BC Family Day in February
Ed. Note: The following is a press release issued by the government of B.C. Premier Christy Clark, along with Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government were joined by local families at the Vancouver Aquarium today to announce that B.C.'s Family Day will take place on the second Monday in...
Christina Lake annual Cleanup Day good clean fun
More than 48 volunteers removed truck loads of garbage from Christina Lake streets during the 12th annual Christina Lake Cleanup Day on Saturday, May 26. Not only did the group of volunteers, which included everyone from four to 75 years-old, clean up along the main highway frontage, but they also went through the Ponderosa...
NDP calls on province to fight GMO apples
New Democrats are calling on the B.C. Liberals to defend the B.C. fruit industry by working with the federal government to keep the province free of genetically modified fruit. "The B.C. tree fruit industry produces healthy products that are world famous for flavour and purity. Growers are concerned that this marketing...
Midway mill logs top billing
The Boundary Sawmill start-up took top marks last week as community project of the year at the B.C. Economic Summit. The Economic Development Association of BC (EDABC) and BC Hydro announced the winners of the 2012 BC Economic Development Awards at the banquet held Tuesday, May 15, in Richmond, B.C. Mayor Randy Kappes was on...
Trade apprenticeship program coming to local high school students
The BC trades industry will be short an estimated 100,000 skilled trades professionals by 2015 and School District 51 wants to have their students ready for the opportunities to come. Grand Forks Secondary School principal Scott Stewart made a financial request to the Board of Education during their regular board meeting...
Modernizing technology for women's health
If you could ensure women in the Kootenay Boundary access to mammography with less radiation, better results and the capacity for non-surgical biopsies would you even question the potential? It’s a clear win situation for the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Foundation in their quest to purchase digital mammogram equipment....
Increased logging activity for Brown Creek residents
It is an effort to drive out to the rural community of Brown Creek located at the north end of North Fork Road. The winding rural road takes about 30 minutes to drive in the summer and much longer in the winter. But the trade off is why there's a community out there at all -- the serene solitude of rural living. There's old...
Greenwood gold water gets official award
It's official. The City of Greenwood now has the trophy plate to prove it has the best tasting municipal water in the world. City mayor, Nipper Kettle, was presented the award during a "Best Tasting Water in the World" ceremony in Greenwood Friday, May 11. More than 200 people packed the McArthur Centre in downtown Greenwood...
AGM celebrates the co-operative spirit
Locally grown, made, owned and invested were the themes at the credit union’s general meeting last week celebrating the International Year of Co-operatives. Last year the Grand Forks Credit Union (GFCU) earned just under $2 million, explained board director Suzanne Schroeder during their report to members. Of that sum, nearly...
North Fork Pork and Poultry: The land of smiling pigs
There is no fear in the eyes of the pigs who wallow, nap and trott around happily in the fields of Doug Zorn's farm, North Fork Pork and Poultry. No, those pigs aren't afraid or unhappy. In fact, they smile, especially when Doug scratches them behind the ears. Doug, who is often known for his agricultural activism including...
