No one injured in early-morning fire in Montrose
No one was injured in a structure fire in Montrose during the wee hours Saturday morning that saw 16 firefighters from Trail, Montrose and Fruitvale respond, according to Regional Fire Rescue Cpt. Ryan Smyth. The fire was called in at 3:13 a.m., and crews arrived at 3:25 a.m. to find a blaze in the attic of a single family ...
Locals reject ‘ludicrous’ subalpine rally track plan
The owner of Snowwater Heli Skiing says a driving course he’d like to build near his sub-alpine lodge in the Bonnington Traverse area will bring jobs and greater economic security for his business… but locals are panning the idea. “When I got this proposal in my email, it was in April,” says KL Kivi, a member of the Blewett...
National Aboriginal Day Celebration comes to Boundary
Boundary Aboriginal Community hosting a National Aboriginal Day Celebration in Grand Forks and Rock Creek, Wednesday, June 21. The Grand Forks event is scheduled for City Park beginning at 12:30 p.m. with Children’s Crafts and Storytelling. Between 5:30-6:30 p.m. there are traditional food sampling as well as live entertainment...
Letter: Time for BC School Sports Advisory Council to do the right thing
To The Editor: Sometime in the next week or so, the BC School Sports Advisory Council has an opportunity to overturn a $200 fine. Why should they? The fine represents more than 20% of the Grand Forks Secondary School Senior Girls ‘A’ Soccer team’s less than $1000 budget. It was a sad comedy of adult errors that lead to the ...
Category 3 fires to be prohibited in southeast B.C.
Effective at noon (Pacific Time) on Thursday, June 15, Category 3 open fires will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre's jurisdiction to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. Anyone conducting a Category 3 open fire anywhere in the Southeast Fire Centre must extinguish any such fire by...
Multi Vehicle collision on Highway 1 results in one fatality
RCMP say man died in a five-vehicle MVA Thursday (June 8) on the Trans Canada Highway near the east entrance to the Glacier National Park gate. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the 40-year-old male driver operating the white Mazda 5 from Coquitlam had succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. "Witnesses of ...
Vigil draws hundreds; Archibald family addresses community
As many as 400 people attended a peace and healing vigil at Millennium Park Sunday evening. The event was held in the wake of the tragic and untimely deaths of Christine Archibald, Matt Beaudet , Nikki Hackett, Ryan Babakaioff, Brandon Adams Tasha Bates, Richard Askew, Christy Stroes, and Sydney Jensen. It was also intended...
CH-149 Cormorant helicopter searches over Nelson Sunday for missing plane
The Nelson area witnessed Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) search and rescue (SAR) helicopter CH-149 Cormorant flying over the region Sunday as the search for missing plane with a B.C. man and Alberta woman continues. Pilot Alex Simons, 21, of Kamloops, and Sydney Robillard, 24, of Lethbridge, were travelling from Lethbridge...
City looks to floodplain report, grant application, to deal with rising flood issues
A new flood plain report delivered to the city recently is expected to lay the groundwork for the stemming of the tide of swollen spring floodwaters that have annually threatened large areas of Grand Forks. The Grand Forks Floodplain Risk Management and Protection Project conducted by Urban Systems and delivered to city council...
Piranhas win first out of town swim meet
The Grand Forks Piranhas have emerged the winners of the Nelson swim meet last weekend, by accumulating the most points. “We are all very excited because the Piranhas won the Nelson Swim Meet this past weekend by scoring the most points,” said coach Samantta Villanueva. Swim club president Laura Lewis believes it is the first...
