They grew up feeling secure. They benefited from easier access to education. They came of age during a time of some of the biggest social change in North America. And now the baby boomers, all of whom will turn 65 between 2011 and 2031, are facing a huge challenge in the West Kootenay. How will they get around when they can...

Sixty-seven volunteers and forest professionals planted 8,227 seedlings Wednesday at two Interfor harvesting locations in British Columbia’s Southern Interior as part of a North America-wide effort to set a world record for the most trees planted simultaneously in an hour.  Employees from Interfor and Greenpeaks Resource...

Dear Editor, As the one who a month ago launched the torpedo to sink the Habitat for Humanity project in Grand Forks, Coun. Chris Hammet now finds herself standing ankle deep in the old-Taylor-council doo-doo. As per council tapes of the April 20th meeting, Hammet, under unannounced authority, is releasing “in-camera” data ...

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has awarded a $1.77-million contract to Arrowsmith Road Maintenance to sealcoat 42 kilometres of Highway 33 this summer. The work is taking place between Rock Creek and Beaverdell, with site preparation underway now and sealcoat activity scheduled to begin in early June....

On Tuesday May 26 Spotlight Films will be presenting the French/Australian/Canadian collaboration The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet. This film, directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet, (directed Amelie) who also co-wrote the screenplay with Guillame Laurant is based on the novel by Rief Larson, “The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet”....

On May 3, the cadets of 841 Boundary Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, Grand Forks spent the day glider flying at the Grand Forks Airport. The SGS2-33A glider and Cessna 182 Tow Plane are owned by the Air Cadet League of Canada, British Columbia Committee and are operated by the Department of National Defense.  Every spring...

A brush fire on Upper Gibson Road in Pass Creek this afternoon took about four hours to knock down, according to Pass Creek fire chief Brian Bebelman. "We got the call at about 3:30 p.m.," he said, adding it was a big brush fire, roughly an acre in size. "But it was way off the road - we had to hook up about 500 metres of...

Dear Mayor and Council, I understood from the local radio news that you were looking for solutions to the water system issues in Grand Forks. Here is an extremely inexpensive and effective solution: District Metering. Veritec engineering did a study for the City of Revelstoke on their water system, dated Oct 10, 2013, ...

The City of Trail and the Village of Warfield are pleased to announce they have successfully negotiated and approved a 5.5-year (66 months) recreation and library services agreement that will take effect on July 1, 2015. Warfield will contribute $631,500 over the full term and the City will allocate 68 per cent of the funding...

BC Hydro is predicting that 2015 could be the fourth driest year on record, according to a press release issued by Dayle Hopp. "Current data now predicts drier conditions in the overall Columbia system (U.S. and Canada combined) than forecasted in April 2015," the release says. "Currently, we expect 2015 could be the fourth...