Marie Civitarese was born and raised in Trail, to Dean and Anita (photo above). Marie studied voice from the early age of seven years old. She honed her amazing craft with voice lessons from the age of 7 to 19 with accomplished voice teacher, Audrey Bissett, in Trail. Marie is now in her senior year at the State University ...

When Johnny McCuaig got into the music business, say about 22 years ago with The Johnny McCuaig Band, he figured he was either on top of the world, or would be booking his penthouse suite very soon. However, years into the game the Nelson native realized there is a lot that goes into a career in music, and if there was someone...

Canadian, Latin-flamenco-guitarist Servantes, (Patrice Servant), headed a four-piece ensemble that wowed the sold out, standing room only, intimate audience of 63 at gallery 2 Sunday night.   Servantes, who has been playing guitar and studying music around the world since the age of five, offers a mostly instrumental, unique...

A guy with a gun. That seems to be how it always starts. World War 1, JFK, Martin Luther King Jr., Lennon. Just a guy with a gun. God knows, it’s what’s torn our little valley apart this week, and is tearing our country apart today. That’s no comment on Peter DeGroot, it’s just how it is. We all need to wait for the investigation...

In a disturbing interview from Parliament Hill today, local MP Alex Atamanenko confirmed he is, indeed, in the East Block of Parliament Hill today, but is unharmed and safe. “We’re in the building with armed police protection, so I don’t think that’s a concern,” he said. This, after a gunman shot and killed a soldier guarding...

The new KB Searchlight website  for the Kootenay Boundary (KB) region is the first local web resource to link all child and youth mental health care services in one place. Opening with a welcoming illustrated map of the region, site visitors can click to find the most appropriate local services, resources and apps for a range...

Community Futures Boundary, the Boundary Regional Chamber of Commerce and City of Grand Forks held the annual Small Business Awards Thursday, Oct. 16 at the Grand Forks Curling Rink.  The room was packed with organizers, nominees and onlookers who enjoyed an hour of drinks, hor d'oeuvres and socializiing before the program ...

Please consider the following facts when you are voting on the whitetail deer cull referendum in the upcoming Grand Forks City civic election. The recent deer count in the city is another reminder of the disconnect between the deer population in the city and adjacent Area D and the deer population on their historic range....

Grand Forks Border Bruins had a difficult weekend on the road, losing two games to Division rivals Castlegar and Spokane by the same 9-3 score.   In Castlegar on Saturday the Bruins came back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game with goals by Stephen Shikaze and defenceman Reid Robertson before the first frame ended. These were...

Phoenix Mountain is ready for the 2014 AGM and our 2014-15 winter season to begin. Phoenix Mountain Alpine Ski Society (PMASS) encourages pass holders and Boundary residents to attend our Annual General Meeting on Monday, October 27 at 7pm, in Room 8 (downstairs) of Selkirk College in Grand Forks. Season pass and membership...