A look at Halloween in Grand Forks
Les Johnson captures the Halloween festivities in Grand Forks. Click here to check out the Halloween maze. ...
Teck Trail Operations pH Level Permit Exceedance Penalty Supports Habitat Conservation
Teck Trail Operations has been assessed a penalty of $210,000 under the Fisheries Act and the Environmental Management Act. $200,000 of the penalty will be split evenly between the provincial Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation and the federal Environmental Damages Fund. The funds will be used to support habitat conservation...
Teck penalized over $200,000 for exceeding pH; money to go to conservation
Teck Trail Operations has been assessed a penalty of $210,000 under the Fisheries Act and the Environmental Management Act. $200,000 of the penalty will be split evenly between the provincial Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation and the federal Environmental Damages Fund. The funds will be used to support habitat conservation...
Bring Fracking Directly to the Premier As She Travels to Champion B.C.'s Gas Industry
On Sunday morning, activists with Rising Tide-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories set up a 15-foot mock fracking rig on Premier Christy Clark's lawn and announcing that "Because the Premier loves fracking, we figured we would save her the hassle of trying to take over other peoples' homes and bring it right to her!" says...
Fourth driest October on record for West Kootenay
The West Kootenay experienced the fourth driest October on record said Ron Lakeman, Weather Forecaster
for the Southeast Fire Centre. “This was one of the driest Octobers — fourth driest on record,” Lakeman said. “The monthly total amount of precipitation (all rain) was only 7.4 millimetres. Other notably dry Octobers were...
Car fire this morning 'suspicious'
Police and the fire department are teaming up to investigate a fire that destroyed a vehicle this morning, according to fire chief Gerry Rempel. "The Castlegar Fire Department was dispatched to a garage fire in the 2100 block of Columbia Avenue shortly before 6:30 a.m. today (Nov. 2)," Rempel said. "A vehicle was fully involved...
Palete cleansing time as the 22nd annual wine tasting rolls around
The board and staff of gallery 2 are pleased to invite you to the 22nd Annual Wine Tasting this November 23rd; this is the night of our largest yearly fundraiser. You are in for a classic evening; "A Vintage Christmas" holds the lantern of times past, a peek through the window of timeless traditions and the warmth of those ...
Phoenix Foundation hosts social, starts new Vital Signs project
Launching a new Vital Signs project in the next few months, the Phoenix Foundation of the Boundary Communities invites you to join them at their annual community social. The evening of networking, refreshments and sharing demonstrates the Foundation's ties to their community and the organizations who do so much to help so...
CONTEST: November 2013 -- Barefoot Books through Lizanne Eastwood
Welcome to the sixth monthly contest hosted by the Boundary Sentinel. To participate, write a comment -- any PG comment -- in the comment boxes below. You'll need to set up an account if you don't already have one. Don't forget to make sure the account has a valid email address so we can notify you if you win! The winner...
Driver's concentration, alertness and reaction time decrease with end of daylight savings time
The end of daylight savings time occurs Sunday morning at 2 a.m. Accidents happen for the next two weeks according to statistics released by ICBC. The Insurance Corporation of BC says 16 per cent increase in the average number of crashes in B.C. during the late afternoon commute in the two weeks following the end of Daylight...
