Grand Forks residents are showing their community spirit by banding together to help a fellow resident get mobile. Karen Head was diagnosed with emphysema in 2004 – a condition that has left her with limited mobility. In order to get more active, she’d need a mobility scooter so she can improve her quality of life. Her friend...

Dear Sir, I couldn't believe my eyes. Your letter page contained a letter from someone who holds a position of power in a local cooperative. He wrote to raise the prospect of taxation as a spectre of fear and loathing against which all co-op members should raise standards, mount ramparts and prepare to repel raiding hordes ...

J.D. Salinger once said, “Mothers are all slightly insane.” … and I could not agree more.  I mean, we have to be, in order to put up with all the chaos that raising children brings.  It’s a 24-hour job that consists of playing the roles of chef, chauffeur, nurse, referee, janitor, therapist, and teacher all while demanding ...

A new YouTube video has been released. This one is not about funny dogs or hit music, it’s about helping rural BC communities thrive. The video was created by the Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition (SIBAC) with SIBAC chair Rhona Martin, vice-chair Grace McGregor and Neskonlith Chief Judy Wilson sharing the message. “We...

UPDATE:  Environment Canada weather forecast is for the warm weather to hold through Saturday, with a cooling trend starting Sunday with the possibility of showers. Temperatures expected to be in the low 20’s Wednesday through Friday next week. The River Forecast Centre provided the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary...

Thanks to rising water levels, the Grand Forks Senior Hall will not be available for advanced polling this week or regular polling May 14th. The local fire marshall has deemed it unsafe for voters, said District Electoral Officer Peter Beckett.The polling station has been moved to Sacred Heart Catholic Church.  Advanced polling...

Hi Folks! We’ve got some exciting new tools in our metaphorical toolbox, and I want to tell you about them. They are called online databases, and they can be accessed through our website (using your library card number) at grandforks.bclibrary.ca. One of them, Imagine Canada / Grant Connect, allows non-profit organizations ...

  I live in Saskatchewan, but have followed Mischa Popoff’s continuing stand for conservative principles for several years now. Although the hordes of socialist ideologues have assaulted him incessantly, this man will not back down for what sound thinkers believe to be right and sensible. In our present state of dismay and ...

Friends and Residents of the North Fork are appealing to the public to help prevent industrial clear-cut logging at Lynch Creek North. A group of interested people met at the Boundary Women’s Centre in Grand Forks on May 2 to garner interest in the cause. Lynch Creek North is located west of Gladstone Park and plans for logging...

Full Circle Art Collective evolved when a small group of artists, having worked in the same communal studio in Vancouver for many years, were finding themselves on physically separate paths, yet there was a desire to stay connected. Each artist from the collective brings a distinct, mature signature to their work, and by...