Wriggly worms and seed library featured at annual Seedy Saturday event
Learn about how to do your own worm composting, how to contribute to local seed and food sustainability and hobnob with like-minded gardening enthusiasts at the annual Seedy Saturday Seed Share and Exchange in Grand Forks, Saturday, March 9. This year’s event, which is hosted by the Grand Forks and Boundary Regional Agricultural...
REVIEW: I laughed, I cheered, I nearly sang along to Annie Get Your Gun
Lucky for all of you who didn’t come out for the opening of the Boundary Musical Theatre’s production of Annie Get Your Gun last night– there’s still five more shows you can catch before it’s gone for good. The 1946 Broadway Musical was an ambitious production for the community theatre group to take on, but clearly it was not...
City hopes to get people talking with new meeting format
Grand Forks City council is doing something new this week to try and get people talking. Those wanting to have a say in a less formal setting than the regular public council meeting can now do so at a newly created Committee of the Whole meeting, which will be held for the first time at City Hall on Monday, March 4 from 9...
LIBRARY MUSINGS: New service for house-bound locals and an AGM
Hi Grand Folks!I’m so excited. And I just can’t hide it. Here’s why: the library is launching a brand-new service to deliver books and other items to homebound patrons! The Homebound Delivery Service will be available to anyone who cannot come to the library to pick up materials – whether it’s a 14 -year-old boy who broke...
Second annual Masquerade Ball a mysterious good time
More than 75 masked revelers attended the second annual Masquerade Ball at Gallery 2 in Grand Forks, Saturday, Feb. 23. The art gallery fundraiser is one of two events the gallery hosts in-house every year. Despite conflicting community events, the costume ball was as well attended as last year, said Dawsha Hunt, Visitor’s ...
Administrative shifts coming for local schools, possible reduction
The School District 51 school board will be taking a serious look at their administrative needs now two of the district’s principals will be moving up to the board office this summer. The recent appointment of Perley Elementary School principal Kevin Argue as superintendent and Hutton Elementary School principal Doug Lacey ...
POLICE BEAT: Thief gets away with extension cord, possible asbestos exposure
A thief who broke into the Winnipeg Hotel demolition site may have got more than they bargained for – future lung cancer from asbestos exposure. Grand Forks RCMP were called out to the hotel at 7:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20 after a bucket with 800-feet of yellow extension cord valued at $1,300 was discovered missing at the...
Toe-tapping music set to entertain in Annie Get Your Gun
Grand Forks audiences are in for a theatrical treat at the Boundary Musical Theatre’s spring production of the popular Broadway hit, Annie Get Your Gun, opening Friday, March 1. Annie Get Your Gun, you say? Never heard of it? Actually, you have! While you might not recognize the name of the lead character – Annie Oakley – and...
SPOTLIGHT FILMS: Amour
The multiple award nominated/winning film, Amour, will be presented on Tuesday, Feb. 26 by Spotlight Films. This not so subtle creation of writer/director Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, Cache) wraps our emotions around, generally, the aging process accompanied by the various debilitating challenges and, specifically, the...
Avalanche risks are high after new snowfall
Warnings for caution in the Kootenay Boundary back country for snow enthusiasts are high this weekend. With a lot of variation in the snowpack around the region, the Canadian Avalanche Centre advises that wind and new snow have increased the avalanche danger considerably. At the time of writing, 10-30 cm of snow overlies ...
