The board of School District No. 20 (SD20) voted last night 6-3 against K-12 in Rossland. The majority voted in favour of both K-7 at MacLean and K-9 at RSS, and these options will be left on the table for the bylaw's second reading at the special open board meeting at the RSS gym on Feb. 12.The board voted on each of the...

Got a story to tell?   Gallery 2 has a heritage component to it and they've decided that this year they are going to try engaging the community with 'living books' and they're launching this during the upcoming Heritage Week Feb. 18 to 24.   What's a lving book you ask?   Well they will be staying open late each third Thursday...

Firefighting in rural areas is not a paid position with regular hours so it is unusual to see these volunteers put in too many years. This week, at the Grand Forks city council meeting held Monday, Feb. 4, Darcy Skerritt and Dave Squarebriggs were honoured with 20 year service awards. Watch Les' video to see the full...

I had the opportunity in January to represent our country at the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) in Vladivostok, Russia.  This was the 21st annual Forum which hosted over three hundred parliamentarians from 23 APPF member states as well as representatives from other countries, the UN and other world organizations. Our...

 Headway was made on setting new policies for council meetings, electrical price increases cleared approvals, and offers were opened on two city owned properties at Grand Forks city council's last meeting. Council directed staff to proceed with a real estate strategy for guidelines on city-owned lands acquisition, disposition...

Hi Grand Folks! You might be just the person we’re looking for. Yes, you. Let me explain: we’re looking for enthusiastic community members who might want to join the library board of directors. Ideally, we’d like our board to be made up of a mix of women and men, of all ages (though the BC Library Act does require that you ...

What does living faithfully mean? In my context, it means living faithfully to my understanding of God's call in the world. 'Call' being a pull into realizing there is much more than 'me' involved in the warp and woof of the universe. There are connections in many realms. Connections to the Divine Light pervading all Creation....

As part of the launch of their new website, Selkirk College has released their new five year strategic plan that outlines Selkirk’s aspirations for development and renewal in a rapidly changing and complex post secondary sector in BC and across the world. The plan describes a renewed mission and vision for the institution and...

Work to prevent sloughing of the old mining tailings along the Granby River in Grand Forks is set to start after city council accepted recommendations from experts this week. A geotechnical report, received by council at their meeting Monday, Jan. 28, outlined strategies estimated at $270,000 for the redirection of Overton ...

Grand Forks RCMP spent last week chasing down crooks and arresting robbers as the city experienced a burst of criminal activity. Police responded to more than 10 incidents last week after people’s belongings started going missing from their sheds and vehicles. Much of the activity happened within the Valmar subdivision. As ...