School District 51 Board of Education trustees say enough is enough when it comes to deer poop on the playing fields around Perley Elementary School, Grand Forks Secondary School and Hutton Elementary School. Last night they voted unanimously to send a letter to the City of Grand Forks telling the deer committee to get on...

In the first Rio Tinto Alcan Nancy Greene Ski League race of the West Kootenay Zone last Sunday, Jan. 20, teams from Red Mountain, Salmo, Summit Lake, Whitewater and Phoenix were present. The Phoenix Mountain Racers did their mountain proud by bringing home a 2nd place team ribbon. Phoenix Mountain Racer Seamus Carlyle, 11 ...

A British woman has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling. Lindsay Sandiford, 56, was found guilty of breaking the tough drug laws in place in Indonesia at the Denpasar district court yesterday, having being found with 10.6 lb of cocaine, worth about £1.6m, in the lining of her suitcase at Bali's main airport...

I am not sure if Idle No More is a movement or merely a passing protest. Like Occupy Wall Street before it, Idle No More, above all, appears to be an expression of frustration. Earlier protest actions opposed the status quo, but they did have a clear focus — civil rights, women’s rights and gay rights — visions for a new...

Known for her tireless presence at community events all over the Boundary-Similkameen riding, BC NDP candidate Marji Basso has stepped out of the election race only months before the election is to begin. According to a BC NDP press release, Basso sent a letter to BC NDP Provincial Secretary Jan O’Brien on Sunday, Jan. 20...

So far the winter nephlometer studies have shown that particulate matter continues to be a problem in the same areas as during the summer study, with one exception – neighbourhoods with heavy woodstove usage are showing elevated particulate matter. Last week Grand Forks Environment Committee member and nephlometer project...

Two Grand Forks residents were caught red-handed by Grand Forks RCMP for being out past their court-ordered curfew. On Tuesday, Jan. 15 Grand Forks RCMP were called out to a single vehicle accident at 2:22 a.m. on Carson Road and International Road in Grand Forks. The vehicle, a 1997 Ford Windstar, was blocking one and half...

Ice skating is hard. There’s a trick or two to configuring your smartphone for downloading library ebooks. And samosas are best with just the right amount of spice: not too little and not too much. How do we know? We may have discovered it for ourselves (darn, that ice is slippery!), perhaps attended a workshop, or consulted...

Ringing in the New Year with electrical rate increases has been an ongoing trend for Grand Forks over the last three years and 2013 is no exception. FortisBC is hiking rates by as much as 6.6 percent backdated to January 1. Following suit, increases for electrical users in Grand Forks come into effect after next council meeting...

It’s because he loves animals that Richard Smith, the new Boundary Animal Control Officer, chose his job. Smith, who moved to Grand Forks last year from Abbotsford, has been around animals all his life and grew up on a farm. He is a horse enthusiast and has served as a Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) steward in horse...