The BC Liberals have announced that Oliver municipal councillor Linda Larson will be the Party’s candidate in Boundary-Similkameen. Larson is the former Mayor of Oliver, elected in 1997, 1999 and 2002. “I’m proud to be running for the BC Liberals under Premier Christy Clark,” said Larson. “The Premier has shown tremendous...

The B.C. government likes to boast that the province's personal income tax rates are among the lowest in the land, if not the lowest. Expect to hear it repeated a lot in TV ads over the coming weeks, when the legislature reconvenes in February and when the 2013 provincial budget is tabled.   On one level they're right. On...

Despite earlier cooler weather, heatwave conditions are expected to resume in New South Wales, Australia. Local weather service forecasts expect temperatures to rise above 40°C (104°F), as-experienced earlier in the week. The percentage of uncontained fires jumped as high as 20%. On Friday, local fire authorities have declared...

Hi Grand Folks!   There are all sorts of reasons to love January – skiing, sunny afternoons, the days slowly starting to lengthen. It’s also a slow month – a time for reflecting on the year that was, and figuring out what you want to get up this coming year. In my case, I always end up thinking about all the elusive skills ...

Two hand-crafted wood cabinets are hoped to both enlighten visitors about local history and to attract artifacts for view and possible donation to the Boundary Museum. The Boundary Museum donated the cabinets, a project that was led by Boundary Woodworker’s Guild member Dennis Hansen, to the Welcome Center in Christina Lake...

The Mir Lecture Series presents James Loney at the Shambhala Music & Performance Hall in Nelson on Friday, February 8th. In November 2005, Loney and three other men were captured by armed gunmen and held hostage in Iraq.  Loney was part of a delegate from Christian Peacemaker Teams – an organization that sends activists...

School District 51 announce the appointment of Doug Lacey as the new Director of Learning effective July 1, 2013.   Lacey has been with School District 51 since 1996 and is currently the Principal of J.A. Hutton Elementary School and prior to that was the Principal of Christina Lake Elementary School. This announcement follows...

Effective today, MLA John Slater sits in provincial legislature as an independent after the BC Liberals turned down his bid to run in the upcoming 2013 election for the Boundary-Similkameen. Slater said that he initiated his candidacy paperwork four months ago but had not received confirmation from the party to indicate...

The remarkable Idle No More movement is the biggest and most important national outpouring of grassroots aboriginal anger ever seen in Canada. Not since the late 1960s when Indians (as they then referred to themselves) and Métis confronted governments with demands for justice has such a dramatic and passionate expression of...

More than 30 people braved the chilly temperatures to show their solidarity in the national Idle No More movement during a peaceful public protest at Gyro Park in Grand Forks, Saturday, Jan. 12.  “This is not just an Indian thing,” said event organizer and local Metis Patrick Stephenson during his prayer. “This is for human...