A good friend of mine just had her 40th birthday. Her birthday request – for a small group of friends to go on a three-day hiking excursion up Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. The kind of adventure where you pack EVERYTHING you will need to survive in the wilderness for several days into a ginormous 30-pound backpack and...

Building a vibrant downtown core takes time but is completely worthwhile was the message shared with Grand Forks’ business owners last week. In a presentation sponsored by the Grand Forks economic development committee, Barb Haynes from the Downtown Penticton Association (DPA) gave encouragement for local businesses to aim ...

Last week’s Grand Forks city council meeting was jam packed with delegations from the dog park, and the Marshall Lake conservation group as well as the more practical work of bylaw approvals. Dog park Users of the local dog park, located on 18 Street at the south end of the Evergreen cemetery, are asking for council’s support...

Anyone with a smartphone can now help stop the spread of invasive plants in B.C., thanks to an innovative application developed by Hipwood Digital, the Invasive Species Council of British Columbia and the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. The "Report-a-Weed BC" app is free to download and is available...

Recent comments by Coun. Cary Fisher and Coun. Jill Spearn—regarding Brenda Trenholme's appeal to subdivide her Happy Valley property—taste like a slice of logical swiss cheese on a slab of imagination tofu. And you'll need a pinch of salt for the cracker too. Sure, sure, everyone's in favour of local agriculture. Just not ...

The second annual Grand Forks Best Singer auditions are finished, and the final singers are waiting to compete at the Grand Forks Secondary School Auditorium on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. to see who will be crowned the 2012 Grand Forks Best Singer! An interesting development in the contest this year is that the winning singer...

UPDATE: Following several reported sightings by Westbridge residents,  Wesley John Feist, missing since Monday, Aug. 20, was located on Christian Valley Road in Westbridge.  Feist had walked away from his Westbridge, B.C. home and was apparently staying in outbuildings in this area, said Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel of the Kootenay...

After following Grand Forks Fire Rescue to the Grand Forks Secondary school for a "non-fire," (see video here) Les Johnson of GFTV followed the crews out to Valmar where they assisted city, Shaw Cable and Telus repair damage from a fallen tree. Never a dull moment on a Thursday afternoon in Grand Forks. Watch the videos to ...

The Regional District Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is one step closer to their weevil rearing project. Late last month a dive team from Enviro Science Incorporated, a company based out of Ohio, spent several days looking for the the Milfoil Weevil in Christina Lake. Not only did they find the weevil, which is a great way to control...

Numerous cities throughout Texas, United States have begun broadening their efforts to fight mosquito populations, in an effort to reduce transmission of the sometimes-lethal West Nile virus. Officials in Dallas county have declared a public health emergency. Officials there have requested use of five planes, intended to spray...