Grand Forks resident, Christopher James Cusack, 47, has been charged with two counts of arson endangering life in connection with the fires at the Grand Forks Hotel and the Winnipeg Hotel in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 7. Within two hours of the fires being reported, Grand Forks RCMP had Cusack in custody and...

Experience the tradition of a Venice Carnival at the Grand Forks Art Gallery Society’s 1st Annual Masquerade Ball.   Gallery 2 will host this great new fundraiser and provide an elegant atmosphere for the Venetian style Masquerade.  Featured live entertainment is  “Mad Dog 20  20”.  Dance through the evening and enjoy a late...

It was a team of veteran curlers who have dominated Masters play in BC the past five years, and a team of relative newcomers to competitive curling who came out on top last weekend in Grand Forks at the 26th BC Masters Curling championship. Rick Pughe from Royal City Curling Centre in New Westminster and Beverly Skinner from...

A woman driver who is nine months pregnant is lucky to be alive after a Chambers truck hit her on Highway 3 by Billings Road on Tuesday, February 28. The 20 year-old driver from Christina Lake had been turning left in her 2004 Ford Taurus when the Chambers truck, driving in the same lane, struck the vehicle on the drivers...

By Lena Groeger in ProPublica. Environmentalists have repeatedly pressed regulators to compel oil and gas companies to report what chemicals they use in the drilling and fracking process. According to a 2011 congressional report, many of the chemicals used can pose a serious health risk. No one knows the exact makeup of the...

Young women calling on co-enthusiasts to rip off their clothes for Putin last summer, seemed to have disappeared from the scene after making the headlines for a couple of weeks. As the election season draws to a close in Russia, now, it is worth taking a look back at how that movement evolved, and how it inspired other women...

In our community, people with disabilities are still uncertain about whether they are eligible for an important tax credit with a significant refund. I remain committed to raising awareness about their legitimate entitlement under the Income Tax Act. For your information, every eligible person should be aware of his/her rights...

Check out this new cartoon from Gerry Hummel highlighting the push to open up BC and Alberta's fossil fuel resources to emerging Asian markets like China. In recent months both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Resources Minister Joe Oliver have told Canadians and leaders on the world's stage that the Enbridge Northern ...

For the fourth consecutive year, FortisBC is encouraging families and businesses across the region to switch off, unplug and join millions of people around the world in participating in Earth Hour on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. “Earth Hour is an opportunity to join with others in thinking about the energy we consume,...

In an upcoming speaker series, award-winning author and journalist, Andrew Nikiforuk will talk about the impact and evolutionary role that bark beetles play in the health of aging forests, and the critical lessons this tiny creature has to teach human society about natural cycles of collapse and renewal in all ecosystems....