British Foreign Secretary William Hague has described a possibility of a new cold war in the Middle East due to the Iranian nuclear programme. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suggests negotiating with Iran by asking it to disprove the allegations of developing nuclear weapons. "If [the Iranians] obtain nuclear ...

It takes a special kind of person to climb and ski two million vertical feet in 266 days. Revelstoke-based ski mountaineer Greg Hill drops by as a special guest presenter at the sixth annual North Valley Mountain Film Festival on Saturday, March 3 in New Denver. One of the world's most accomplished ski-touring endurance...

Grand Forks RCMP attended three single vehicle accidents this past week due to poor road conditions. The first two accidents happened in the same area on Highway 3 around Collins Road, east of Grand Forks. The first accident was on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 4:49 p.m. The driver of a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire lost control while it was...

Local theatre productions give audiences a chance to project themselves into another reality and take a break during our seemingly long winter. This weekend’s Rivers Edge show, Toad at Toad Hall, was well produced with excellent acting, clever set design and lively music. But the show fell short of its mark for the audience,...

To the Editor; Bruce Davidson an activist from Walkerton, Ontario who has made over one hundred presentations will tell his story in Grand Forks in March. Remember Walkerton, over 2300 seriously ill, seven deaths and over 40 left with serious health problems, all from cow manure in one of the town’s water wells? Al Grant from...

The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education for School District 51 met at the School Board Office in Grand Forks on Tuesday, Feb. 14. During the meeting, the board listened to a presentation about the new After School Sports Program, passed a policy on child protection and approved new district-wide regulations on...

The organizing committee of the Grand Forks International GFI is pleased to announce that the Toronto Blue Jays will be a Bronze Star Sponsor of the 2012 baseball tournament. Exciting doesn't begin to describe the news of this sponsorship that is welcomed by the volunteers, fans and teams. “We are extremely proud and excited...

If you're concerned about local food security, you won't want to miss the Kettle Valley Food Co-op's (KVFC) free presentation Resilient Food Secure Communities with Jon Steinman, Thursday, Feb. 16. The event is one of many to come for the KVFC this year in celebration of what has been declared by the United Nations as 2012,...

Get ready for some good clean family fun at the annual Winterfest in Greenwood, Friday, Feb. 17 to Sunday, Feb. 19. The weekend kicks off on Friday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. when the City works department begins dumping trucks loads of snow in front of nearly every business in town for the snow sculpting competition. Each participating...

The political executive of the First Nations Summit are travelling to Ottawa this week to provide testimony on the state of Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia to the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Grand Chief Edward John, Chief Doug White and Dan Smith will appear before the Standing Senate Committee ...