BUSINESS FEATURE: Hornet Mountain Natural Products
More and more consumers are choosing sustainable natural products for their homes, gardens and pets. It was once difficult to find such products, but we now have a number of Boundary area businesses that cater to increasing conscious consumption. Hornet Mountain Natural Products, headed by eco-entrepreneur Astrid Kihl, is a...
China: Yihuang self-immolation incident and the power of microblogging
By Oiwon LamChinese online public opinion has once again changed the course of an event, this time regarding a forced demolition and consequent self-immolation protest in Yihuang county, Jiangxi.On September 10, the Zhong family were confronted by 40 local police officers and urban administrators seeking to carry out the...
IFJ Condemns Deadly Attack on Journalists in Mexico
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the shooting attack on two young Mexican journalists in the city of Ciudad Juárez in which photojournalist Luis Carlos Santiago was killed and his colleague Carlos Sanchez seriously wounded. The two Journalists worked for the local newspaper, the Diario de...
Visiting scooterist's truck stolen
When Bill Luinetti took off on what he saw as a 10-day adventure across North America, he did not have any idea that his vacation would be cut short in Grand Forks after just one day. Luinetti left on his 2009 Yamaha Zuma from Vancouver for the Scooter Cannonball race, and did the route to Grand Forks on the first day – Sept....
Valley Food News
Hanneke’s Place Community Garden The Grand Forks community garden raised beds are one step closer to being planted after a successful work party at the site last Saturday morning. Sixteen volunteers of all ages and interests pitched in with their forks and shovels to fill the 20 raised beds using the “lasagna gardening”...
Tea Party-endorsed Christine O'Donnell wins Delaware Senate primary
Christine O'Donnell has defeated Mike Castle in the 2010 Delaware Republican senate primary, CNN and the Associated Press have announced. With 325 of 325 precincts counted, O'Donnell, who has received the endorsement of the Tea Party movement, led Representative Castle by 30561 votes to 27021, 53.1% to 46.9%.The Republican O'Donnell...
Midway mill up for auction next week
The entire Midway Forest Products mill including equipment and property, formerly owned by Pope and Talbot Ltd., is up for auction. Midway Mayor Randy Kappes is hopeful that the mill will be picked up by someone and reopen, but at the very least Fox Lumber Sales Inc., owners of Midway Forest Products, will pay their taxes. ...
Obama announces plan to build roads, railroads and runways
In a speech in Wisconsin, US President Barack Obama announced a USD50 billion plan to restore 150,000 miles of roads, lay 4,000 miles of railroad tracks and rebuild 150 miles of airport runways within six years. The speech was given at an annual Labor Day festival in Milwaukee to union workers on Monday afternoon."All of this...
Housing prices and sales to slow, CMHC says
By: Julie Fortier and Kim Covert, Postmedia NewsExpect to see home sales and prices fall in Canada the second half of 2010, while housing starts moderate, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's second quarter Housing Market Outlook released Tuesday."Existing home market conditions will remain balanced over the...
Community garden named "Hanneke's Place"
The Grand Forks community garden has a new name: Hanneke’s Place. Unveiled on Sunday, Aug. 29, the new sign commemorates one of the garden’s most committed volunteers who was also instrumental as its designer – Hanneke Bluthanthal. Hanneke passed away before she was able to see the garden come to fruition but her spirit of ...
