Greenwood lab services to remain in town, just at new location
A rumour that the Interior Health Authority (IHA) would be discontinuing their weekly lab collection service for Greenwood patients had mayor Nipper Kettle scrambling around for answers this past weekend. Kettle became aware, through a reliable source, that IHA would possibly be stopping the long-standing Greenwood service ...
Christina Lake Stewardship Society’s annual meeting discusses future of weevils, logging, new riparian projects and the Kettle Valley Watershed Management Plan
The Christina Lake Stewardship Society Watershed Management Annual Review gave lake residents an opportunity to celebrate a year of progressive accomplishments and great new projects to come. Now into its seventh year, the annual review gives residents a chance to speak with environmental and government professionals about ...
Commemorating the Montreal massacre an annual event
Dec. 6 marks the 23rd anniversary of the massacre of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. In 1991 the Parliament of Canada declared this date as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. The Montreal Massacre has become symbolic of the fight to end violence against women. ...
You decide: Does social media make us lonely?
According to a recent IPSOS poll “nearly one-half of online Canadians (45%) are now visiting a social networking site at least once a week, and 30% visit daily”; source: http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=5286. But what is regular use of social media doing for us? Are we more connected and thus happier? ...
The desirable Milfoil Weevil confirmed to be in Christina Lake
The Regional District Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is one step closer to their weevil rearing project. Weevil samples taken from Christina Lake have been confirmed to be the right kind of weevil for eating the invasive Eurasian Milfoil, making it possible to rear and release more of the rice-sized bug to naturally eat the weed....
Canadian Bar Assn says Bill S-7 duplicates existing laws to combat terrorism
While committed to a safe and secure Canada, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) says that Bill S-7, Criminal Code, Canada Evidence Act and Security of Information Act amendments (Combating Terrorism Act) would not provide any new tools to combat terrorist offences. “Instead,” says Paul Calarco, member of the CBA’s National ...
Grand Forks businesses joining forces to revitalize downtown core
An energetic group of downtown business owners have joined together to create a plan to revitalize the downtown to benefit themselves and the local economy. Last week a group of 25 downtown merchants and professionals held a meeting to establish a board and advisory committee for a Downtown Business Association. The group ...
Emergency shelter already seeing use as third year starts
It’s been 16 days since the Boundary Extreme Weather Shelter opened for the season and there’s already a regular clientele coming in. The shelter, which is located in the Grand Forks Christian Centre and is operated by the Boundary Emergency and Transition Housing Society (BETHS), opened the doors for the third year on Thursday,...
Rossland councillor wants improvements to rural emergency health services in the region
Coun. Kathy Wallace took a moment at the Oct. 22 regular council meeting in Rossland to reflect on "definite problems" that exist in rural health care, problems she identified as "another symptom in our province of small, rural areas not fitting the grid pattern of larger urban areas." Wallace is Rossland's appointed director...
School board postpones decision on middle school
The Boundary School District 51 Board of Education voted unanimously to postponing their decision and the possible implementation of the middle school at Perley Elementary School during their regular board meeting, Tuesday, November 6. They will be making the decision to start a middle school in Grand Forks at their regular...
