A rash of thefts involving copper wire and building materials hit both Grand Forks and Christina Lake over the past week. The price thieves can get for the copper wire is making the common household building material a hot commodity – even though the closest place to ditch the stolen scrap metals is in Kelowna. The first...

United Nations trade and climate change advisor Aaron Cosbey—a Rossland resident—attended the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and he was back again last week for the glitz, fanfare, and "complete failure" of the Rio +20 anniversary conference."It was a very predictable thing," Cosbey said, listing many reasons...

Following Vermont’s ban on hydraulic fracturing last month, the Council of Canadians has written to the premiers of the provinces and territories across Canada asking that they follow suit. “Last month, the state of Vermont took action to protect water sources and to curb demands on fossil fuels. Provincial governments should...

Gusting winds and driving rains knocked down trees, branches and electricity to homes all over the east Boundary region over the weekend. The storm hit suddenly and violently on the evening of Friday, June 22 leaving more than 600 Fortis BC customers without power for between four and 24 hours, depending on the severity of ...

Local governments and the public have until the end of this month to come up with a plan to preserve Marshall Lake. That’s all the time the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO) will allow for a decision to be made on whether or not the city, regional district or the public are willing and able...

Ian Jason Peregoodoff, 43 of Grand Forks, has been charged with two counts of arson and damage to private property and two counts of mischief after allegedly bottle bombing the Midway RCMP Detachment and police vehicle on Monday, June 18. Peregoodoff remains in police custody appeared in the Nelson provincial court on Wednesday,...

More than 140 storm drains are just that much more important to Grand Forks now they have a symbolic yellow fish painted alongside them. The yellow fish and the words “Rainwater Only” were painted by Grade 4 and 5 Hutton Elementary School students along with the help of their teacher, Amy Perry, on Wednesday, June 20.  The ...

In a last hurrah before the end of the school year, 15 Grand Forks teachers took to Central Avenue in Grand Forks to continue their protest on Bill 22, Thursday, June 21. After school, the group walked their homemade signs down Central Avenue from the union office across from the Aquatic Centre to the intersection in front ...

Painted yellow fish will be appearing on the streets of Grand Forks next week during an environmental project being done by Amy Perry's Grade 4 and 5 Hutton Elementary School class. On Wednesday, June 20 her class will be painting bright yellow fish alongside the storm drains of Grand Forks streets as part of the national...

Residents of the Kettle River watershed will soon have the opportunity to shape the future of the Kettle River. The Kettle River Watershed Management Plan, led by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary  (RDKB) with an advisory committee chaired by Grace McGregor of area C, aims to have a broad level of public involvement...