Grand Forks Fall Fair cautiously optimistic to find own property
After more than 40 years looking for a permanent home, the City of Grand Forks is now actively looking for a property for the Grand Forks and District Fall Fair. On Friday Jan. 27 a steering committee made up of members from the Grand Forks City Council, met with members of the Grand Forks and District Fall Fair Society...
Selkirk College National Day of Action quiet but passionate
The first National Day of Action protest for Selkirk College Grand Forks campus was a quiet but passionate one as students, faculty and community members supported the student union's campaign to reduce tuition fees, drop student debt and increase education funding, Wednesday, Feb. 1. Rather than focussing on the campaign...
Eco-Village proposed for Ponderosa area
A sustainable living development may be in the future for a property west of Christina Lake. A representative from Marga Ventures Ltd., who has chosen to remain nameless while the re-zoning application is in process, made a presentation to the Regional District Kootenay Boundary's (RDKB) monthly board meeting on Thursday,...
SUMMING IT UP: Greenwood City Council
The second Greenwood City Council meeting of the new year was on Monday, Jan. 23. The following is a collection of issues they discussed at that meeting. City of Greenwood's new office hours To try and accomodate more people the City of Greenwood will be changing their office hours. As of March 1 the city office will be opened...
Stephen Harper and the Big Oil Party of Canada
Where will you be and what will you be doing when the first giant oil tanker, (there will be two plying the waters every three days) carrying over 200,000 gallons of tar sands goop diluted with solvent, spills its load into the pristine waters of the northern BC coast? We often remember catastrophic events by recalling exactly...
POLICE BEAT: Thief caught and sent packing to Trail
A 26-year-old man from Trail was caught by Grand Forks RCMP after a rash of petty break-ins and thefts had Riverside residents feeling uneasy. Zachery Shobolm arrived in Grand Forks around Thursday, Jan. 12 according to Grand Forks RCMP. By Sunday, Jan. 15 he had allegedly commited his first crime and by Friday, Jan. 20 Grand...
Fukishima nuclear disaster - one year later
A group of Canadian and American physicians, concerned about public health are organizing a one day conference to explore the potential health and environmental impacts from the troubled reactors in Fukushima and highlight the need for better monitoring and disclosure.The conference, The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster – One Year...
EthicalOil.org and the Harper Government
The various spokespeople for supposed "grassroots" pro-Tar Sands and pipeline organization EthicalOil.org have steadfastly maintained their campaign has no connection to the oil and gas industry or the Harper Government. But as the links between these groups continue to pile up, that contention becomes harder and harder to ...
One step closer to local food security
How close are meat producers to having a working mobile abattoir in the Boundary region? In January 2011 Boundary meat producers met with government representatives to discuss the future of the meat industry in the Boundary. At this meeting livestock producers said their number one priority was a licensed mobile abattoir,...
Youth employment program ready for intakes
The Boundary Youth Success Program is seeking 10 new participants to develop employment skills in a 14 week course starting Jan. 23. For youth ages 15-30 facing difficulties getting work, the session offers an array of life skills, training, certification and employability skills helping youth to enter the workforce, return...
