Everyone is off to the polls on Monday – at least I trust you are. The challenge for our future is to land a new government in Ottawa - one that reflects your interests at the national level. Now I’m not prepared to tell you how to vote, but how can we evaluate our candidate’s based on the media hype and backbiting advertising? ...

I’ve decided to throw my hat in the ring for the race as the B.C. Southern Interior Member of Parliament. After reviewing the slate of candidates I knew that I had to run. So I want all of you to vote for the newest party that will likely not be allowed in the leadership debate on major networks - the Canadian BS Party.  Now...

Following the intense debate on rising electrical costs, the City of Grand Forks decided to build a dam on the Granby River. Frustrations were running high among the councillors as B.C. Hydro is giving no indication of slowing down on their rate increases. So, starting Apr. 1, city works crews are being directed to start the...

The new millennium has witnessed a significant change in society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Younger generations feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the challenges still faced across the world. With more women in the boardroom,...

Doing your makeup in the car on the way to work? Texting your girlfriend for valentine’s Day? Or just trying to answer the cell phone all could land you with a ticket for $167 and points for violating the distracted driving legislation. One year after the ban of hand-held devices while driving, the RCMP targeted distracted ...

Laughter rang out on Sunday as the No Boundaries Film Club presented Laughology, a nice break in a range of films tackling tough subjects. During a weekend of intense documentary films about social, economic, and environmental issues at the World Travelling Documentary Film Festival the crowd giggled and chortled continuously...

At a time when our local region is considering yet another step in the recycling program to divert organic waste from our landfills, it is interesting to juxtaposition our efforts to be environmentally friendly with that of other countries. Having just returned from a couple of much needed weeks of R & R in Mexico, it is...

Super Bowl XLV sucked. Plain and simple, it sucked. Sure, I still may be a little bitter that the Green Bay Packers beat my Philadelphia Eagles in this year’s playoffs on their way to their Super Bowl crown, but even if that was the case, it still would have sucked.   This year’s running of the Bowl did nothing for me as a ...

With files from Michael Wirischagin  The Sentinel has been censured for doing too good a job it seems.  Boundary Sawmill Inc. probably completed the purchase of the Midway mill site on Friday last week. Do you want to know what happened? Are you, dear readers, curious what this all means to the Boundary as a region, not just...

New Democrat Agriculture Critic, Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), is calling on Prime Minister Harper to urge the United States (US) government to immediately reverse yesterday’s decision to authorize the unrestricted cultivation of Monsanto’s hotly contested genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa in the...