Christina Lake looking for expanded and new services
Service expansion and referendum questions were the focus of a town hall meeting at Christina Lake this week along with their annual regional budget and service review. Area Director Grace McGregor announced that she has been working with both the library and the museum to develop outreach locations in the small community. ...
Judge upholds government's right to refuse prisoner transfer: West Boundary man remains in US prison
By Derek AbmaPostmedia NewsOTTAWA —A Federal Court judge has upheld the minister of public safety’s right to refuse requests from prisoners being held in other countries to transfer to Canada to serve their sentences.The decision was prompted largely by an application from Perley Holmes, a British Columbia man imprisoned in...
City Park sports field will be a reality for summer
A multi-use sports playing field will finally become a reality in Grand Forks City Park after over a year of deliberations. The topic came back to the council’s table after a six-month hiatus when the motion to build the field was defeated last year. Not only was the topic re-introduced, but proponents of the project were...
Atamanenko calls unconfined release of GE seeds a disaster for organic farming
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...
Grand Forks dog park now a reality
Two years ago a small group of dog enthusiasts began to plan for an off leash dog park for Grand Forks. After numerous meetings, fund raising events and an abundance of help from the city, the dream has become a reality. On Jan. 14, a few members of this group met at the recently fenced dog park to present a cheque to Mayor...
Boundary Museum turns to city council for direction
Relations between two local cultural organizations continue to be strained as the Boundary Museum Society looks to city council for direction. The museum asked in a letter to come before council on Jan. 31 to discuss options for the storage of their archives that were displaced since the Grand Forks Art Gallery Society made...
FSA's running this month across B.C. are a political nightmare
There is widespread agreement among teachers, principals and even the Boundary region’s school district that foundation skills assessments (FSA) have become increasingly politicized.The assessments, about to be administered across School District 51 (SD 51), are criticized for their use in ranking schools and districts against...
SUMMING IT UP: Grand Forks City Council
Grand Forks city council held their first meeting of 2011 on Jan. 17. With no delegations and not many major issues facing them, they covered a fair bit of ground in a short time. Deer relocation program shelved The potential deer relocation program that council voted in favour of at their last meeting has been squashed. ...
Atamanenko hosts forum on CETA
The Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians and MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) have invited International Trade Critic Peter Julian to speak at a public forum in Nelson on the Canada – European trade agreement and its threats to Canadian sovereignty. The agreement is officially known as the Comprehensive Economic...
Incorporation pending for regional chamber of commerce
An interim board is elected and an executive director appointed as the momentum to build a regional chamber of commerce for the Boundary region continues to be strong. In a recent session the chamber development committee finalized their incorporations documents and held elections. “It really is promising the kind of support...
