Bruins tally second win of the season
Where there’s smoke - there is fire, and the Grand Forks Border Bruins lit the lamp early and often as they tallied their second win of the season this past weekend. The win marks the end of their early season losing streak at nine games. While the rest of the past 14 days may have not been so kind to the Bruins, they once ...
Bruins newest players add much needed scoring depth
The Grand Forks Border Bruins may have found the answer to their anemic offensive this past week adding brothers Yan and Artsiom Kalashnikov of Belarus to the roster. With both paying dividends in only their second game in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL), they became the only high spot in what was...
Saints host Okanagan College for double header in BCIHL hockey action…
The Selkirk Saints men’s hockey team is anticipating a pair of exciting matches as they welcome their closest opponent from Kelowna on October 16th and 17th. Both teams met in an evenly contested preseason tilt that saw the Saints lose 6-5 after a last second goal from the Okanagan College Coyotes. The Saints are 0-2 to start...
Spooky fun starts early for horse riding fans
Halloween came early as the Boundary Horse Association held its annual spooky ride with their October gymkhana and competition. Competitors from the very youngest to adults vied for the first place ribbon from the judges including Grand Forks City Councillor Cher Wyers.First place ribbons went to Zara Todoruk in 19 and over...
Bruins: a tale of two teams
Two weeks is all it took for the Grand Forks Border Bruins’ bubble to burst as the team went from contenders to pretenders, and from a team that could score at will to a team that should be writing one. It really is a matter of night and day for the Border Bruins at this juncture in the season, as they have found themselves...
35 medals come home with athletes from B.C. Seniors Games
Fifteen athletes from the Boundary brought home 35 medals from the 2010 B.C. Seniors Games – a heavy weight for their efforts. The region’s group, part of Zone 6 West Kootenay / Boundary, participated in the games in Comox Valley and Campbell River from Sept. 15 – 18. The Participants: CHRISTINA LAKE Participant Event...
Bruins look like a new team in their opening game
The Grand Forks Border Bruins came out swinging in their fight to regain relevance in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) as they faced-off against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks to open the they 2010/2011 season in front of a full house on home-ice at the Grand Forks Arena. The Border Bruins haven’t been...
Aynsley powers Rebels past Bruins
Scoring leader Ryan Aynsley snapped a 3-3 tie a power play goal midway through the third period sparking the Castlegar Rebels to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Grand Forks Border Bruins Tuesday night in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action in the Sunflower City.Aynsley, converting his second goal of the game,...
Local triathlete happy with finish in Penticton Ironman competition
For most of us just keeping up a steady exercise regime is difficult to manage in our normally busy days. Graeme Carlson, owner and full-time pharmacist at Pharmasave, managed to transform his life over the last 18 months to become a training machine designed with one goal in mind – the Subaru Ironman Canada in Penticton on...
Seattle Studs steal the crown from Truckers at GFI
The Seattle Studs defeated the Lewiston Truckers on Monday at James Donaldson Park in Grand Forks to win the thirtieth running of the Grand Forks International Baseball tournament (GFI) and the $18,000 first place prize that goes along with it, ending the Truckers quest to win back-to-back-to-back GFI crowns. The underdog...
