GFBB struggle on the road
The Grand Forks Border Bruins embarked on their first road trip the Sept. 20th weekend and the results were vastly different from their previous three game set at home a week earlier. They faced teams in the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference and first up were the Chase Heat. The Heat finished second last...
GFCU able to help during teacher's strike recovery
Grand Forks Credit Union (GFCU) reassures members they have policies and practices in place to help those affected both directly and indirectly by the recent BC Teachers’ Federation and BC Public School Employers’ labour dispute. “We understand the financial strain this can put on some of our members and there is often ...
CLSS encourages letter campaign to Prov. to address invasive mussels
Attached are the letter templates that the Okanagan Basin Water Board sent out. The RDKB did send a letter already back in April. The Okanagan Basin Water Board has sent the attached letters to Premier Clark/Minister Polak, and to federal Ministers Shea/Blaney, on the need for urgent action to prevent invasive zebra and...
School starts Monday, SD51 posts message to parents
From School District 51's Facebook page and website. Updated Sept 19 All Students in School District 51 will be open on Monday, September 22, 2014. Monday will be a half day with students being dismissed at 11:30 a.m. Buses will run on the usual half-day schedule. Posted Sept. 18 Dear Parents and Guardians: Thank you for...
SPOTLIGHT FILMS: Boyhood
“We filmed a period piece in the present tense.” Thus are the words of Austin based director Richard Linklater, the guy who jump started the careers of Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, and Matthew McConaughey with Dazed and Confused, about his film Boyhood, which he directed and wrote. Filmed over 12 years with the same cast,...
LETTER: Water Meters – What The City Is Not Telling You
Dear Editor, Why is information on water meter installations so hard to get? We contacted Doug Allin at City Hall to get more info on one of the available options - the manually-read, human-friendly, non-RF, non-radiating meter (the “ProRead”), and we were just pointed in various directions and given no hard data. There seems...
Local governments 'fragmented', need control: Report
The relationship between local governments and the provincial government reached a new low this week, said RDCK area D director Andy Shadrack, when a provincial review on government wages was leaked to the public. The report prepared by Ernst and Young claimed that salaries and wages in local government are now higher than...
Nelson's Wayne Naka excited to take on challenge of 55-plus BC Games
Coaching in the Western Hockey League, Wayne Naka truly experienced the meaning of pressure. Those skills were definitely an asset after the Nelson native left the rigors of Tier I hockey for a principal position in the Kootenay-Columbia School District 20. However, the 59-year-old instructor will need to bottle up every bit...
BWC looking for nominations for Outstanding Women of the Boundary awards
The Boundary Women’s Coalition (BWC) values the contributions women make to our lives and is pleased to provide a yearly opportunity to celebrate local women’s accomplishments. We all know women who—by their actions, by the way they live their lives—make the Boundary Community a better place in which to live. They are more...
Draft Kettle River Watershed Mgmt Plan Ready for Review
A draft action plan for taking care of the Kettle River watershed is now available for public comment and review. After a year of technical assessment and another two years of studies and planning, the Advisory Group is very keen to bring the draft plan before the public. Why this is significant? According to Roly Russell, ...
