Dear Editor, Water is of utmost significance to all of us.  We are vulnerable if we don't have access to clean affordable water.  So, water is worth thinking and talking about.  Following are some points I wish to share for consideration: Control the water, and you control the people.  Water is needed for survival.  And, water...

Greenwood has placed third again the municipal water category at the 24th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting. The best tap water in the world came from Clearbrook, British Columbia. It’s their third time winning in that category. Santa Ann, California won second and Greenwood came in third. All but one of the...

After attending a Traveling World Community Film Festival at the College of the Okanagan, John Westaway , Larry Hudema and the late David Borchett decided to bring the festival to Grand Forks and No Boundaries Film Club was born in 2006. "The first year was a great success," remembers Hudema. While numbers are not exact, there...

During the last federal election, Stephen Harper promised that the government would introduce an income-splitting proposal, after balancing the federal budget. Income splitting has the worthy objective of making it easier for two-parent families to choose to have one parent work, or work part time, in order to spend time...

Global News recently showcased a story of a bobcat treed by two coyotes. This certainly is not an unusual event to those who have hunted the bobcat with hounds but the story did capture the awe and respect that this elusive nocturnal predator demands. The bobcat is a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...

One man has been killed and one woman rescued from the scene of an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia.   Search manager Chris Armstrong says four skiers were trekking through a high, remote section of Kootenay Pass between Salmo and Creston early Sunday afternoon when two were hit by a slide that swept them over a...

Margaret Maximenko is getting close to the date when she can officially start campaigning to be Alex Atamanenko’s replacement after he retires. Atamanenko is the current NDP Member of Parliament for the British Columbia Southern Interior Riding. He announced his retirement in early November of last year and shortly after,...

In preparation for the upcoming season, BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) paramedics are asking local golfers to make sure their cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills are up to par. On Aug. 12, 2012, a happy family reunion on the links at Christina Lake could have been dramatically different, had three golfers not initiated...

On any given day in late summer, communities and farms in the Boundary may use almost as much water as is flowing in the Kettle River. That spells bad news for people, fish, and other creatures. Luckily, the river doesn’t run completely dry because many of us rely on groundwater – but we have a lot of work to do as our water...

The Travelling World Community Film Festival starts tonight. Watch Les Johnson's video to find out all the details. It is on until Sunday at about 5 p.m. Ticket costs are $20 for the weekend pass (or $10 for low income individuals) $5 per session ($3 low income) and Grand Forks Secondary School (GFSS) students are free. Tickets...