Phoenix racers end season with home hill races
Phoenix Mountain was a hive of activity Saturday, Mar. 10 when it hosted 120 racers for the Nancy Greene Ski League finals for the West Kootenay Zone. The local Phoenix Mountain Racers entered two teams and took home silver and bronze, while Whitewater took first place out of a field of 13 teams. Teams came from Red Mountain,...
Ag society looking for city support on new Food Charter
Food is the focus of a new charter the Grand Forks and Boundary Regional Agricultural Society (GFBRAS) hopes will influence local policies and projects for the city. “It is a big picture document that sets the tone around food within the chambers of our leadership,” said GFBRAS director Sheila Dobie during a presentation she...
Dog bylaw meeting addresses confusion about rules
It was standing room only by the time they started the Kootenay / Boundary Pet Dog Association town hall about the proposed changes to bylaw 1511 at the Seniors Centre hall in Grand Forks last night. Over 100 people packed in to hear what was happening, and why, and express their concerns and fears about this bylaw. They...
COMMENT: Flaherty talks another bank into higher mortgage rates
By: Rob McLister, Canada Mortgage Trends On Friday, Manulife Bank posted its lowest rate ever on a 5-year fixed mortgage, 2.89%. It lasted for four days. When our big brothers at the Department of Finance (DoF) caught wind of it, they dialed up Manulife and swayed the bank into raising its rate back to 3.09%. “We don’t want...
Roxul to start emissions upgrades in June
A $6 million upgrade is hoped to help reduce odour and blue smoke emissions from the Grand Forks Roxul facility. Roxul announced the plans to have a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) installed to help improve local air quality late last week. The RTO is a type of high efficiency afterburner that includes desulfurization...
Pee Wee hockey championships underway
Grand Forks is playing host to a series of Pee Wee tier 4 hockey play-offs this week during spring break from school. At the end of the second day of play the Grand Forks team is sitting on one win and one loss while Kelowna tops the pack with two wins and one tie. The Grand Forks loss was to Kelowna in Sunday's play. Grand...
Awards recognize the efforts and achievements of Boundary women
Editor's note: This article has been updated. Historically, the Boundary Women’s Coalition has celebrated International Women’s Day in Grand Forks. In 2012, at the suggestion of women living in the West Boundary, International Women’s Day was celebrated at the Midway Community Hall. This year, the event was held at the...
Arts Council questions SD51 on censorship of DECK over mooning scene
The Boundary District Arts Council (BDAC) is accusing School District 51 of being “inconsistent” when it chose to censor the DECK presentation because of a bare-bottomed scene but not The Vagina Monologues, which was performed at the same Grand Forks Secondary School Centennial Auditorium in 2003. Three of the society’s...
SUMMING IT UP GRAND FORKS: Long day of meetings engages locals in dialogue
The new meeting format for Grand Forks city council opened last week with delegations and discussions throughout the morning while the evening meeting on the same day covered bylaws and regular reports. Council’s series of meetings took place on Monday, Mar. 4 and the new format seemed welcomed by locals with the numbers in...
SPOTLIGHT FILMS: Away from her
Next week Spotlight Films presentsStories We Tell, a documentary that dissects reality. Award winning writer/director, (and amazing actress, The Sweet Hereafter, Road to Avonlea, Dawn of the Dead), Sarah Polley (Away From Her), plays the part of both filmmaker and detective as she documents a family story. Through the...
