SUMMING IT UP GRAND FORKS: Emissions help forests and garbage gets a break
Carbon credits, new meeting processes, garbage fees and more filled the agenda for the City of Grand Forks at their last meeting of council. Grand Forks had to make a decision on paying carbon offsets to meet their obligations to a climate action charter that they signed with the province agreeing to be carbon neutral by 2012....
New multiplex wins gold standard for environmental efficiency
The unique Habitat for Humanity Boundary multiplex is continuing to attract attention, winning a gold standard by BuiltGreen Canada for energy efficiency. This month BuiltGreen Canada awarded Habitat the gold standard after an independent energy advisor toured the new home, built by volunteers and the six men with developmental...
School board to city: deal with the deer
School District 51 Board of Education trustees say enough is enough when it comes to deer poop on the playing fields around Perley Elementary School, Grand Forks Secondary School and Hutton Elementary School. Last night they voted unanimously to send a letter to the City of Grand Forks telling the deer committee to get on...
Phoenix ski racers bring home medals
In the first Rio Tinto Alcan Nancy Greene Ski League race of the West Kootenay Zone last Sunday, Jan. 20, teams from Red Mountain, Salmo, Summit Lake, Whitewater and Phoenix were present. The Phoenix Mountain Racers did their mountain proud by bringing home a 2nd place team ribbon. Phoenix Mountain Racer Seamus Carlyle, 11 ...
Independent MLA Slater withdraws from provincial election
Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater will not run in the upcoming provincial election, citing the politics of personal destruction as his reason. He has released the following statement: The past couple of weeks have been an extremely emotional roller coaster ride for me. This brutal experience has shown me how tough smear-...
Marji Basso, BC NDP candidate resigns
Known for her tireless presence at community events all over the Boundary-Similkameen riding, BC NDP candidate Marji Basso has stepped out of the election race only months before the election is to begin. According to a BC NDP press release, Basso sent a letter to BC NDP Provincial Secretary Jan O’Brien on Sunday, Jan. 20...
Nephlometer continues to sniff its way around Grand Forks, woodstoves on the radar
So far the winter nephlometer studies have shown that particulate matter continues to be a problem in the same areas as during the summer study, with one exception – neighbourhoods with heavy woodstove usage are showing elevated particulate matter. Last week Grand Forks Environment Committee member and nephlometer project...
POLICE: Violated probations, police looking for driver who hit a tree
Two Grand Forks residents were caught red-handed by Grand Forks RCMP for being out past their court-ordered curfew. On Tuesday, Jan. 15 Grand Forks RCMP were called out to a single vehicle accident at 2:22 a.m. on Carson Road and International Road in Grand Forks. The vehicle, a 1997 Ford Windstar, was blocking one and half...
Skating, samosas and smartphones: celebrating informal learning
Ice skating is hard. There’s a trick or two to configuring your smartphone for downloading library ebooks. And samosas are best with just the right amount of spice: not too little and not too much. How do we know? We may have discovered it for ourselves (darn, that ice is slippery!), perhaps attended a workshop, or consulted...
Rising rates ring in 2013
Ringing in the New Year with electrical rate increases has been an ongoing trend for Grand Forks over the last three years and 2013 is no exception. FortisBC is hiking rates by as much as 6.6 percent backdated to January 1. Following suit, increases for electrical users in Grand Forks come into effect after next council meeting...
