Caring communities can help reduce substance abuse
The use of substances affects every community in Canada. Substance use puts people at risk of disease and accidental overdose death. In 2009, the BC Interior had the second highest rate of injuries and overdoses attributed to illicit drugs (47.6 per 100,000 residents). These and other risks from drug use also negatively...
Grand Forks recognizes volunteers
Each year Grand Forks citizens take the time to nominate our hard-working volunteers for recognition. Last night, at the City of Grand Forks volunteer appreciation event, six groups and individuals stepped up to the podium to be thanked for their tireless efforts that otherwise go unnoticed. Erna Gobbet, arts and culture...
Time to take your nasty chemical waste to the dump
Grand Forks City Council wants resident to think before they dump during a week-long awareness campaign about pesticides disposal, Wednesday, Oct. 17 to Wednesday, Oct. 24. “It’s very bad to dump pesticides in the garbage because you can contaminate the environment with those chemicals,” said Grand Forks councilor Gary Smith....
SPOTLIGHT FILMS: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Despite a sliding reality scale (it is overlain with some well-filmed tasteful fantasy and an historical inaccuracy) and issues with the Screen Actors' Guild, Spotlight Films' next show, Beasts of the Southern Wild, has garnered a fair share of praise and awards including the Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize and Best First...
Middle School still considered for Grand Forks, not Christina Lake and West Boundary
A middle school at Perley Elementary School of Grade 6 to 8 students is still being considered for Grand Forks students, but not for Christina Lake or West Boundary students at this time, School District 51 School Board trustees, told parents at two forums this week. This decision comes after a series of community forums held...
Watershed study asks for public input
What do you need to tell the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) about the Kettle River Watershed? That’s the focus of a new survey to understand the needs, values and issues that residents and stakeholders have concerning the health of the Kettle River and the lakes, streams, and aquifers that feed it. According ...
Celebrating the success of small businesses
During the past 20 years, Community Futures Boundary has supported business development through the delivery of programs and services designed to assist new entrepreneurs, existing businesses and employees. Their partnerships with other service providers and the business community contributes to the provision of opportunities...
LETTER: Hunting regs cause of wolf pack's hunger
The wolf has been present in the Grand Forks area for five years so it is hardly surprising that Washington State rancher, McIrwin who ranges cows adjacent to the International Border in the Grand Forks area has serious concerns. The question that needs to be asked, and as usual is on no one’s radar screen, is rancher McIrwin...
Fall Fair looking for public support at next City Council meeting
If you enjoyed the thrill of the mini chuckwagon races, the delicious food, the free petting zoo, the toe-tapping live entertainment, fun parade or popular car show that the Grand Forks and District Fall Fair Society brings to our community every fall, you might want to be at the next Grand Forks City Council meeting. The...
Boundary Museum pulls artifacts from TLC Hardy Mountain site
The Boundary Museum Society has pulled two 40-foot long storage containers full of artifacts off The Land Conservancy of BC's (TLC) Hardy Mountain Doukhobor Village site due to the TLC’s financial woes. The storage containers were removed last week and placed on concrete pads located on the Fructova site because the local...
