CAO bids a fond farewell as she heads into retirement
Few jobs can hold as many satisfactions and challenges as the one Lynne Burch has held. The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for the City of Grand Forks has been working for the municipality for the past 25 years, the final three as the CAO of our dynamic community. Burch is set to retire November 3. "There are a lot of...
SPOTLIGHT FILMS: Moonrise Kingdom
It is 1965, on an idyllic New England island called "New Penzance." This movie is a story of the blossoming of young love challenged by parents set on preventing the inevitable. When various factions of the town mobilize to search for the youth, the town is turned upside down -- which might not be such a bad thing. Twelve-year-old...
UPDATE: Gas leak cause of closure on Highway 3 in Grand Forks
UPDATE: The Yale bridge and Highway 3 were opened back up to traffic by 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15. The two inch gas line that was severed by a contractor who was constructing a sign located beside the east entrance of the Omega Restaurant caused a natural gas leak in the area. When the leak first happened there was...
Smoke impacting Grand Forks air quality
The Grand Forks valley has been waking up to intense levels of smoke over the past week. The good news is there are no local fires, but the bad news is the poor air quality is from ongoing fires in Russia. The West Kootenays has three active fires, all believed to be caused by lightening strikes, said Fionna Tollovsen fire ...
Marijuana can be a patient's lifeline to health, says advocate
Medicinal marijuana access is becoming increasingly complex in Canada as licenced users are challenged yet again with changes to the rules for growing the drug. Despite a growing acceptance of the medical uses of the plant across the country, changes planned by Health Canada to the current system will see doctors being able...
Education and support for women key to stopping FASD
By: Riley Chapman, winner FASD Essay Contest When you think about brain damage you likely think about tragic accidents that we have no control over. But do you ever think about the most common type of brain damage that is also one hundred percent preventable? Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder or FASD is a disability that occurs...
COMMUNITY: First ever Rock Creek festival a hit
The first Kettle River Fest, held in Rock Creek on Saturday, Aug 4, was very successful with 250 or more people visiting during the day. Many events were offered including a duck race and a fish auction. The fish auction saw all 30 hand painted plywood cut-all out fish, auctioned off. New vendors attended and we hope to...
Trail gate destroyed in senseless vandalism
Volunteers will be busy over the next few weeks working out how to repair a TransCanada trail gate that vandals destroyed in late July. Sometime shortly after the devastating windstorm at the end of July, vandals used heavy machinery to literally pry a 500 pound cement block and gate out of the earth at the trail head in Eagle...
LETTER: Kamloops Sun Devils to replace U.S. Military Allstars at GFI
The Grand Forks International (GFI) baseball tournament received word on Aug. 2 that the U.S. Military All-Stars will be unable to attend the 2012 Grand Forks International. Terry Allvord, general manager of the team, said in their announcement, “It is with our deepest regret that we must request to reschedule your event if...
Midway player part of Team Kootenay at B.C. Summer Games
A few breaks one way or another and Team Kootenay may have finished up the standings at the recent 2012 B.C. Summer Games last month in Surrey. The team, coached by Kerry Dyck and James Baxter of Nelson and Michael Stambulic of Cranbrook, finished the boy's soccer tournament with a 2-3 record and seventh place in the province....
