My craving for a great science fiction / alien thriller was thoroughly satiated this weekend after an intense ride with director Ridley Scott aboard the spaceship Prometheus. Scott's classic original Alien set the bar high for every alien from space film for the past   three decades. As a co-owner of the Alien trilogy, I have...

We would like to begin by expressing our most sincere thank you to everyone who participat-ed in the four district redesign public forums. The Board was seeking input on a middle school model concept for the Boundary that would see schools reconfigured to a K-5, 6-8 and a 9-12 model. We were fortunate to be able to be posing...

This year many Canada Day celebrations are also recognizing the Queen's diamond jubilee - 60 years of reign. Head out to your local community activities being held across the Boundary this Sunday and have fun! Grand Forks: Why not do something special on July 1?  It will make you a prouder Canadian and, also, improve your...

After experiencing five years of positive results, School District 51, the provincial government and local aboriginal leaders signed a second aboriginal enhancement agreement during a special ceremony, Wednesday, June 27. The first agreement, which was signed five years ago, was so successful that the school district saw an...

A rash of thefts involving copper wire and building materials hit both Grand Forks and Christina Lake over the past week. The price thieves can get for the copper wire is making the common household building material a hot commodity – even though the closest place to ditch the stolen scrap metals is in Kelowna. The first...

Grand Forks and District Public Library director Heather Buzzell will be waving a fond farewell to Grand Forks this summer as she heads to Penticton for a new job to inspire the reading public at the Penticton Public Library. Buzzell has been the library director in Grand Forks for the past three years. During her time here,...

Anya Soroka is a local actress with a Russian flare. The 28 year-old was raised in Grand Forks but has a distinct overseas connection: her mom is from Russia and Soroka also has a degree from there. After graduating from the Victoria Motion Picture School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in acting from the Boris Shukin...

Gusting winds and driving rains knocked down trees, branches and electricity to homes all over the east Boundary region over the weekend. The storm hit suddenly and violently on the evening of Friday, June 22 leaving more than 600 Fortis BC customers without power for between four and 24 hours, depending on the severity of ...

In early April of this year one of the most brilliant marketing campaigns ever designed was launched. With a splash of media exposure, a small group of eight people started a conversation that has not stopped nearly three months later. As the chatter moves contagiously through more and more people, the volume has been amplified...

The Boundary Youth Soccer Association rounded off a fun spring season with a Boundary-wide tournament on the soccer fields at Boundary Central Secondary School in Midway, Saturday, June 23. Hundreds of kids between four and 18, their families and friends spent the day celebrating soccer. The kids played tournament games, got...