By: Steve Huebl & Rob McLister, Canada Mortgage Trends With debt levels up and savings rates down, more people are lugging a mortgage into retirement. But not everyone. According to a recent CIBC/Harris-Decima survey, mortgage freedom comes earlier than expected for some. Of those polled who successfully paid off their ...

Last week's meeting of Grand Forks city council was a 'strictly business' short meeting with little controversy. Key items for the meeting were: a report back from staff on potential models for corporate tax incentives from comparisons of other similar size cities which was sent to the economic development committee for review;...

Growing sustainable communities was the focus of last week’s B.C. Rural Summit held in Grand Forks for the first time. The conference aims to highlight challenges and advantages for rural communities. “A lot of the resource based economies in the province and all the regions of the province are looking for ways to diversify,”...

Encourage kids to investigate great reading this summer!  Children will be forced to wonder whether what they read is Strange… But True?  When they join the 2012 Summer Reading Club for free at the Grand Forks Library and District Public Library. Kids can sign up at the Grand Forks & District Library starting on Tuesday...

Join Les Johnson of GFTVCA while he learns about nephelometers and the project undertaken by the City of Grand Forks environment committee to test air quality over the coming year....

Painted yellow fish will be appearing on the streets of Grand Forks next week during an environmental project being done by Amy Perry's Grade 4 and 5 Hutton Elementary School class. On Wednesday, June 20 her class will be painting bright yellow fish alongside the storm drains of Grand Forks streets as part of the national...

The lack of foresight our government has can be absolutely staggering sometimes. Our new currency and the application of it to our daily lives is a prime example of how we operate as a country. Force of habit led me to dumping two shiny 2012 toonies into an already overpriced parking meter the other day before realizing I may...

Boaters beware and have your boating license handy while enjoying Christina Lake this summer. Grand Forks RCMP, with help from reserve constable Chris Cottril, opened 142 files on boat related checks last summer and they will be just as proactive this summer in making their checks, said Grand Forks RCMP staff sergeant Jim...

2012 Grand Forks International (GFI) All-Star pitcher, David Otterman, was drafted in the 7th round by the Milwaukee Brewers last week in the annual Major League first-year player draft. He was the second of 26 Canadians to be taken. And not much time was wasted in getting his professional career underway as he has already ...

Residents of the Kettle River watershed will soon have the opportunity to shape the future of the Kettle River. The Kettle River Watershed Management Plan, led by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary  (RDKB) with an advisory committee chaired by Grace McGregor of area C, aims to have a broad level of public involvement...