Christina Lake annual Cleanup Day good clean fun
More than 48 volunteers removed truck loads of garbage from Christina Lake streets during the 12th annual Christina Lake Cleanup Day on Saturday, May 26. Not only did the group of volunteers, which included everyone from four to 75 years-old, clean up along the main highway frontage, but they also went through the Ponderosa...
Donation makes helipad possible
Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater was joined today by Interior Health’s Board Chair Norman Embree and Interior Health’s chief executive officer Dr. Robert Halpenny to announce the building of a heliport for the Boundary Hospital in Grand Forks. Heliport construction is possible thanks to generous donations from the Clifton...
$3000 in cash prizes handed out at fishing derby
“And the Grand Prize $1000 winner is Jesse Martin of Penticton BC whose Bass weighed in at 4 lbs 13oz !” Dan and Dannielle Powell hosted the 2012 Christina Lake Chamber of Commerce Fishing Derby at The Christina Lake Marina over the Victoria Day May long weekend. The annual derby attracted over 90 participants of all ages. ...
Concerned Citizens dissatisfied with IHA response to local issues
Nine members of the Concerned Citizens for Community Health Care (CCCHC) got their moment with the Interior Health Authority (IHA) during a small public meeting in the Boundary Hospital Board Room at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23. A group of more than 40 Boundary residents from as far away as Midway gathered at the front of the...
SPOTLIGHT FILMS: Salmon fishing in the Yemen
An improbable journey into the Yemeni desert to establish fly fishing sport is an odd premise for a story, but so starts Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, the upcoming Spotlight Films presentation. On Tuesday, May 29 Spotlight presents a film from director Lasse Halstrom starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas,...
Midway mill logs top billing
The Boundary Sawmill start-up took top marks last week as community project of the year at the B.C. Economic Summit. The Economic Development Association of BC (EDABC) and BC Hydro announced the winners of the 2012 BC Economic Development Awards at the banquet held Tuesday, May 15, in Richmond, B.C. Mayor Randy Kappes was on...
Lake local takes a spike at national team
Volleyball is as much apart of Ashley Christman as her arms and her legs. It also helps that she's built for the sport, standing at six feet tall (1.83 meters), can jump touch 10' 3" ( 3.12 meters), spin serve at 85 kilometers (kms) an hour and spike at 90 kms an hour. She's been playing the game since she was a small child...
EDUCATION BEAT: Travel subsidy revisited, Board chair congratulated
School District 51 board chair Teresa Rezansoff has been recognized for her years of service, experience and insight with a re-election and two government appointments. Rezansoff was re-elected for her second one-year term as the vice president of the BC School Trustees Assocation (BCSTA). This will be her ninth year as a...
Trade apprenticeship program coming to local high school students
The BC trades industry will be short an estimated 100,000 skilled trades professionals by 2015 and School District 51 wants to have their students ready for the opportunities to come. Grand Forks Secondary School principal Scott Stewart made a financial request to the Board of Education during their regular board meeting...
SUMMING IT UP: Grand Forks City Council
Taxes, branding, and water metering were all on the table at Grand Forks city council. The tax bylaws, introduced at council on May 7, were passed in a final reading at a special meeting on May 15. The overall impact for the average homeowner will be about a four percent increase or for a home worth $230,000 about $32.10....
