Grand Forks City Council held a brief council meeting on Monday, Feb.6 in the City Hall Council Chambers. They discussed a variety of issues, including the need for more members in the deer committee. They also faced a contingent of more than 40 people supporting the Phoenix Mountain Alpine Ski Society. Looking for deer...

A project to review local businesses’ needs will be underway soon after funding was secured from the Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition (SIBAC). At their Jan. 30 meeting the SIBAC board voted in favour of supporting an application from Community Futures Boundary for $10,000.00 to complete a business retention and...

For three nights in a row a business on Industrial Drive, Grand Forks, has been bothered by a suspect. On Saturday, Jan. 28, Sunday, Jan. 29 and Monday, Jan. 30 a person has attempted entry to a fenced compound area. The person finally did gain access by tunnelling under the fence. Once inside the compound, the suspect moved...

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily First find a location and then build a course. For those keeping score at home the North Face at Balface Lodge near Nelson just happened to be the place of choice. Lobby a major sponsor to bank roll the event before inviting a few friends, who just happen to some of the best boarders in the...

  Short, on topic council meetings seem to be the trend for the new Grand Forks team and their last meeting was no exception. City signs Council renewed their commitment to the Grand Forks Rotary Club’s project to create a welcome sign for the city. After several committee meetings, the design has been re-worked and they...

A new 4H club with nine exciting projects has started up in Grand Forks this year. The former Boundary Bit N' Bridle 4H Club, which had only horse projects, has morphed into a larger multi project club called the Boundary Multi 4H Club. "Not everyone has access to horses and livestock so now they too can be involved in 4H,"...

Open letter to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Forestry and Lands, Mr. Pryce and Mr. Hendrickson, I sent an email yesterday opposing the proposed granite mine exploration.  I mentioned the existing popular trail (four seasons) that will be ruined, and the proximity to the Granby river. After more review of the application,...

The Kootenay Ice bounced back from a previous night collapse to double the South Island Thunderbirds 4-2 in B.C. Hockey Major Midget League action Sunday at the NDCC Arena. Justin Post of Nelson, Castlegar’s Darren Medeiros and Jake Lucchini of Trail scored in the third period to lift the Ice to its first win of the season ...

New Democrat leader Adrian Dix and the party advanced education critic Michelle Mungall joined students at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna Wednesday to call on the B.C. Liberal government to reinstate needs-based student grants. The gathering was part of the February 1 National Day of Action for post ...

Avid readers are often disappointed when they go to see a screen version of their favourite books. I was introduced to the nearly viral, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson, and its following novels by my mother and quickly consumed the book in its entirety. So it was with trepidation that I...