Despite the community anger over contracting for seniors services in Grand Forks, Golden Life Management is gearing up to break ground on their new complex care facility to be built by late 2012. Golden Life is a company based in Cranbrook that operates ten facilities across Southern B.C. and Alberta. Celeste Mullin, spokesperson...

Things are a changing in Bruinsville as the Grand Forks Border Bruins announced the hiring of Brent Batten as their new head coach and general Saturday.   In a press release posted on BorderBruins.ca, the club said that Batten comes in with over 11 years of coaching experience ranging from minor hockey all the way to the...

Don’t miss out on this evening of classic blues as the Grand Forks Art Gallery hosts Chris Whiteley and Diana Braithwaite.Braithwaite and Whiteley have toured internationally including shows in the United Kingdom, North America, and Russia. Blues Revue Magazine has called Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley “Masters of Old...

Dear Editor;Conservative minority vs. majority? Is it time to make a totally different choice? The two federal parties Canadians historically elect, are more interested in corporations rather than citizens. Services for citizens are continually cut and benefits to corporations and the wealthy are increased. Think about it. ...

Everyone is off to the polls on Monday – at least I trust you are. The challenge for our future is to land a new government in Ottawa - one that reflects your interests at the national level. Now I’m not prepared to tell you how to vote, but how can we evaluate our candidate’s based on the media hype and backbiting advertising? ...

Rumours that Owen Rooney’s body had been found are unsubstantiated, says Staff Sergeant Jim Harrison of the Boundary detachment RCMP. Early this week the Sentinel was contacted with the news that missing Australian Rooney had been found after eight months of searching. Harrison squashed these rumours that came from a re-enactment...

On May 9 a tele-conference will give everyone a chance to talk about the harmonized sales tax (HST). Minister of Finance Kevin Falcon and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Blair Lekstrom are inviting the public to participate in a series of regionally-based telephone town halls around the province.   The town halls...

Crime rates in the Boundary region are some of the lowest in B.C. said an annual report to city council from the Boundary Detachment of the RCMP. Staff Sergeant Jim Harrison was at Grand Forks council meeting on Tuesday to provide his yearly update on services. Harrison’s report covered off crime rates, staffing levels,...

Dear Editor;I wanted to correct some possible misconceptions in the community about interim beds for Grand Forks while 40 new permanent beds are being built for area seniors.To address the immediate need for additional residential beds, Interior Health will be converting existing rooms at Boundary Hospital to accommodate nine...

Dear Editor;I write with great concern regarding the situation surrounding the Broadacres Care facility, a beautiful, bright, home-like facility with 14 available beds. A facility which anyone needing this level of care would choose as their home.I have been keeping in touch with Cindy Rozak-Campbell from Interior Health and...