When Bill Luinetti took off on what he saw as a 10-day adventure across North America, he did not have any idea that his vacation would be cut short in Grand Forks after just one day. Luinetti left on his 2009 Yamaha Zuma from Vancouver for the Scooter Cannonball race, and did the route to Grand Forks on the first day – Sept....

The Grand Forks Border Bruins came out swinging in their fight to regain relevance in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) as they faced-off against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks to open the they 2010/2011 season in front of a full house on home-ice at the Grand Forks Arena.   The Border Bruins haven’t been...

Grand Forks city councillors expressed their thanks for the volunteers who put on two large community events over the last month as a part of their fall opening meeting. All councillors showed their support for the Grand Forks Fall Fair and the Grand Forks International Baseball tournament when they recognized these events ...

Hanneke’s Place Community Garden   The Grand Forks community garden raised beds are one step closer to being planted after a successful work party at the site last Saturday morning. Sixteen volunteers of all ages and interests pitched in with their forks and shovels to fill the 20 raised beds using the “lasagna gardening”...

Boundary District Arts Council is busy once again in arranging an excellent and varied season of  professional, musical entertainment. Performance 2010-2011 promises to be another great season of memorable concerts.Friday, October 22, 2010 — Ballet Kelowna – Kelowna’s own boutique dance company is gaining attention across BC...

Scoring leader Ryan Aynsley snapped a 3-3 tie a power play goal midway through the third period sparking the Castlegar Rebels to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Grand Forks Border Bruins Tuesday night in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action in the Sunflower City.Aynsley, converting his second goal of the game,...

The current Bill C-391 to abolish the gun registry appears to be receiving a lot of media attention these days. The Conservative government is cranking up its publicity campaign to abolish the registry, pitting different regions of the country against each other. If we were to look at how this is playing out in the media, it...

Well it’s back to school week for everyone and as the children get used to their routine once again, it’s the parents in some places who were in for a surprise when they went shopping for school supplies.   While the Boundary hasn’t yet stooped this low, some schools, particularly in the United States, are so hard pressed for...

The entire Midway Forest Products mill including equipment and property, formerly owned by Pope and Talbot Ltd., is up for auction. Midway Mayor Randy Kappes is hopeful that the mill will be picked up by someone and reopen, but at the very least Fox Lumber Sales Inc., owners of Midway Forest Products, will pay their taxes. ...

For most of us just keeping up a steady exercise regime is difficult to manage in our normally busy days. Graeme Carlson, owner and full-time pharmacist at Pharmasave, managed to transform his life over the last 18 months to become a training machine designed with one goal in mind – the Subaru Ironman Canada in Penticton on...