COLUMN: A look at New Zealand's electoral system
I spent the first weeks of 2017 in New Zealand, celebrating my son’s wedding to a Kiwi girl. After the wedding, my wife and I drove around some of that beautiful country, enjoying the beaches, birds, wines and green grass of summer. Fresh apricots in January were a real treat!...
Bruins rally to steal single point from Nelson Leafs, Mason on fire with five points
No team in the Murdoch Division wants to face high-flying Beaver Valley in the first round of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs — especially a Nelson Leafs franchise which has been sent to the golf course by the Nitehawks the past four seasons. The Leafs and the Grand Forks Border Bruins kept their...
Grand Forks to join thousands in Women's March against discrimination
This Saturday, Grand Forks residents will rally in support of the Women's March on Washington. The march will begin at 10 a.m. in Gyro Park, next to the Grand Forks and District Public Library. Hot beverages will be available while participants listen to a few speakers before they start the march around the downtown core. ...
RCMP report trio rescued after becoming lost in back country
Three men are safe after being rescued from the back country by Search and Rescue RCMP Sergeant Monty Taylor of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment said in a media release Thursday. Taylor said RCMP became involved in the search after the Salmo detachment received a call Wednesday (January 18) from a Nelson resident...
UPDATED: Slow moving traffic through West Kootenay/Boundary region
Now that Environment Canada has lifted a Snowfall Warning that hovered over the West Kootenay/Boundary region for most of Wednesday, residents can now concentrate on digging out of the 20-plus centimeter dump that hit the area. And what also comes with that digging out is the massive road interruptions throughout the region,...
Strategic plan update comes forward
Several key ideas are being entertained in the updated City of Grand Forks’ strategic plan as council realigns its priorities. Council has added a few new facets to its overall vision for municipal governance in its strategic plan update, but it has also begun to assemble a wish list of projects that could move the city forward...
Stetski selected to represent Canada on Diplomatic Mission to Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetski will be joining the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development as it begins a 12-day diplomatic mission to four countries – Ukraine, Latvia and Poland in Eastern Europe, and Kazakhstan in Central Asia, today. The purpose of the Committee’s travel is...
Community hall discussion comes back to council table
The plans for a Grand Forks community hall could be back on the front burner after the idea resurfaced in city council chambers recently. The conversation regarding a community hall in the city was ignited at the council table recently, with regional district Area D (rural Grand Forks) director Roly Russell providing the...
OPINION: You May be Holding Your Future in Your Hands
The lighter’s flame touches the end of your cigarette; you take a deep drag and the warm smoke enters your lungs. If it’s your first cigarette, you might instantly find it harder to breathe. The smoke tastes heavy and robust, not entirely unpleasant and reminiscent of drinking coffee for the first time. Then comes the nicotine...
