Two Perry Ridge protestors didn't spend a long time in jail after agreeing to signing undertakings not to return to the site. Marilyn James and Dennis Zarelli were arrested for failure to comply with an injunction issued the day before. The two were jailed after not agreeing to sign an undertaking that they would not return...

BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko is hosting MP community forums this month in Princeton and Midway.  The Forum being held in Midway is a joint meeting for both the area communities of Greenwood and Midway.  Since his election eight years ago Atamanenko has regularly hosted meetings in communities throughout his riding in cooperation with […]

A Kelowna man has been convicted in Grand Forks’ provincial court of smuggling and the possession of weapons without a license. Robert William Nicholson pled guilty to the charges on Feb. 18. Nicholson was the subject of a weapons seizure last year on Nov. 21 when he tried to cross at the Cascade border crossing by Christina...

It’s time for B.C. to implement comprehensive measures to help locate and protect missing seniors with dementia, says Selina Robinson, MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville. On Tuesday, Robinson introduced the Silver Alert Act in the legislature. The bill would create a program which would alert the public of a missing person who...

After the next municipal elections, councils across BC will be in effect for a four-year term instead of the previous three years. This change is being proposed at the current legislative session. It is expected to approved and in effect by November of this year. That means that the next municipal elections will be held […]

Dear Editor, Water is of utmost significance to all of us.  We are vulnerable if we don't have access to clean affordable water.  So, water is worth thinking and talking about.  Following are some points I wish to share for consideration: Control the water, and you control the people.  Water is needed for survival.  And, water...

During the last federal election, Stephen Harper promised that the government would introduce an income-splitting proposal, after balancing the federal budget. Income splitting has the worthy objective of making it easier for two-parent families to choose to have one parent work, or work part time, in order to spend time...

Global News recently showcased a story of a bobcat treed by two coyotes. This certainly is not an unusual event to those who have hunted the bobcat with hounds but the story did capture the awe and respect that this elusive nocturnal predator demands. The bobcat is a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...

Lynne Burch made a presentation to Grand Forks’ city council at their committee of the whole meeting Feb. 11 on behalf of the Grand Forks Rotary Club. The presentation was made to garner support for a much anticipated children’s spray park within city limits. Burch and other members of the Rotary Club travelled to various […]

Margaret Maximenko is getting close to the date when she can officially start campaigning to be Alex Atamanenko’s replacement after he retires. Atamanenko is the current NDP Member of Parliament for the British Columbia Southern Interior Riding. He announced his retirement in early November of last year and shortly after,...