A movie to warm even the coolest heart this Christmas season
Everyone knows of the movie A Christmas Carol . Now we have Frank Georges and The Truth silent film from none other than Keith Picot. For the past 20 years, Picot, the 2010 Toronto Maple Blues award winning bassist, has made Gulf Islands home. But Picot, who has played local venues in Nelson, decided to branch out into film...
COUNCIL CLIPS: Final reading for deer bylaws, vital signs, family day and national park
Grand Forks city council gave the final readings to both repeal bylaw 1884 (the outgoing deer feeding bylaw) and the bylaw 1967, which replaces it. The new bylaws will allow offenders to be ticketed for intentionally feeding deer within city limits. However, councillors Patrick O’Doherty and Michael Wirischagin opposed the ...
LETTER: Politicians need to shape up when it comes to cattle industry, GMOs
How we come to these moments in local political history… On the one hand we have a member of our honourable Grand Forks city council declaring in a public forum on the night of Dec. 5th: “If glyphosate shows up in your urine, it is certainly an indication your body is processing it adequately.” Absolutely brilliant on the...
RCMP officer takes creative approach to release bobcat from Nelson basement
Following a long day working with students, the next item on the agenda for Nelson’s Leanne Kalabis was to collect her 1-1/2 year old son and head home. Did we say Kalabis was five months pregnant? However, relaxation was the last thing the Nelson mother got to experience after a wayward bobcat found its way into the basement...
Heat gets cranked at GE presentation
Doctors Thierry Vrain and Shivs Copra are making a Western Canada tour this month and stopped in at the Grand Fork’s Senior’s Centre, Dec. 5. The duo work with the Society for a GE Free BC and share their research on genetically engineered products and what the public needs to know about them. Sheila Dobie, a Grand Forks and...
Christmas bird count starts this weekend
Between Dec. 14 and Jan. 4, hawk-eyed volunteers across the continent will brave various weather conditions to count birds during the annual Christmas Bird Count. On Dec 21st, birders and nature enthusiasts in Grand Forks will take part in this tradition, many rising before dawn to participate in the longest running wildlife...
MP speaks out against horse neglect in GF
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten emaciated horses were siezed by the BC SPCA from Kevin LaFond's farm just outside of Grand Forks last week. Two of the horses were immediately destroyed. This is not the first time the SPCA has been called to this farm. I recently had a chance to see the CTV news clip explaining the SPCA intervention on...
COMMENT: Canada – not going along to get along
My colleague Paul Dewar, our Foreign Affairs critic, recently wrote an article where he talks about Canada’s pattern of disengagement and withdrawal from the international community. Paul mentions that our Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird likes to say that Canada will no longer “go along to get along” in reference to...
Kettle River Q&A – Thinking outside the box
Recently we’ve been discussing how low river flows and high water use threaten fish and aquatic ecosystems in the Kettle River and tributaries. We are already considering options such as promoting water conservation, regulating water use in dry periods, and further curtailing fishing or harvesting in the river. But it turns...
Rossland ready to host Norams next weekend
The Black Jack Ski Club is delighted to be hosting a Haywood NorAm/Buff Sprints Race next weekend. It is estimated that the event will bring in about 120 athletes, with a total of 400 people in town including coaches and families. This is the top level of Cross Country skiing in North America and attracts skiers from the...
