Community

Students at Perley Elementary School enjoyed a brisk walk around the block before classes began.

For four years Daniel Chiu (of Copper Fields – A Sustainable Grand Forks Community) and wife Jennifer have been organizing early Thanksgiving lunches for the seniors of Grand Forks in appreciation for all their hard work.

On Oct. 15, there is a global outcry for change in the way our society is prioritizing and privatizing to the benefit of a select few at the cost of many.

Twenty talented Grand Forks residents participate in Grand Forks Best Singer.

Abuse of any kind is disheartening to everyone involved, not just the victim.

Erin Steeksma, a public affairs officer for the Canada Border Services Agency, stops at the Midway Border Crossing as a part of her tour of ports across the Okanagan and Kootenay region.

In the year that Grand Forks welcome sign has disintegrated, members of the Grand Forks Rotary Club have been working to put together a committee that will replace the missing sign.

On Friday, Sept. 9 at 12:48 p.m., a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, along with a series of significant aftershocks, occurred just off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Former Premier Bill Vander Zalm said that the anti-HST forces will be back in action in about a month or so to dispute the pace at which the HST will be extinguished amongst other things, and may even introduce a petition to have the unpopular tax extinguished immediately.

Every Tuesday and Friday morning, farmers and craftspeople from all around the area are still gathering at Gyro Park.