News Items tag as: Grand Forks

Grand Forks woman killed in collision on Highway 3 in Boundary region
December 11, 2023 - 1:44 PM

A 62-year-old woman from Grand Forks was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 3 in the Boundary region on Sunday.
Interior wildlife land trust sues after someone cut down a tree
November 20, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A Southern Interior non-profit is taking three people to court over a tree that was chopped down on its property for firewood.
Grand Forks RCMP officer who shot drunk driver won't be charged
November 25, 2022 - 6:00 PM

A Grand Forks RCMP officer who shot a drunk driver four years ago won't be charged, despite a recommendation from the province's police watchdog that he should be.
Grand Forks man scores $1M lottery win
July 16, 2021 - 10:56 AM

A Grand Forks man “freaked out” when he learned he had won a $1-million Maxmillions prize on the June 15 Lotto Max draw.
Drug alert for purple, yellow down issued in Grand Forks
August 13, 2020 - 4:48 PM

Interior Health is warning Grand Forks drug users about a toxic purple and yellow heroin found in the community.
Concert-goers call for changes after missing refund window for Grand Forks Rock Fest
June 01, 2020 - 4:43 PM

At least a couple of ticket holders for this August’s Canada Rock Fest are unhappy with ticket reimbursements following the concert’s cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

Grand Forks woman killed in collision on Highway 3 in Boundary region