Grand Forks Gazette

Fire starts in Grand Forks backyard after by oily rags left in sun

Flames put out before reaching home on 800-block of 72nd Avenue

  • May 17, 2021

KIJHL’s Border Bruins sold to Grand Forks doctor

The league announced the sale Friday, May 14

  • May 14, 2021

MLA Russell hears from downtown business owners

Café and bar owners said they'd had some staffing issues and that they had applied for government grants to help them through the pandemic

  • May 14, 2021

Grand Forks residents, Conservation Service Officer save poisoned eagle

CSO Kyle Bueckert released the eagle into the wild Thursday, May 13

  • May 13, 2021

Christina Lake man given temporary residence in Canada

Adam Hamdan had been facing deportation to Jordan, where he holds citizenship through his Palestinian parents

  • May 12, 2021

Grand Forks Fire/Rescue says rural fire hall at risk of closing

Home insurance could spike across North Fork if George Evans fire hall loses fire protection status

  • May 12, 2021

Grand Forks’ mayor shares his thoughts on the uses and limitations of Facebook

'Our city's Facebook has a very volatile and caustic atmosphere,' writes Taylor

  • May 12, 2021

Class action lawsuit filed against Boundary forest company in connection to 2018 freshet

The plaintiffs launched a similar law suit last summer against B.C's forest ministry, top logging companies

  • May 11, 2021

Grand Forks fire department puts out rural grass fire

Homeowners are reminded to regularly mow their lawns and grass fields

  • May 11, 2021

Investigators calling on public’s help after fridge dumped in rural Grand Forks

The incident followed a well-established pattern, said Conservation Service Officer Mark Walkosky

  • May 10, 2021

A mother’s son reflects on his shenanigans

The Gazette wishes you a happy Mother's Day!

  • May 9, 2021

Grand Forks drug trafficker to be sentenced in Castlegar

Ryan Plotnikoff pleaded guilty to trafficking meth, following his November 2020 arrest by Grand Forks RCMP

  • May 6, 2021

Grand Forks man shot by police during peak freshet sentenced to house arrest

Stuart Ashley Jones was shot by a Grand Forks Mountie after ramming two police cruisers in May 2018

  • May 6, 2021

Accused drug trafficker to plead to federal, provincial charges in June

Matthew Straume said he'd missed his last court date because he was ill

  • May 5, 2021

Grand Forks city council votes down motion to support Penticton in paramountcy battle

Coun. Neil Krog insisted Penticton's issue with Victoria is about city bylaws, not homelessness

  • May 5, 2021

Grand Forks fire department investigating fifth-wheel blaze

Two people in the trailer escaped without injury, according to Dep. Fire Chief Stephane Dionne

  • May 5, 2021

Grand Forks sex crimes trial adjourned until summer

The trial was set to begin at the city courthouse Wednesday, May 5

  • May 5, 2021

Grand Forks RCMP arrest, fine city man for excessive speeding

The man was arrested Thursday, April 29, said Sgt. Darryl Peppler

  • Apr 29, 2021

Grand Forks man gets house arrest after assaulting former partner

The female survivor was badly beaten about her face, the city courthouse heard

  • Apr 28, 2021

Cougar relocated after killing deer in Grand Forks

Conservation Officers said the cat isn't a threat to people

  • Apr 27, 2021