Derek McDonough, Author at My Grand Forks Now https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/author/derekm/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 19:13:56 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Grand Forks seeks Google grant https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3934/news/grand-forks-seeks-google-grant/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 19:09:40 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3934 The Google Impact Challenge will grant a total of $5 million to ten cities in Canada and Grand Forks wants to be one of them. The challenge asks cities to […]

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]]> City hall critic hosts meeting tonight https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3926/news/grand-forks-news/city-hall-critic-hosts-meeting-tonight/ Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:40:05 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3926 A concerned Grand Forks resident will host a meeting tonight to discuss spending at city hall. Donald Pharand believes there is a disconnect between council and residents, especially at regular […]

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]]> Boundary Museum visits up 25% in 2016 https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3923/news/boundary-museum-visits-25-2016/ Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:05:17 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3923 Attendance was up at the Boundary Museum by 25 per cent last year. They also saw continued success with their solar panel program saving over $600 on utility costs. Operations […]

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]]> Scammers pose as Grand Forks Mounties https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3911/news/scammers-pose-grand-forks-mounties/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:13:42 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3911 A warning about a phone scammer posing as an RCMP officer. A Grand Forks citizen was recently contacted and told they owned back taxes and fines to Canada Revenue Agency. The […]

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]]> Housing a problem in Grand Forks, survey finds https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3898/news/grand-forks-news/housing-problem-grand-forks-survey-finds/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:12:01 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3898 The results of the Grand Forks housing survey are in and they confirm affordability is an issue. Only 120 people took part but over 60 percent said housing in Grand […]

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]]> City crews tackle big snowfall https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3878/news/grand-forks-news/city-crews-tackle-big-snowfall/ Wed, 08 Feb 2017 13:35:18 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3878 Grand Forks city crews were quick to respond to this weekend’s 15 centimeters of snow. Work began Saturday night and all roads and sidewalks are clear. Public works manager David […]

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]]> New teachers hired for Boundary schools https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3856/news/new-teachers-hired-boundary-schools/ Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:10:37 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3856 The Boundary school district will receive $158,000 to hire additional teachers. It’s a piece of the recent $50 million announced by the BC government. Superintendent Kevin Argue says they sat […]

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]]> Grand Forks to revisit idling, noise bylaws https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3853/news/grand-forks-news/grand-forks-revisit-idling-noise-bylaws/ Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:52:12 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3853 Grand forks city council will bring its idling and noise by-laws to the table for review. This after a string of complaints from a resident about their neighbour idling a […]

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]]> Council agrees to fund Snowbirds show https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3841/news/grand-forks-news/council-agrees-fund-snowbirds-show/ Wed, 01 Feb 2017 14:20:09 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3841 Grand Forks city council has approved an additional $15,000 to the operations event support budget for 2017. The money will help with expenses for the Snowbirds air show taking place July […]

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]]> Grand Forks seeks feedback on housing https://www.mygrandforksnow.com/3797/news/grand-forks-seeks-feedback-housing/ Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:23:30 +0000 http://www.mygrandforksnow.com/?p=3797 The City of Grand Forks is looking for your input before they change the community plan to tackle the housing issue. City engineering technologist Graham Watt says the Boundary is […]

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