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Debris on road closes Highway 97A south of Sicamous

Debris on road closes Highway 97A south of Sicamous

Sicamous Jun 26, 2023 / 5:56 am

DriveBC reports debris on the road has closed Highway 97A between Sicamous and Mara. The incident was reported overnight, just after midnight. The highway was...

Car flipped on its back after crash in Salmon Arm

Car flipped on its back after crash in Salmon Arm

Jun 25, 2023 / 10:03 pm

Emergency crews are on the scene of what appears to be a three-vehicle crash at Okanagan Avenue and 30th Street in Salmon Arm. All three vehicles have suffered...

Province, Salmon Arm partner on proposed long-term shelter

Province, Salmon Arm partner on proposed long-term shelter

Jun 22, 2023 / 11:33 am

The City of Salmon Arm is partnering with the province to build a new long-term shelter. BC Housing, and the city are working on plans to build the modular...

Chase Secondary wins MusiCounts funding to bolster band programs

Chase Secondary wins MusiCounts funding to bolster band programs

Chase Jun 21, 2023 / 6:00 pm

The Shuswap's Chase Secondary School is among 73 schools across Canada sharing in $825,000, thanks to MusiCounts Canada. The money will purchase instruments...

Salmon Arm RCMP recover shed full of stolen equipment

Salmon Arm RCMP recover shed full of stolen equipment

Jun 21, 2023 / 7:45 am

RCMP in Salmon Arm have recovered a shed full of suspected stolen property. On Sunday, officers attended a home on 11th Ave NE after a family member called...

Driver accused of running down man in Shuswap road-rage altercation

Driver accused of running down man in Shuswap road-rage altercation

Shuswap Jun 21, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Shuswap-area man is standing trial this week accused of using his car to intentionally run down another driver during a road-rage altercation near Chase....

Baby in the classroom a valuable learning tool for Shuswap kids

Baby in the classroom a valuable learning tool for Shuswap kids

Shuswap Jun 17, 2023 / 4:00 am

Baby Margo helped educate students at North Canoe Elementary this past school year. School District 83 says mom and baby visited 'her' class as part of...

Junior Rapattackers show students the ropes of firefighting program

Junior Rapattackers show students the ropes of firefighting program

Jun 16, 2023 / 5:00 pm

Salmon Arm Secondary students were shown the ropes of forest firefighting by two grads. Leah Nash and Maggie Beckner demonstrated their summer jobs as rapattack...

BC Wildfire Service responds to flare up at old burn site near Salmon Arm

BC Wildfire Service responds to flare up at old burn site near Salmon Arm

Jun 15, 2023 / 1:32 pm

BC Wildfire Crews are returning to the site of a wildfire near Salmon Arm after a flare up. Fire Information Officer Taylor Colman said five firefighters are...

Salmon Arm RCMP investigating burnout done on rainbow crosswalk

Salmon Arm RCMP investigating burnout done on rainbow crosswalk

Jun 15, 2023 / 12:15 pm

Salmon Arm RCMP are investigating the defacing of a downtown rainbow crosswalk. A motorist did a burnout on the brightly coloured Hudson Avenue crosswalk meant...

Too dangerous for fireworks, say CSRD fire chiefs

Too dangerous for fireworks, say CSRD fire chiefs

Shuswap Jun 14, 2023 / 1:20 pm

Fireworks permits will not be issued given the extreme fire risk and provincial fire ban, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District says. That includes no...

Doctors, IH sued over alleged misdiagnosis following Salmon Arm-area dog bite

Doctors, IH sued over alleged misdiagnosis following Salmon Arm-area dog bite

Jun 13, 2023 / 2:16 pm

A Salmon Arm-area woman is suing three doctors and Interior Health, alleging the misdiagnosis of a wound on her hand following a dog bite in 2021 led to...

Shuswap man burned over 40% of his body, shares story for Hometown Heroes

Shuswap man burned over 40% of his body, shares story for Hometown Heroes

Jun 2, 2023 / 4:00 am

Scott McBride was working under his truck when it caught fire. The Sorrento resident suffered third-degree burns to more than 40 per cent of his body in the...

Sunken wreck of 100-year-old boat removed from Shuswap Lake

Sunken wreck of 100-year-old boat removed from Shuswap Lake

Shuswap Lake Jun 1, 2023 / 12:15 pm

Shuswap Lake just got a little bit safer. The Mandalay B, a 100-year-old wooden vessel that sank off Lee Creek at the west end of the lake last year, has been...

$50,000 motorhome stolen off Salmon Arm dealership lot

$50,000 motorhome stolen off Salmon Arm dealership lot

May 31, 2023 / 11:08 am

An RV worth more than $50,000 was stolen right off the lot of a Salmon Arm dealership. Justin Braby, a sales manager at Braby Motors, says culprits managed to...

Shuswap shooting victim had gang ties, say police

Shuswap shooting victim had gang ties, say police

May 30, 2023 / 4:52 pm

Gunshot wounds, vehicle fires, and cars with bullet holes. That’s what Salmon Arm RCMP are asking for help with on from the public. Salmon Arm RCMP were...

Minivan and dump truck collide in rural Ranchero

Minivan and dump truck collide in rural Ranchero

Ranchero May 30, 2023 / 10:56 am

Salmon Arm RCMP say the driver of a minivan was lucky to escape with only minor injuries after a collision with a dump truck on Highway 97B. The driver was...

Shuswap Lake not expected to flood, peak anticipated next week

Shuswap Lake not expected to flood, peak anticipated next week

Shuswap Lake May 26, 2023 / 11:40 am

Shuswap Lake levels are not expected to cause widespread flooding. "While the Shuswap remains on flood-watch status for potential minor flooding issues due...

Shuswap man arrested on the couch twice in a month

Shuswap man arrested on the couch twice in a month

Celista May 25, 2023 / 6:49 pm

An unwelcome guest is facing charges after a pair of incidents in the Shuswap. Police say they were called at 12:12 a.m on May 8 for a report of a...

CSRD residents to vote in referendum on Shuswap Watershed Council funding

CSRD residents to vote in referendum on Shuswap Watershed Council funding

Shuswap May 25, 2023 / 5:00 pm

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District is recommending a referendum on continuation of a parcel tax to fund the Shuswap Watershed Council on a permanent basis....