Salmon Arm News
HEU workers rally
UPDATED: 7:55 p.m. Care aides, nurses, cooks, food services workers, housekeepers, laundry workers and other staff at the Hillside Village seniors care home in...
Hwy 1 reopened
UPDATE 5:05 p.m. The highway has now reopened, with a lane closure in effect. ORIGINAL 3:45 p.m. Highway 1 is closed in both directions 25 kilometres west of...
Cops look for stolen boat
Salmon Arm RCMP are asking the public for information following the theft of a 23-foot Centurion ski boat and trailer. On Nov. 21, police received a report of a...
Waste... of time?
It appears to be easier to dump rotting banana peels in the garbage rather than recycle them. Staff at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District have decided not...
Hate graffiti investigated
Salmon Arm RCMP are investigating reports of anti-Muslim graffiti. Staff Sgt. Scott West said the graffiti “is negative and pertains to members of the...
Guilty in schoolyard murder
A 25-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for a Salmon Arm schoolyard shooting dating back to Nov. 21, 2008. Tyler Myers, 22, was shot dead...
Boulders cause crash
Falling boulders are to blame for an accident near Salmon Arm. RCMP Staff Sgt. Scott West said on Nov. 19 at 11 a.m., police were called to a collision on...
Shuswap trails discussed
It has been almost a year since the historic signing of the Shuswap Regional Trails Strategy. More than 75 leaders from business, education, government and...
Suspicious fire burns home
Just hours after a mobile home went up in flames in West Kelowna early Saturday morning, a mobile home north of Salmon Arm burned to the ground, a blaze fire...
5 new hall of famers
Names in the Central Okanagan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum has grown by five. Five new inductees were welcomed to the hall Thursday morning during the ninth...
Holiday Train on the way
Once again the popular CP Holiday Train will be making its way across Canada, but unfortunately, it will not be stopping in the Okanagan. The closest the train...
Program teaches job skills
A government-funded program is giving unemployed aboriginal people paid training and hands-on work experience in the Thompson-Nichola region's horticulture...
School threat a hoax
As expected, a bomb threat call that led to the evacuation of Shuswap Middle School on Monday was a hoax, confirmed Salmon Arm RCMP. The entire school...
Threat evacuates school
Salmon Arm RCMP are investigating a report of a bomb threat at Shuswap Middle School that prompted the evacuation of the entire school population Tuesday. About...
Aboriginal focus for college
A mother and daughter have teamed up to teach an Okanagan College program focused on aboriginal support. The new Aboriginal Community Support Worker program...
Easy pickings for thieves
The theft of two purses from parked cars were easy pickings for thieves as the stolen items were left in plain view. Salmon Arm RCMP Staff Sgt. Scott West said...
Life for Shuswap murder
A man who pleaded guilty to the 2011 drive-by killing of 24-year-old Nicholas Larsen in the Shuswap has been given a life sentence. Jordan Larry Barnes, 30, was...
Shooting heads to Supreme
A man charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting on the outskirts of Enderby one year ago is facing a trial in B.C. Supreme Court. Norman...
No cause in fatal crash
A B.C. coroner's report did not reach a definitive conclusion as to the cause of a fatal accident in the Shuswap last year involving a small car and a bus...
Lock it or lose
Salmon Arm RCMP are reminding people not to leave valuables in vehicles. The Shuswap community has experienced a number of thefts from vehicles recently. Staff...