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RCMP called to early morning disturbance after cuddling attempt goes wrong

RCMP called to early morning disturbance after cuddling attempt goes wrong

Nov 29, 2023 / 2:45 pm

An 'attempted cuddling' sparked a police response in Salmon Arm. RCMP were called to the scene after a woman decided to cuddle her husband too early in...

Salmon Arm police say man found slumped over steering wheel arrested for drug trafficking

Salmon Arm police say man found slumped over steering wheel arrested for drug trafficking

Nov 29, 2023 / 2:30 pm

Salmon Arm police arrested a man for drug trafficking after finding him slumped over a steering wheel while the vehicle was still running. According to a news...

Firefighters to host public meeting about Little Mountain Park fuel mitigation

Firefighters to host public meeting about Little Mountain Park fuel mitigation

Nov 29, 2023 / 2:00 pm

The Salmon Arm Fire Department is inviting the public to a meeting to discuss a fuel mitigation project taking place in Little Mountain Park. The meeting will...

District of Sicamous sues over bridge replacement performance bond

District of Sicamous sues over bridge replacement performance bond

Sicamous Nov 28, 2023 / 11:05 am

The District of Sicamous is involved in a lawsuit over replacement of the Solsqua-Sicamous bridge. The district filed a lawsuit against Western Surety over a...

Firefighters save stuck calf, to relief of Twin Heart Animal Sanctuary

Firefighters save stuck calf, to relief of Twin Heart Animal Sanctuary

Tappen Nov 28, 2023 / 7:00 am

The Tappen Volunteer Fire Department doesn't just rescue kittens from trees – a team from the department can now add 'ruminant rescue...

Board of education eyes major changes in Shuswap schools

Board of education eyes major changes in Shuswap schools

Nov 28, 2023 / 4:00 am

Salmon Arm schools could be due for a major grade shakeup. School District No. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) trustees are considering reducing the number of...

High price tag for new Sicamous Health Centre remains contentious

High price tag for new Sicamous Health Centre remains contentious

Sicamous Nov 27, 2023 / 6:00 pm

The proposed Shuswap (Secwépemc) Healing Centre and its $10-million price tag remains a source of controversy in the Shuswap community. The District of...

Salmon Arm Fair announces summer schedule change

Salmon Arm Fair announces summer schedule change

Nov 27, 2023 / 10:44 am

The Salmon Arm Fair is 'moo-ving' on up in the calendar The community agricultural fair is foregoing its usual September weekend and instead will...

Transport Canada teams up with CSRD to clear rogue buoys

Transport Canada teams up with CSRD to clear rogue buoys

Shuswap Lake Nov 25, 2023 / 12:00 pm

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District and Transport Canada have been taking action on rogue buoys afloat on Shuswap Lake. Transport Canada’s Navigation...

New details of rescue efforts after cats seen falling from moving trailer

New details of rescue efforts after cats seen falling from moving trailer

Shuswap Nov 25, 2023 / 4:00 am

These cats landed on their feet — thanks to the tireless late-night efforts of Shuswap animal rescue volunteers. Chase RCMP responded to multiple calls...

Trans-Canada bridge in Sicamous a national disgrace, and gross negligence, council says

Trans-Canada bridge in Sicamous a national disgrace, and gross negligence, council says

Sicamous Nov 24, 2023 / 3:03 pm

Sicamous council is sounding the alarm over the state of the R.W. Bruhn bridge on the Trans-Canada Highway. The bridge is one of the major entrances to the...

Salmon Arm sports complex roof found to be structurally unsafe when snow accumulates

Salmon Arm sports complex roof found to be structurally unsafe when snow accumulates

Nov 24, 2023 / 12:00 pm

The City of Salmon Arm has announced it will be closing the SASCU Indoor Memorial Sports Complex as soon as the first snowfall arrives. According to the city,...

North Shuswap residents demand answers for Bush Creek wildfire response

North Shuswap residents demand answers for Bush Creek wildfire response

North Shuswap Nov 24, 2023 / 11:00 am

Sparks flew Thursday night at a public meeting on the wildfires that devastated the North Shuswap this past summer. Residents are demanding answers over what...

Armed home invasion turns out to be Halloween hallucination

Armed home invasion turns out to be Halloween hallucination

Anglemont Nov 23, 2023 / 6:00 pm

A woman told police a group of people wielding guns and wearing Halloween costumes was breaking into her home in Anglemont – but Chase RCMP found no crime...

Travel trailer goes up in flames outside Chase

Travel trailer goes up in flames outside Chase

Chase Nov 23, 2023 / 4:00 pm

A wood stove chimney was found to be the cause of a travel trailer inferno outside Chase. Chase RCMP on patrol spotted a large fire in the woods off the...

Man held in walk-in cooler in alleged kidnapping and assault in Shuswap

Man held in walk-in cooler in alleged kidnapping and assault in Shuswap

Celista Nov 23, 2023 / 3:36 pm

A Celista man claims he was kidnapped, assaulted and held in a walk-in cooler for hours. Chase RCMP say they received a delayed report of an assault that...

Driver hospitalized after two-vehicle collision in Lee Creek

Driver hospitalized after two-vehicle collision in Lee Creek

Lee Creek Nov 23, 2023 / 1:30 pm

One person was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash last week in Lee Creek. In a news release, Chase RCMP said officers and paramedics...

Police recover trailer full of felines after cats seen falling from moving vehicle

Police recover trailer full of felines after cats seen falling from moving vehicle

Shuswap Nov 23, 2023 / 12:39 pm

It was a near cat-astrophe in the Shuswap when concerned motorists called police over multiple felines falling from a moving trailer. Chase RCMP responded to...

Many back home, but dozens of Skwlax band members still displaced following devastating fire

Many back home, but dozens of Skwlax band members still displaced following devastating fire

Shuswap Nov 23, 2023 / 4:00 am

A small assortment of mugs, teacups, and figurines, some of them chipped, charred or warped, are carefully arranged on a blue tarp in front of a pile of burned...

Conservation officer says bear's defence mode kicked in when startled by Salmon Arm jogger

Conservation officer says bear's defence mode kicked in when startled by Salmon Arm jogger

Nov 23, 2023 / 4:00 am

Conservation officers consider Tuesday’s encounter between a bear and a Salmon Arm jogger a case of "being in the wrong place at the wrong...

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