Salmon Arm News
Out of the house, at the fest
Some of the most infamous house guests from last season’s Big Brother Canada will be outside rather than inside this August at the 2017 Salmon Arm Roots...
3-car crash closes highway
A serious three-car collision closed the Trans-Canada Highway east of Sorrento Thursday afternoon. The crash happened about 4 p.m., near the Blind Bay golf...
Attempted child abduction
A man has tried to abduct a three-year-old child in Malakwa, near Sicamous. RCMP were called to a rural residence on the 4000 block of Malakwa Road Thursday...
Two hikers lost in woods
Salmon Arm RCMP helped locate a pair of lost hikers in the hills between White Lake and Eagle Bay, Monday. The female hikers, aged 51 and 54, were able to call...
Shuswap Lake drowning
RCMP divers have recovered the body of a 37-year-old Surrey man from Shuswap Lake. Salmon Arm RCMP members were called to a local campground on Sunday where the...
Sept sentencing for shooting
A North Okanagan man faces sentencing in September in connection with a 2015 incident near Enderby that sent another man to hospital with serious gunshot...
Lumby hit by outage
UPDATE: 5:20 p.m. Strong winds knocked trees on the lines in the Lumby area Tuesday afternoon causing a power outage to 1,743 customers, according to BC Hydro....
Swift water rescue taped
A dramatic swift water rescue took place in the Shuswap last week after a woman fell into Sicamous Creek. The June 11th rescue was caught on camera and posted...
Buy a birthday trail
The Shuswap Trail Alliance is hoping people buy a little piece of Canada in honour of the nation's 150th birthday. In an effort to leave a trail legacy for...
Up to no good
Salmon Arm RCMP are hoping to locate a car believed stolen from Alberta and the two men who were in it, after a report from an alert security guard who spotted...
Vehicle drops 50 feet
A 44-year-old Salmon Arm woman is lucky to be alive after a crash early Wednesday morning, when her vehicle went off Highway 1 and plunged over a 50-foot...
Nabbed after standoff
An RCMP emergency response team was called to Salmon Arm Sunday to deal with a two-hour standoff that ended when police officers stormed a residence and...
Highway open after crash
UPDATE: 6 a.m. The highway was fully reopened east of Canoe just after 10 p.m., DriveBC reports. ORIGINAL: 9:35 p.m. Highway 1 has now been partially reopened...
Remains found in slide
UPDATE JUNE 1, 2 p.m. Salmon Arm RCMP say the remains of Roy Sharp have been found. In a brief statement, police in Salmon Arm said; "Salmon Arm RCMP...
Fuel from crashes contained
Despite two major accidents, there appears to be no environmental damage to local waterways. On May 15, a tug sank near Cape Horn - northwest of the Cinnemousun...
Diesel spills from tug
Interior Health is warning residents on Shuswap Lake to be cautious with their water after a logging tug boat spilled diesel fuel Monday. The boat sank near...
Diesel thief confronted
A Sicamous man confronted a suspected fuel thief and got his truck smashed while doing it. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said on May 10 at approximately 10 p.m.,...
Evac order partially lifted
Most of the residents forced to flee their homes due to the threat of a mudslide in the Shuswap can go home. The evacuation order issued by the Columbia Shuswap...
Slide-covered road reopens
Sunnybrae Canoe Point Road reopened Saturday at Robinson Creek, the site of a landslide that destroyed two homes and left one man presumed dead. The road is...
Landslide evacuation alert
While cleanup has begun on the landslide that destroyed two homes in the Shuswap and left one man presumed dead, danger in the area still remains. An additional...