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Workshops planned to help local businesses get 'rail trail ready' in Enderby, Armstrong, Sicamous

Workshops planned to help local businesses get 'rail trail ready' in Enderby, Armstrong, Sicamous

Sicamous Dec 30, 2025 / 7:00 pm

With the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail promising to draw in thousands of visitors, Community Futures is planning a series of workshops to help local...

How to properly trash your Christmas tree in the Shuswap

How to properly trash your Christmas tree in the Shuswap

Dec 30, 2025 / 10:19 am

Now that Christmas is behind us the Columbia Shuswap Regional District is reminding residents of their options for Christmas tree disposal. In a social media...

Traffic enforcement, community engagement top 2026 priorities for Salmon Arm's top cop

Traffic enforcement, community engagement top 2026 priorities for Salmon Arm's top cop

Dec 30, 2025 / 4:00 am

Salmon Arm’s top Mountie says 2025 was a good year for the police force, with a sustained push on traffic enforcement and road safety planned for 2026....

Sicamous Legion to host special Robbie Burns Day celebration next month

Sicamous Legion to host special Robbie Burns Day celebration next month

Sicamous Dec 29, 2025 / 7:00 pm

It’s time to put on your kilts and practice your Scottish brogue as the Sicamous Legion is inviting everyone to celebrate Robbie Burns Day on Saturday,...

Avalanche work to cause delays on Hwy. 1 on New Year's Day between Sicamous and Revelstoke

Avalanche work to cause delays on Hwy. 1 on New Year's Day between Sicamous and Revelstoke

Sicamous Dec 29, 2025 / 3:47 pm

Avalanche control work is expected to cause intermittent closures on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Sicamous on New Year’s Day. Motorists can expect...

Early Childhood Education certificate program open to Chase and area residents

Early Childhood Education certificate program open to Chase and area residents

Chase Dec 29, 2025 / 11:09 am

A local non-profit organization is inviting Chase residents interested in working with kids to take part in a free one-year Early Childhood Education...

Salmon Arm mayor to run for re-election in 2026 after 'a very good year' for the city

Salmon Arm mayor to run for re-election in 2026 after 'a very good year' for the city

Dec 29, 2025 / 4:00 am

Mayor Alan Harrison, who intends to run for another term in next year's municipal election, says 2025 was “a very good year for Salmon Arm," with...

Okanagan Shuswap Regional STEM Fair set to return to UBC Okanagan in 2026

Okanagan Shuswap Regional STEM Fair set to return to UBC Okanagan in 2026

Kelowna Dec 28, 2025 / 7:00 pm

After a seven-year hiatus, the Okanagan Shuswap Regional STEM fair is set to return to UBC Okanagan next year to inspire the next generation of scientists,...

Revelstoke Fire Rescue respond to two crashes on Highway 1 stretch within five minutes

Revelstoke Fire Rescue respond to two crashes on Highway 1 stretch within five minutes

Revelstoke Dec 28, 2025 / 4:30 pm

Revelstoke Fire Rescue responded to two collisions that happened on the Trans-Canada Highway within minutes of each other on Sunday. In a social media post,...

Chase council plans new meetings to allow for deeper discussions

Chase council plans new meetings to allow for deeper discussions

Chase Dec 28, 2025 / 3:00 pm

Chase village council plans to move forward with a new type of meeting in order to give elected officials and staff the opportunity to have deeper discussions...

Credit union celebrates Christmas in the Shuswap with $21K food bank donation

Credit union celebrates Christmas in the Shuswap with $21K food bank donation

Dec 28, 2025 / 12:47 pm

Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union is making a $21,000 donation to local food banks, First Nations communities and education initiatives. In a statement...

Police seek public help identifying suspects in Blind Bay theft

Police seek public help identifying suspects in Blind Bay theft

Dec 20, 2025 / 4:34 pm

Salmon Arm RCMP are asking the public for assistance in identifying two individuals involved in a theft at a golf store in Blind Bay. On December 12th, staff at...

City of Salmon Arm preparing to raise DCCs with bylaw favouring phased approach

City of Salmon Arm preparing to raise DCCs with bylaw favouring phased approach

Dec 20, 2025 / 4:00 am

The City of Salmon Arm is preparing to raise its development cost charges with a new bylaw, but staff has planned to take a four-year phased approach in order...

Support local hiking trails and dispose of your Christmas tree at a Charity Chipping Event in Sorrento Jan. 10

Support local hiking trails and dispose of your Christmas tree at a Charity Chipping Event in Sorrento Jan. 10

Sorrento Dec 19, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Sorrento residents can get their Christmas tree chipped and support local trails thanks to a Charity Chipping Event being held on Saturday, Jan. 10. Trees and...

Man steals $3,000 worth of printer ink from Salmon Arm Staples

Man steals $3,000 worth of printer ink from Salmon Arm Staples

Dec 19, 2025 / 4:00 pm

Mounties are turning to the public to help identify a man who they believe stole thousands of dollars worth of printer ink from Staples in Salmon Arm. In a...

A 49-year-old Canoe man will be facing an additional charge after allegedly violating his curfew

A 49-year-old Canoe man will be facing an additional charge after allegedly violating his curfew

Dec 19, 2025 / 1:17 pm

Mounties say they are recommending a new charge against a Canoe man after he was allegedly found to be out after curfew in violation of his release conditions....

Salmon Arm police recover stolen tools, unable to identify suspects after overnight heist

Salmon Arm police recover stolen tools, unable to identify suspects after overnight heist

Dec 19, 2025 / 8:48 am

Salmon Arm Mounties say they were able to locate a stash of stolen tools and return them to their rightful owners, but they were unable to identify any suspects...

Salmon Arm city council approves 2026 budget with 3.88% tax increase

Salmon Arm city council approves 2026 budget with 3.88% tax increase

Dec 19, 2025 / 4:00 am

Salmon Arm residents can look forward to a modest 3.8 per cent tax increase next year thanks to a $1.7 million funding infusion from the city’s parkade...

SASCU aims to 'raise the Shuswap' by offering grant funding to help local non-profits

SASCU aims to 'raise the Shuswap' by offering grant funding to help local non-profits

Dec 18, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Some local community organizations are enjoying extra funding thanks to SASCU’s Empowerment grant program. SASCU announced this week the first recipients...

Barenaked Ladies perform for packed Canoe crowd after late CPKC Holiday Train arrival

Barenaked Ladies perform for packed Canoe crowd after late CPKC Holiday Train arrival

Canoe Dec 18, 2025 / 4:00 am

Despite a late arrival, more than 1,000 people packed the tracks Wednesday night in Canoe, north of Salmon Arm, to catch the Barenaked Ladies aboard the CPKC...