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3 injured in rollover crash on Highway 97A near Mara Provincial Park

3 injured in rollover crash on Highway 97A near Mara Provincial Park

Sicamous Jan 31, 2025 / 8:10 pm

UPDATE: 8:10 p.m. Sicamous RCMP said three people were injured in the two-vehicle collision that closed Hwy 97A Friday afternoon near Mara Provincial Park. ...

City of Salmon Arm plans more pile burning in Little Mountain Park

City of Salmon Arm plans more pile burning in Little Mountain Park

Jan 31, 2025 / 2:57 pm

Salmon Arm residents are being warned not to be alarmed if they see smoke in the Little Mountain Park area. An ongoing fuel-management project is underway in...

Shuswap Tourism, Shuswap Film Commission to immediately pause services as budget problems grow

Shuswap Tourism, Shuswap Film Commission to immediately pause services as budget problems grow

Jan 31, 2025 / 11:28 am

The future of two marketing organizations associated with the Columbia Shuswap Regional District could be in jeopardy as tighter local government budgets has...

CSRD residents to pay more in taxes this year to fund landfill closure reserves

CSRD residents to pay more in taxes this year to fund landfill closure reserves

Jan 31, 2025 / 4:00 am

Columbia Shuswap Regional District residents will pay an average of $6.40 more in taxes this year, money which will be set aside to pay for future costs...

Shuswap Theatre Society to bring small town Nova Scotia to the Shuswap with Norm Foster's Halfway There

Shuswap Theatre Society to bring small town Nova Scotia to the Shuswap with Norm Foster's Halfway There

Jan 30, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Shuswap Theatre Society’s latest production will bring audiences to a small town in Nova Scotia located exactly at the halfway point between the equator...

Salmon Arm council rejects request for crossing lights near Fifth Avenue 50Plus Activity Centre

Salmon Arm council rejects request for crossing lights near Fifth Avenue 50Plus Activity Centre

Jan 30, 2025 / 12:00 pm

Citing costs and the low speed of traffic in the area, Salmon Arm city council turned down a request from the Fifth Avenue 50Plus Activity Centre for flashing...

Salmon Arm police detachment sees increase in child porn investigations amid busy end to 2024

Salmon Arm police detachment sees increase in child porn investigations amid busy end to 2024

Jan 30, 2025 / 4:00 am

Salmon Arm’s new top cop says the local RCMP detachment's general investigations division had a busy fourth quarter, noting a rise in child...

Local modern jazz group The Jazz Implication to play at Nexus at First Community

Local modern jazz group The Jazz Implication to play at Nexus at First Community

Jan 29, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Salmon Arm-based contemporary jazz group The Jazz Implication will bring a genre-bending mix of jazz fusion for a performance at the Nexus at First Community on...

Shuswap Trail Alliance aims to kick off the year with successful fundraiser

Shuswap Trail Alliance aims to kick off the year with successful fundraiser

Jan 29, 2025 / 2:00 pm

The Shuswap Trail Alliance is hoping to start the year with another successful fundraiser as it celebrates two decades of building and maintaining trails in the...

Two vehicles sent into the ditch last week by slippery sections on Hwy 97A

Two vehicles sent into the ditch last week by slippery sections on Hwy 97A

Jan 29, 2025 / 10:28 am

Sicamous Mounties responded after two vehicles were sent into the ditch by slippery conditions on Highway 97A last week. On Jan 23 at 1 p.m., police responded...

Salmon Arm council agrees to five year agreement with Salmon Arm Arts Centre featuring an additional $4k in funding

Salmon Arm council agrees to five year agreement with Salmon Arm Arts Centre featuring an additional $4k in funding

Jan 29, 2025 / 4:00 am

Salmon Arm city council agreed to a five year fee for service agreement with the Salmon Arm Arts Centre featuring a modest $4,000 funding increase despite...

Shuswap Trail Alliance to receive nearly $200k in federal grant funding

Shuswap Trail Alliance to receive nearly $200k in federal grant funding

Jan 28, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Shuswap hiking and biking trails will see a boost with the Shuswap Trail Alliance set to receive nearly $200,000 in federal grant funding. The Shuswap Trail...

Sicamous RCMP ask for public assistance identifying two men linked to stolen Ford F-150

Sicamous RCMP ask for public assistance identifying two men linked to stolen Ford F-150

Sicamous Jan 28, 2025 / 1:05 pm

Sicamous Mounties are asking the public for help identifying two suspects believed to be in possession of a stolen truck that's been involved in multiple...

Sicamous Mounties help get unruly Alberta passenger off Rider Express bus

Sicamous Mounties help get unruly Alberta passenger off Rider Express bus

Sicamous Jan 28, 2025 / 10:46 am

A 59-year-old Alberta man was removed from a Rider Express bus by Sicamous RCMP officers after the bus driver had enough of his alleged unruly behaviour....

Council decides to move forward with public consultation about a change to permit earlier construction start times

Council decides to move forward with public consultation about a change to permit earlier construction start times

Jan 28, 2025 / 4:00 am

Despite cooler winter temperatures outside city hall, inside council chambers Salmon Arm city council made a move to help construction workers during...

Celebrate Shuswap Society is bringing three exciting dance parties to Salmon Arm starting this Valentine's Day

Celebrate Shuswap Society is bringing three exciting dance parties to Salmon Arm starting this Valentine's Day

Jan 27, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Celebrate the changing seasons with three exciting dance parties coming to the Song Sparrow Hall this spring. In 2025, Celebrate Shuswap is bringing energetic...

Sicamous RCMP searching for stolen truck allegedly used in multiple thefts

Sicamous RCMP searching for stolen truck allegedly used in multiple thefts

Sicamous Jan 27, 2025 / 1:56 pm

Sicamous RCMP are asking the public for help finding a distinctive black Ford F150 that was stolen and allegedly used in several thefts. Sicamous Mounties...

Highway 1 emergency re-opening procedure tested in November, Sicamous Mounties report

Highway 1 emergency re-opening procedure tested in November, Sicamous Mounties report

Sicamous Jan 25, 2025 / 4:00 am

Sicamous Mounties reported a successful first test of their ability to re-open the Trans-Canada Highway through the R.W. Bruhn bridge construction area when a...

GoFundMe for Sicamous family surpasses $13K goal in 24 hours

GoFundMe for Sicamous family surpasses $13K goal in 24 hours

Sicamous Jan 24, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Residents of Sicamous have come together to support a local family after the sudden death of a beloved member of the community. Mike Vomacka died unexpectedly...

Salmon Arm's newest snowplow Snow Chute is ready to work

Salmon Arm's newest snowplow Snow Chute is ready to work

Jan 24, 2025 / 3:00 pm

The newly-christened Snow Chute has arrived in Salmon Arm and is ready for snow-clearing duty. The City of Salmon Arm’s newest snowplow in the fleet was...