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Shuswap SAR kept busy

Shuswap SAR kept busy

Feb 25, 2025 / 7:04 am

Three rescue calls, including one that required a helicopter extraction, kept Shuswap Search and Rescue members busy this weekend. "Saturday afternoon we...

Salmon Arm council offers support for Vernon non-profit tackling residential greenhouse gas emissions

Salmon Arm council offers support for Vernon non-profit tackling residential greenhouse gas emissions

Feb 25, 2025 / 4:00 am

A Vernon-based non-profit that hopes to change the energy expenditures and greenhouse gas emissions from local homes has received a letter of support from...

District of Sicamous 'optimistic' Owlhead Mountain Bike Park will open this summer

District of Sicamous 'optimistic' Owlhead Mountain Bike Park will open this summer

Sicamous Feb 24, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Sicamous mountain bikers can start tuning up their bikes in anticipation of the new Owlhead Mountain Bike Park opening this summer. In a statement on its...

Traffic diverted around jackknifed semi on Highway 1 Saturday night

Traffic diverted around jackknifed semi on Highway 1 Saturday night

Feb 24, 2025 / 12:00 pm

Sicamous Mounties were able to divert traffic around a jackknifed semi truck that was partially blocking both lanes on the Trans-Canada Highway Saturday night....

Sicamous, Swansea Point residents hit day two in ongoing internet service outage

Sicamous, Swansea Point residents hit day two in ongoing internet service outage

Sicamous Feb 24, 2025 / 11:37 am

Sicamous and Swansea Point residents went without the internet from early Sunday morning until mid-morning on Monday due to a service outage affecting Mascon...

Highway 97B down to single lane after vehicle incident

Highway 97B down to single lane after vehicle incident

Feb 23, 2025 / 9:24 am

A vehicle incident south of Salmon Arm has traffic alternating through a single lane on Highway 97B Sunday morning. According to DriveBC, the incident occurred...

Avalanche control work east of Sicamous will close Highway 1 this afternoon

Avalanche control work east of Sicamous will close Highway 1 this afternoon

Sicamous Feb 22, 2025 / 8:46 am

Avalanche control work will shut down Highway 1 this afternoon. DriveBC is reporting the highway will be closed in both directions from nine to 17 km east of...

Part of Lakeshore Drive closed Saturday for Coldest Night of the Year walk

Part of Lakeshore Drive closed Saturday for Coldest Night of the Year walk

Feb 22, 2025 / 8:00 am

Part of Lakeshore Drive will be closed Saturday evening to accommodate a fundraising walk in support of the Shuswap Food Action Society. The Salmon Arm Public...

CSRD board decision could move Rust Valley Restorations closer to ending years-long bylaw dispute

CSRD board decision could move Rust Valley Restorations closer to ending years-long bylaw dispute

Feb 22, 2025 / 4:00 am

Local reality television stars could be one step closer to making their way back into compliance with regional district and Agricultural Land Commission bylaws....

Salmon Arm man facing charges related to the theft of seven cell phones from Rogers Rink

Salmon Arm man facing charges related to the theft of seven cell phones from Rogers Rink

Feb 21, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Salmon Arm police have announced the approval of six charges against a Salmon Arm man who they say was caught with seven stolen cell phones in his possession....

Avalanche control work to close Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke over Friday night

Avalanche control work to close Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke over Friday night

Revelstoke Feb 21, 2025 / 4:58 pm

Avalanche control work will cause temporary closures for the Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke this weekend, with the first closure set to begin Friday...

New signs forbid commercial vehicles from using Springbend Road as a shortcut during Hwy 1 closures between Sicamous and Salmon Arm

New signs forbid commercial vehicles from using Springbend Road as a shortcut during Hwy 1 closures between Sicamous and Salmon Arm

Feb 21, 2025 / 2:15 pm

New signs have been installed to prevent commercial vehicles from detouring down rural and residential roads during daily closures of the Trans-Canada Highway...

Drunk driver tells Salmon Arm Mounties he was on way home from church

Drunk driver tells Salmon Arm Mounties he was on way home from church

Feb 21, 2025 / 12:47 pm

A 61-year-old drunk driver claimed he was on his way home from church when police pulled him over for running a stop sign. On Feb. 2 at 9:45 a.m. Mounties on...

CSRD directors question Shuswap Rail Trail construction status, project transparency

CSRD directors question Shuswap Rail Trail construction status, project transparency

Feb 21, 2025 / 4:00 am

Some directors on the board of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District raised concerns about financial transparency and the construction status of the Shuswap...

Drugs, cash seized from 44 year-old Kelowna resident after being stopped by Sicamous RCMP for speeding

Drugs, cash seized from 44 year-old Kelowna resident after being stopped by Sicamous RCMP for speeding

Feb 20, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Sicamous RCMP ended up seizing a large quantity of drugs and cash after arresting a 44-year-old Kelowna resident for driving while prohibited. Police said the...

Driver who crossed R.W. Bruhn Bridge during construction closure was impaired by drugs, police say

Driver who crossed R.W. Bruhn Bridge during construction closure was impaired by drugs, police say

Sicamous Feb 20, 2025 / 1:45 pm

Sicamous RCMP say the driver of a Nissan who drove through an active construction site and crossed the R.W. Bruhn Bridge during a closure was impaired by drugs...

Warm weather ends outdoor skating season in Celista and Silver Creek

Warm weather ends outdoor skating season in Celista and Silver Creek

Feb 20, 2025 / 1:00 pm

Warming temperatures means the outdoor skating season will be ending early as the Columbia Shuswap Regional District has announced the closure of two outdoor...

Salmon Arm class gets district approval for two-week field trip to Haida Gwaii

Salmon Arm class gets district approval for two-week field trip to Haida Gwaii

Feb 20, 2025 / 4:00 am

A Grade 7 and 8 class at South Canoe elementary school has received district approval for a two-week long field trip to Haida Gwaii. At the Feb. 18 School...

Salmon Arm RCMP catch 19-year-old drunk driver doing donuts on Trans-Canada Highway

Salmon Arm RCMP catch 19-year-old drunk driver doing donuts on Trans-Canada Highway

Feb 19, 2025 / 7:00 pm

Mounties say a teen driver was caught intoxicated behind the wheel, doing donuts on the Trans-Canada Highway in Salmon Arm. On Jan. 29 at about 1:15 a.m.,...

Newly-introduced legislation seeks to expand, rename B.C. Interior provincial parks

Newly-introduced legislation seeks to expand, rename B.C. Interior provincial parks

Feb 19, 2025 / 3:30 pm

Newly-introduced provincial legislation proposes a new name for Enderby Cliffs provincial park, and seeks to expand Cinnemousun Narrows and Wells Gray parks. ...