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Train whistles come to an end - newfound relaxation at Crazy Creek resort

Train whistles come to an end - newfound relaxation at Crazy Creek resort

Malakwa Jul 6, 2023 / 6:00 pm

After a century of horn blasts, the silence is a welcome change at Crazy Creek Hot Pools Resort. The hot pools, suspension bridge and campground resort between...

Salmon Arm Fair set to celebrate 'Backyards and Barnyards'

Salmon Arm Fair set to celebrate 'Backyards and Barnyards'

Jul 4, 2023 / 6:00 pm

Summer is only just beginning, plans are already in place for this fall's Salmon Arm Fair. The 124th country fair showcases talent and agriculture, from...

North Okanagan-Shuswap School District has approved 2023-24 budget worth $106,885,737

North Okanagan-Shuswap School District has approved 2023-24 budget worth $106,885,737

Jul 2, 2023 / 5:00 pm

The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District has passed a budget of more than $100 million. The School District 83 board of directors approved the 2023-24 budget...

Frodo the dog is on the mend and enjoying life in the Shuswap

Frodo the dog is on the mend and enjoying life in the Shuswap

Shuswap Jul 1, 2023 / 7:00 pm

Frodo has been given a new lease on life - and he is loving it. To look at the before-and-after pictures of the loveable mutt, one would never guess they are...

Sicamous RCMP looking for help to find missing Alberta man

Sicamous RCMP looking for help to find missing Alberta man

Sicamous Jul 1, 2023 / 1:55 pm

Sicamous RCMP are hoping the public can help them locate a missing man. Trevor Nathan Wolfe, 41, was reported missing by his family on June 30. RCMP said...

Secwépemc landmark to connect culture, land, history

Secwépemc landmark to connect culture, land, history

Sicamous Jun 30, 2023 / 10:30 am

The Secwépemc Landmarks Project will locate a Sekm?aws sculpture at Sicamous Beach Park. Draft designs are in progress and will be circulated later this...

Salmon Arm motorhome owner badly burned in RV fire

Salmon Arm motorhome owner badly burned in RV fire

Jun 28, 2023 / 2:01 pm

An RV owner was badly burned in a motorhome fire in Salmon Arm on Monday. Deputy Fire Chief Gary Lebeter says the man was burned while working on the motorhome...

Crashed semi in Salmon Arm had mechanical issues: CVSE

Crashed semi in Salmon Arm had mechanical issues: CVSE

Jun 27, 2023 / 11:02 am

Police say a B-train transport truck had mechanical issues that led to a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway earlier this month. The incident happened June 14...

Shuswap man arrested after threat to kill bailiff, neighbour

Shuswap man arrested after threat to kill bailiff, neighbour

Blind Bay Jun 27, 2023 / 10:08 am

A Blind Bay man was arrested after threatening to kill a bailiff, Monday. Salmon Arm RCMP Staff Sgt. Scott West says police responded to the threats complaint...

RCMP race to Salmon Arm, armed suspect taken into custody

RCMP race to Salmon Arm, armed suspect taken into custody

Jun 26, 2023 / 12:00 pm

A police convoy travelling at high speed on Highway 97 between Kelowna and Vernon was likely for a Salmon Arm situation that has already been resolved. Castanet...

Debris on road closes Highway 97A south of Sicamous

Debris on road closes Highway 97A south of Sicamous

Sicamous Jun 26, 2023 / 5:56 am

DriveBC reports debris on the road has closed Highway 97A between Sicamous and Mara. The incident was reported overnight, just after midnight. The highway was...

Car flipped on its back after crash in Salmon Arm

Car flipped on its back after crash in Salmon Arm

Jun 25, 2023 / 10:03 pm

Emergency crews are on the scene of what appears to be a three-vehicle crash at Okanagan Avenue and 30th Street in Salmon Arm. All three vehicles have suffered...

Province, Salmon Arm partner on proposed long-term shelter

Province, Salmon Arm partner on proposed long-term shelter

Jun 22, 2023 / 11:33 am

The City of Salmon Arm is partnering with the province to build a new long-term shelter. BC Housing, and the city are working on plans to build the modular...

Chase Secondary wins MusiCounts funding to bolster band programs

Chase Secondary wins MusiCounts funding to bolster band programs

Chase Jun 21, 2023 / 6:00 pm

The Shuswap's Chase Secondary School is among 73 schools across Canada sharing in $825,000, thanks to MusiCounts Canada. The money will purchase instruments...

Salmon Arm RCMP recover shed full of stolen equipment

Salmon Arm RCMP recover shed full of stolen equipment

Jun 21, 2023 / 7:45 am

RCMP in Salmon Arm have recovered a shed full of suspected stolen property. On Sunday, officers attended a home on 11th Ave NE after a family member called...

Driver accused of running down man in Shuswap road-rage altercation

Driver accused of running down man in Shuswap road-rage altercation

Shuswap Jun 21, 2023 / 4:00 am

A Shuswap-area man is standing trial this week accused of using his car to intentionally run down another driver during a road-rage altercation near Chase....

Baby in the classroom a valuable learning tool for Shuswap kids

Baby in the classroom a valuable learning tool for Shuswap kids

Shuswap Jun 17, 2023 / 4:00 am

Baby Margo helped educate students at North Canoe Elementary this past school year. School District 83 says mom and baby visited 'her' class as part of...

Junior Rapattackers show students the ropes of firefighting program

Junior Rapattackers show students the ropes of firefighting program

Jun 16, 2023 / 5:00 pm

Salmon Arm Secondary students were shown the ropes of forest firefighting by two grads. Leah Nash and Maggie Beckner demonstrated their summer jobs as rapattack...

BC Wildfire Service responds to flare up at old burn site near Salmon Arm

BC Wildfire Service responds to flare up at old burn site near Salmon Arm

Jun 15, 2023 / 1:32 pm

BC Wildfire Crews are returning to the site of a wildfire near Salmon Arm after a flare up. Fire Information Officer Taylor Colman said five firefighters are...

Salmon Arm RCMP investigating burnout done on rainbow crosswalk

Salmon Arm RCMP investigating burnout done on rainbow crosswalk

Jun 15, 2023 / 12:15 pm

Salmon Arm RCMP are investigating the defacing of a downtown rainbow crosswalk. A motorist did a burnout on the brightly coloured Hudson Avenue crosswalk meant...