Salmon Arm News
Lotto Max ticket sold in Salmon Arm worth half a million dollars
Someone in the Shuswap is half a million dollars richer. A ticket sold in Salmon Arm matched all four Extra numbers in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw, making it...
Purchase a Patty Mae lipstick in support of Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity Okanagan has partnered with local award-winning cosmetic company MisMacK to create a unique lipstick shade "Patty Mae." Founder...
Waterfront explosion, fire at marina on Shuswap Lake
UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. Salmon Arm Fire Chief Brad Shirley says more than 20 members from three firehalls worked to douse Monday's marina blaze in Canoe. The fire...
Downtown Salmon Arm association wants council to allow alcohol consumption on city owned land
The Salmon Arm Downtown Improvement Association is endorsing the idea of public alcohol consumption on city land (as long as it's responsible). Spurred by...
Football player drowns in Shuswap Lake
The Langford, B.C. Westshore Rebels have been shaken by the death of two-season standout receiver Nathan Falito. Falito is presumed to have drowned while...
Trio of suspected thieves on the loose near Sicamous
A trio of suspected truck thieves managed to evade police after colliding with a big rig on Highway 1 near Revelstoke. Cpl. Madonna Saunderson said on Thursday,...
Church shooter found not responsible due to mental disorder
A Shuswap man who admitted to first-degree murder will be going to a forensic psychiatric hospital, not prison. In April 2019, Matrix Gathergood walked into a...
Matrix Gathergood in psychotic state when man shot
UPDATE 4:20 p.m. BC Supreme court justice Sheri Ann Donegan is expected to rule Wednesday afternoon in the trial of Matrix Savage Gathergood. Gathergood is...
CSRD directors support BC's mask-wearing recommendation
Directors of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District are voicing their support of the province's recommendation of wearing masks in certain social...
CSRD votes to extend Shuswap Watershed Council for three more years
Directors of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District have voted in favour of extending Shuswap Watershed Council services for another three years. The council...
Driver shares video of crash which smashes his truck and trailer
The driver of a truck and trailer smashed in a 6-vehicle crash last week in the Shuswap area has shared a video of the incident, including the moment of impact....
Major semi pileup near Sicamous closed Trans-Canada overnight
UPDATE: 7:55 a.m. A major crash that closed the Trans-Canada Highway west of Sicamous overnight involved six vehicles, RCMP say. Police from Sicamous and Salmon...
Hwy 1 closed after woman believed a gun had been pointed at her
The Trans Canada Highway near Sicamous was closed in both directions earlier today following a firearms complaint. Police say they were called after an...
Uninsured, suspended driver crashes jeep into rock face on Hwy 1
An uninsured and prohibited driver crashed a Jeep Cherokee on the Trans-Canada Highway near Tappen early Sunday. Salmon Arm RCMP and other first responders were...
Police, search and rescue investigate flares on Shuswap Lake
Police and search and rescue crews responded to distress flares Sunday on Shuswap Lake. The flares were seen in the Blind Bay area. A caller reported two...
Sicamous RCMP find body of suspect related to an Edmonton suspicious death
Sicamous RCMP say the discovery of a body near a suspect vehicle is related to a suspicious death in Edmonton. On July 11, Edmonton police warned BC RCMP that a...
Home video captures 1940s fishing adventure on Shuswap Lake
Thanks to Omar Schau, we can get a glimpse of fishing around Shuswap Lake circa the late 1940s. A video has been uploaded on YouTube, showing what a fishing...
Water service, road access restored after Seymour Arm landslide
A forest service road has been reopened and private water service restored on a temporary line following a landslide in the Shuswap. The slide, near Seymour Arm...
Trans-Canada now open after crash between Sicamous and Salmon Arm
UPDATE: 1:41 p.m. DriveBC is reporting Highway 1 is now open after a crash occurred between Sicamous and Salmon Arm. UPDATE: 12:10 p.m. Highway 1 is reduced to...
VIDEO: Waterspout passes over houseboat on Shuswap Lake
A family had some scary moments recently when a waterspout passed over the houseboat they were vacationing on. Last month YouTuber Kristan Enciso, along with...