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Kault Hill fire contained

Kault Hill fire contained

Sep 4, 2017 / 10:35 am

The Kault Hill wildfire near Salmon Arm is now 100 per cent contained. "The fire is 0.9 hectares in size. There are 11 personnel on site assessing the...

Hwy 1 reopens after fire

Hwy 1 reopens after fire

Sep 3, 2017 / 12:05 pm

UPDATE: 12:05 p.m. Highway 1 west of Salmon Arm has reopened, according to DriveBC. ORIGINAL STORY: 11:10 a.m. A wildfire about 10 km west of Salmon Arm has...

Shuswap cop car rammed

Shuswap cop car rammed

Aug 31, 2017 / 3:34 pm

A Salmon Arm police cruiser was rammed early Thursday morning as RCMP officers were investigating suspicious activity. Police say a vigilant resident called...

Remember school zones

Remember school zones

Aug 30, 2017 / 7:30 pm

Salmon Arm RCMP are urging drivers to use caution when kids go back to school next week and school zone speed limits take effect. “Drivers, please be...

Driver pinned in crash

Driver pinned in crash

Canoe Aug 30, 2017 / 8:45 am

UPDATED STORY: 8:45 a.m. A semi driver from Mission has been airlifted to hospital after he was involved in a single vehicle crash on Highway 1 near Canoe....

Salmon Arm stop for Scheer

Salmon Arm stop for Scheer

Aug 29, 2017 / 10:26 am

Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will be in Salmon Arm on Wednesday. Scheer, 38, who became leader of the party in May, has been on a cross-country...

Professor walks for student

Professor walks for student

Aug 29, 2017 / 9:31 am

An Okanagan College professor begins an epic fundraising walk this week for an injured student. Tim Walters, an English professor at the Salmon Arm campus, will...

Airlifted from crash scene

Airlifted from crash scene

Squilax Aug 25, 2017 / 7:49 pm

A motorhome collided with a car trapping the driver, just after 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Chase RCMP received a report of a motor vehicle collision at the...

Highway reopens

Highway reopens

Sicamous Aug 22, 2017 / 8:45 pm

UPDATE: 8:45 p.m. The highway south of Sicamous has been fully reopened following a closure due to a vehicle crash earlier in the afternoon. The road was...

Police probing shots fired

Police probing shots fired

Salmon Arm Aug 22, 2017 / 11:53 am

Salmon Arm RCMP are investigating a report of shots fired at a residential property, early Sunday. Mounties were called to the 1700 block of 11th Avenue SE at...

Only minor at Roots & Blues

Only minor at Roots & Blues

Aug 22, 2017 / 10:22 am

The 25th annual Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival took place with only a few minor hiccups, according to the RCMP. “From a policing perspective all the...

Firearms false alarm

Firearms false alarm

Aug 18, 2017 / 9:38 am

A Salmon Arm man was taken into custody Wednesday after reports that he was waving a firearm in a parking lot. However, the man was later released when it was...

Get the blues, and roots

Get the blues, and roots

Aug 15, 2017 / 5:00 am

Salmon Arm residents are singing the blues, but that's a good thing. The Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival kicks off its 25th year this week, thanks in...

Trans-Canada reopened

Trans-Canada reopened

Aug 13, 2017 / 6:16 am

UPDATE: 6:15 a.m. DriveBC reports the Trans-Canada Highway reopened fully to traffic about 3:15 a.m. UPDATE: 8:20 p.m. DriveBC reports the highway has reopened...

Vandalism shocks mayor

Vandalism shocks mayor

Aug 11, 2017 / 5:00 am

Salmon Arm Mayor Nancy Cooper is shocked by the vandalism wrought in the downtown overnight Wednesday. “It's upsetting,” said Cooper. “We...

Vandals go on spree

Vandals go on spree

Aug 10, 2017 / 11:10 am

The RCMP are on the hunt after vandals went on a spree in Salmon Arm's downtown overnight, causing widespread damage. An unknown culprit or culprits tore up...

Stolen car, jewelry dumped

Stolen car, jewelry dumped

Aug 10, 2017 / 11:01 am

Salmon Arm RCMP are looking for a male suspect in connection with an alleged break and enter to a Tappen residence on Wednesday. Police were called to an...

Teen, adult get in scuffle

Teen, adult get in scuffle

Salmon Arm Aug 10, 2017 / 9:58 am

A 37-year-old man was arrested in Salmon Arm after getting into a verbal and physical altercation with a teen. RCMP Staff Sgt. Scott West said on Aug. 7 police...

Distraught man collared

Distraught man collared

Sicamous Aug 9, 2017 / 6:04 am

B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office is investigating after a man made threats to kill himself with a knife at a carwash in Sicamous on Tuesday. Police...

Boaters love Shuswap Lake

Boaters love Shuswap Lake

Aug 3, 2017 / 12:14 pm

Shuswap Lake has placed among the top five boating destinations in B.C. In honour of Canada's 150th birthday, Boating BC provided a list of 150 boating...