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CSRD says landfill taking brunt of public frustrations

CSRD says landfill taking brunt of public frustrations

Shuswap Apr 22, 2020 / 12:51 pm

More abuse is being hurled at landfill workers. After reports of abusive language at the Vernon landfill, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District reports similar...

High turbidity prompts boil-water notice in Sorrento

High turbidity prompts boil-water notice in Sorrento

Sorrento Apr 21, 2020 / 12:09 pm

A boil-water notice has been issued for users of the Sorrento water system. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District advises users to boil their water at a rapid...

Covid-19 crisis cancels popular Salmon Arm music festival

Covid-19 crisis cancels popular Salmon Arm music festival

Apr 21, 2020 / 10:33 am

The COVID-19 crisis has claimed another popular event. The Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival announced on its Facebook page the annual event will not be...

IIO investigating after officer & suspect hospitalized during arrest

IIO investigating after officer & suspect hospitalized during arrest

Sicamous Apr 15, 2020 / 5:20 pm

B.C.’s police watchdog has been called to Sicamous after an incident on a forest service road ended in injuries to one man and one RCMP officer. The...

A few tips on how to tackle invasive plants while at home

A few tips on how to tackle invasive plants while at home

Apr 15, 2020 / 4:00 am

If you're looking for a hobby to fill the time spent at home, gardening and botany might be right for you. The Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society is...

Interior Health warning people of bloom on Shuswap Lake

Interior Health warning people of bloom on Shuswap Lake

Shuswap Lake Apr 9, 2020 / 3:49 pm

As if a global pandemic wasn't enough, Shuswap residents are now being warned about an algae bloom. Interior Health has issued notice of a suspected...

Okanagan College student to launch interactive COVID-19 map

Okanagan College student to launch interactive COVID-19 map

Mar 31, 2020 / 4:00 am

An Okanagan GIS mapping student is making the global coronavirus pandemic the focus of his studies. Sean Heddle of Oyama first launched a global map of...

Secwepemc Nation declare state of emergency over COVID-19

Secwepemc Nation declare state of emergency over COVID-19

Shuswap Mar 23, 2020 / 3:00 pm

The Secwepemc Nation has declared an official state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure was taken to "address to all government,...

Wrecked pontoon boat on Shuswap Lake will stay for time being

Wrecked pontoon boat on Shuswap Lake will stay for time being

Eagle Bay Mar 23, 2020 / 4:00 am

A wrecked pontoon boat that has been floating on Shuswap Lake since January will be sticking around for the foreseeable future. A property owner in the Eagle...

Shopping for allergies particularly hard as hoarding clears shelves

Shopping for allergies particularly hard as hoarding clears shelves

Chase Mar 20, 2020 / 11:20 am

Food hoarding that has bared grocery store shelves is leaving vulnerable citizens at risk. Shayla Coates of Chase has a 21-month-old daughter with a severe corn...

Salmon Arm hotel guest isolates as bus tours continue

Salmon Arm hotel guest isolates as bus tours continue

Mar 20, 2020 / 11:03 am

A Salmon Arm hotel guest awaiting test results for COVID-19 is concerned that tour buses continue to roll through the community, dropping off tourists coming...

Wood cutout shows bigfoot with face mask, TP and Corona beer

Wood cutout shows bigfoot with face mask, TP and Corona beer

Canoe Mar 18, 2020 / 5:00 am

As the COVID-19 pandemic sends the world into a tizzy, some are still holding on to their sense of humour. A nearly three-metre tall wooden cutout of a...

Trans-Canada reopens near Chase after overnight incident

Trans-Canada reopens near Chase after overnight incident

Chase Mar 16, 2020 / 10:42 am

UPDATE 10:40 a.m. DriveBC reports the Trans-Canada Highway is now clear west of Chase. UPDATE 7:21 a.m. Highway 1 six kilometres west of Chase is now open to...

Sicamous school latest to cancel trip because of COVID-19

Sicamous school latest to cancel trip because of COVID-19

Sicamous Mar 11, 2020 / 5:00 pm

The coronavirus crisis has claimed another school trip. Officials with North Okanagan-Shuswap District 83 say a spring break trip by Eagle River Secondary...

Yesterday's snow leads to number of crashes in North Okanagan

Yesterday's snow leads to number of crashes in North Okanagan

North Okanagan Mar 11, 2020 / 9:47 am

Due to yesterday's snow, there were a number of collisions in the North Okanagan in the past 24 hours. A pickup truck in Tappen lost control on the snowy...

Hometown Hockey made a stop in Salmon Arm this weekend

Hometown Hockey made a stop in Salmon Arm this weekend

Mar 9, 2020 / 5:00 am

Rogers Hometown Hockey brings the love of the game to communities across the country, and this weekend's stop was in Salmon Arm. There was live music, food...

Salmon Arm gearing up for Hometown Hockey this weekend

Salmon Arm gearing up for Hometown Hockey this weekend

Mar 6, 2020 / 5:00 am

The North Okanagan is once again a stop on the Hometown Hockey circuit. Salmon Arm will be playing host to Ron MacLean and Tara Slone this weekend, and...

Salmon Arm RCMP investigating death at makeshift structure

Salmon Arm RCMP investigating death at makeshift structure

Mar 5, 2020 / 3:14 pm

Officials are investigating after a man died in a fire in Salmon Arm Thursday. RCMP and the BC Coroners Service is investigating the sudden death of a man...

Salmon Arm RCMP bust three wanted perps in downtown patrol

Salmon Arm RCMP bust three wanted perps in downtown patrol

Mar 5, 2020 / 10:53 am

If you live in Salmon Arm and noticed extra police presence in the downtown area on Tuesday, here's the reason why. On March 3, RCMP were on patrol in...

Salmon Arm RCMP see a spike in calls in January & February

Salmon Arm RCMP see a spike in calls in January & February

Mar 4, 2020 / 5:00 am

In the first two months of 2020, Salmon Arm RCMP have received over 1,100 calls for service – which is around a 10 per cent increase compared to last...