Salmon Arm News

Highway 97A still closed

Sicamous May 6, 2017 / 5:31 pm

UPDATE: 5:25 p.m., Saturday Highway 97A remains closed in both directions from Grindrod to Sicamous because of a mudslide. The estimated time of opening is May...

Man missing after slide

Shuswap May 6, 2017 / 12:05 pm

UPDATE: 12:05 p.m. The resident of a destroyed home on the north shore of Shuswap Lake remains missing, after a landslide hit several homes in the early hours...

Captured on camera

May 2, 2017 / 12:25 pm

Salmon Arm RCMP are hoping to identify a woman who is alleged to have left a local liquor store without paying for a bottle of booze. On Apr. 6, police were...

Salty Dog fest returns

May 1, 2017 / 7:40 pm

The popular Salty Dog Street Festival returns to downtown Salmon Arm on Saturday, May 13. “We’re expanding the Salty Street Fest to be more of a...

Detour opens at washout

Eagle Bay Apr 28, 2017 / 5:13 pm

A temporary detour has opened around a washout that destroyed part of Eagle Bay Road on Shuswap Lake. The Ministry of Transportation said Friday afternoon the...

Washout sudden, powerful

Eagle Bay Apr 28, 2017 / 12:02 pm

Crews have brought in heavy equipment and are clearing debris at Eagle Bay Road, but there is no word when it will be passable. On Thursday, a torrent of water...

Landslide, flooding fears

Kamloops Apr 28, 2017 / 5:00 am

Concerns in the Shuswap over the possibility of further floods or landslides are heading to Victoria. Politicians attending the Southern Interior Local...

Washout destroys road

Eagle Bay Apr 27, 2017 / 7:40 pm

A torrent of water has completely washed out Eagle Bay Road, on Shuswap Lake. The Shuswap Emergency Program has activated an Emergency Operations Centre after...

Stabbing taken seriously

Apr 27, 2017 / 8:53 am

Officials with the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District are investigating a stabbing on a school bus two weeks ago. “A young student brought a...

Landslides causing concern

Enderby Apr 26, 2017 / 7:52 pm

Provincial candidates in the Shuswap district have been talking about landslides and not the political kind. During Tuesday night's debate, candidates were...

Shuswap candidates spar

Enderby Apr 26, 2017 / 5:00 am

The issues of health care and the economy dominated an all-candidates debate in Enderby Tuesday, as the four candidates vying for the job of Shuswap MLA...

Evacuation order lifted

Shuswap Apr 23, 2017 / 5:12 pm

UPDATE: 5:12 p.m. An evacuation order for 10 Silver Creek properties has been lifted following a geotechnical survey of the area. "The Ministry of Forests,...

Election talk in Shuswap

Apr 19, 2017 / 7:00 pm

The Shuswap district's three provincial candidates will be on the carpet Monday at an all-candidates forum hosted by the Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce. The...

Fishermen lucky to be alive

Sicamous Apr 18, 2017 / 6:50 pm

Three men are lucky to be alive after their boat was swamped while fishing on Shuswap Lake Sunday. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said at around noon, police received a...

Lost women found in woods

Chase Apr 18, 2017 / 4:16 pm

RCMP remind people to use caution in the backcountry after two women went missing for a short time in the Shuswap. Cpl. Scott Linklater said Chase RCMP received...

Trucker crashes to avoid car

Chase Apr 18, 2017 / 3:00 pm

The driver of a big rig decided it was better to hit the ditch than a car. Just after 5 p.m. on Monday, Chase RCMP received a report of a tractor trailer rolled...

Slide cleared on Hwy 1

Apr 18, 2017 / 2:20 pm

UPDATE: 2:20 pm. Highway 1 is now clear five kilometres east of Canoe, at the scene of the landslide. UPDATE: 1 p.m. Highway 1 has reopened to to single-lane,...

Busted for break in

Apr 13, 2017 / 9:10 pm

Charges are being recommended against a 38-year-old man in relation to a break in on March 23. Salmon Arm RCMP responded to a break-in call at a business in the...

Heroin house shut down

Splatsin First Nation Apr 13, 2017 / 4:29 pm

Splatsin First Nation is taking a stand against drugs. On Thursday, the Shuswap community shut down what many people referred to as The Heroin House. In a press...