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Salmon Arm News

Dirt biker near Salmon Arm hit trying to cross highway

TAPPEN - A dirt biker is in hospital with severe injuries after he was hit by oncoming traffic while trying to cross the Trans-Canada Highway Nov. 21, police say. Staff Sgt. Scott West of Salmon Arm RCMP says in a media release investigators believe the man riding the bike didn't stop before crossing near Bolton...

Semi versus camper on Trans-Canada near Salmon Arm

SALMON ARM - No one was seriously hurt when a semi sideswiped a pickup pulling a camper on the Trans-Canada Highway near Salmon Arm Sunday night. Police say the tractor trailer was eastbound on Highway 1 just east of Salmon Arm around 6 p.m., Oct. 25, when it crossed the centre line and sideswiped the...

Salmon Arm RCMP bust pair of excessive speeders

SALMON ARM - Two drivers learned the hard way RCMP in B.C. can take away your ride for going way too fast. Officers pulled over two vehicles in separate incidents Sunday night, Oct. 25, for excessive speed, Salmon Arm RCMP say in a release. One driver was from out of town and the other was...

Pedestrian suffers minor injuries after struck by vehicle in school zone

SALMON ARM - RCMP are praising witnesses for helping them understand how a vehicle in a school zone struck a pedestrian causing "minor injuries." According to a release today, Sgt. Scott West says the collision happened at or near a crosswalk at roughly 2:30 p.m. on 30 Street Southeast.  He doesn't say how old the...

This Salmon Arm artist’s project took her to the Jim Henson studios

SALMON ARM - For her family, it’s getting used to seeing pieces of fluff all over the house, but for Melissa Nasby, being a fibre artist is about seeing what adventure is down the road. In the last six years, Nasby has been working with felt as her medium to create a host of different...

Salmon Arm mom pulls son from school after learning he was placed in locked room

SALMON ARM - A Salmon Arm mother is still in shock after finding out her seven-year-old son was being locked in a room at school as part of a behaviour management plan she knew nothing about. Jackie Graham found out about the practice when the principal of South Broadview Elementary School in Salmon Arm called...

Lake Country man found unconscious following Shuswap crash

SALMON ARM - A single vehicle collision in the Shuswap Saturday evening sent a Lake Country man to hospital with head and internal injuries. The vehicle struck a power pole in the 4700-block of Eagle Bay Road around 6:45 p.m., Sept. 26, causing the airbags to deploy and major damage to the vehicle. First responders...

Meet Dennis, the Roots and Blues Festival’s most mischievous volunteer

SALMON ARM - As you step through the gates of the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival, volunteer Dennis Roberts will be the guy telling you there’s gum stuck to your pants, or that you fit the description of a police suspect, just for the heck of it. And while his motive is mischievous, the...

Police asking for tips to find Salmon Arm bank robber

SALMON ARM - RCMP are on the lookout for a suspect after a bank robbery in Salmon Arm last week. Last Monday, July 27, a person wearing a black balaclava, a long-sleeved black shirt and dark jeans entered a downtown bank around 4:15 p.m., allegedly with a sawed off shotgun. The suspect demanded cash and...

Impaired driving investigation turns up drug haul in Salmon Arm

SALMON ARM - They stopped him for impaired driving, but came away with so much more. Around 2 a.m. July 14, Salmon Arm RCMP got a tip about an impaired driver on the Trans-Canada Highway, but when they stopped the vehicle and began their investigation they found 1.5 kgs of cocaine in the vehicle, according...

Coroner names young man killed in ATV rollover near Salmon Arm

SALMON ARM - The name of a young man killed last week in an all-terrain vehicle crash has been released. The B.C. Coroners Service says Brandon James Radnai, 22, was killed July 8 when the ATV he was driving rolled over. A family member was with him when the accident happened. Radnai sustained critical injuries...

Police watchdog looking for witnesses to Shuswap shooting

SALMON ARM - B.C.’s police watchdog is asking for anyone who witnessed a shooting involving an officer in the Salmon Arm area to come forward. The Independent Investigations Office is looking into a July 3 incident that left an individual, and an officer, injured. The extent of their injuries has not been disclosed. All that...

UPDATE: Missing Shuswap woman located

UPDATE: 9:30 A.M., JULY 7, 2015 RCMP say Kerry Kellogg has been found safe and sound. 6:04 P.M., JULY 2, 2015 SALMON ARM - Police are hoping you know where they can find a woman missing from the Shuswap area. Kerry Kellogg, 57, was reported missing June 30 by her care-aid worker after she was...

Shuswap Pro-Life Society’s request to show anti-abortion display on school property refused

SALMON ARM - The North Okanagan-Shuswap school board has turned down an anti-abortion group’s request to use school property for a pro-life display. The Shuswap Pro-Life Society asked to use school district property near Centenoka Park Mall for a one-day display of 10,000 little pink and blue flags, each representing 10 babies lost to abortion...

Suspect sought after attempted truck theft in Salmon Arm

SALMON ARM – Police are still searching for a suspect after a man caught someone attempting to steal his pickup truck early this morning in Salmon Arm. The owner of a residence on 8 Avenue awoke to the sound of his pickup truck being started at 3 a.m., Monday, March 23. When he ran outside...

Salmon Arm RCMP seize drugs, make two arrests

SALMON ARM – Two people were arrested and several illegal drugs, along with cash, were seized from an apartment on Shuswap Street in Salmon Arm on Saturday, March 21. After executing a search warrant, Mounties seized marijuana, crack cocaine, methamphetamine and hashish from the apartment. Two males, one 22 and the other 17, were arrested...

Man described as drunk, armed and distraught taken into custody in Salmon Arm

SALMON ARM - An apparently distraught, intoxicated man who was carrying a firearm was eventually taken into custody near Salmon Arm Wednesday evening. RCMP received a report about the man March 4 at 5:11 p.m. They were told he was drunk in a vehicle on a rural property of Black Road and that he had...

RCMP investigate third bomb threat at a Salmon Arm school

SALMON ARM - Students of Shuswap Middle School in Salmon Arm began their day today waiting on the school field while RCMP investigated a bomb threat. At roughly 8 a.m. on Feb. 19, school administration was told someone had written "there was a boam" on the bathroom wall and it was reported to police, according...