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UPDATE: Highway 1 open east of Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM – The Trans Canada Highway was closed in both directions east of Salmon…
Mary Thomas recordings help keep the Secwepemc culture alive
SALMON ARM – In a generation where knowledge about historic languages and cultures can fade…
Principal praised for going above and beyond during police incident in rural Shuswap community
CANOE – Principal Shawn Weeks says he was just doing his job, but members of…
Fake sword shuts down Salmon Arm school and daycare
SALMON ARM – Calls about a male carrying a suspicious item led to a school…
Police block off Shuswap neighbourhood to protect public safety
SALMON ARM – Police took precautions to preserve public and police safety during an incident…
Board members to decide next week on fate of North Okanagan-Shuswap schools
NORTH OKANAGAN – Communities are expected to learn the fate of schools in Armstrong, Salmon…
Can you help identify these men who broke into Salmon Arm pawn shop?
SALMON ARM – The owner of a Shuswap pawn shop that was broken into in…
UPDATE: Body found at Salmon Arm high school, foul play ruled out
SALMON ARM – Foul play has been ruled out in the death of a man…
Stabbing reported outside Salmon Arm convenience store
SALMON ARM – There was a stabbing at a convenience store in the Shuswap on…
Salmon Arm parents guilty of assault for spanking daughter with hockey stick, skipping rope
SALMON ARM – Two Salmon Arm parents have been found guilty of assault for disciplining…
Decision on North Okanagan school closures, reconfigurations expected next month
VERNON – A decision on school closures and reconfigurations in the North Okanagan is looming. …
Homeowner follows thieves, honks horn to get attention of Salmon Arm RCMP
SALMON ARM – A Salmon Arm homeowner who watched a pair of thieves make off…
Company fined in relation to industrial accident that killed Salmon Arm teen
VERNON – A Salmon Arm company has been fined for repeated, high-risk safety violations in…
Armed robbery in Salmon Arm; police on the look out for suspects
SALMON ARM – RCMP are looking for more information on an armed robbery at a…
First sponsored Syrian refugee arrives in Salmon Arm
SHUSWAP - They’ve got houses, furniture, dentists, backpacks and pretty much everything else a newcomer might need, and now a group of volunteers working to sponsor Syrian refugee families finally has its first arrival. A young man in his 20s arrived in Salmon Arm a couple of days ago, Salmon Arm Refugee Coalition member Brian...
Salmon Arm RCMP warn of bad driving conditions
SALMON ARM – Several close calls on slippery roads have prompted a warning for the…
Why your condo neighbours might not be allowed to smoke on their own balconies
SALMON ARM - There are strict rules in today’s world about where you can smoke and where you can’t, but as a Salmon Arm man found out through a lengthy legal battle with his strata council, there are some grey areas. Walter Peter Andrushko moved into a Salmon Arm condo for residents aged 55 and...
Charges laid against man who barricaded himself in Shuswap home, lit it on fire
SALMON ARM - A man accused of barricading himself inside a home and lighting it on fire during a bizarre episode in the Shuswap is facing criminal charges. Adolf Albert Edward Hemmerling, in his 40s, is charged with uttering threats and arson damaging property, in relation to the Dec. 20, 2015 incident. Hemmerling allegedly barricaded...
Gift of dress, community spirit, thrills Salmon Arm mother and daughter
KAMLOOPS - The mother of a young girl whose community rallied to get her a dress for the winter formal says she’s amazed by the generosity and Christmas spirit of strangers. “I am amazed and in utter shock,” Janet Perry says. “I could not believe it." Perry’s daughter Olivia Perry-Coultas, 17, is a student in...
School and seamstress spin holiday magic for Salmon Arm student
SALMON ARM - Things were looking grim when Olivia Perry-Coultas and her teachers started looking for something she could wear to the Salmon Arm Secondary winter formal dance — few things fit and time was running out. But the generosity of her community and strangers helped her feel like a princess for the special day....
Salmon Arm teacher finds thief, demands her possessions back and gives him a hug
"I WAS SO HAPPY. HE WASN'T RUNNING AWAY, SO I JUST SAID 'I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HUG.'" SALMON ARM - An elementary school teacher hugged the man who stole her wallet and cellphone because she was so happy he didn’t run away when she caught him herself and demanded her items back. Rebekah...
Missing Salmon Arm senior found deceased
SALMON ARM - The search for a missing senior ended tragically yesterday after the Salmon Arm woman was found deceased. Mildred Ekren, 76, was last seen near her home by Fifth Street and 10th Avenue in Salmon Arm before she went missing around around noon yesterday, Dec. 7. There was an increased concern for her...
Kamloops and Salmon Arm filmmakers receive $10,000 for digital shorts
KAMLOOPS - Two aspiring filmmakers from Kamloops and Salmon Arm were selected to receive $10,000 each from Telus to produce short films. Kamloops native Simon Ryder and Tabatha Golat from Salmon Arm were chosen to be part of 15 finalists in the company's Storyhive project, a funding program for film shorts. Ryder worked as a...
Driver leads RCMP on chase from Banff to Shuswap
SALMON ARM – It started with a man fleeing a traffic stop in Banff and ended on a logging road in the Shuswap yesterday. RCMP gave chase when a driver took off after getting pulled over in Banff on Nov. 25, according to a media release. Police from several jurisdictions including Revelstoke, Sicamous and Salmon...