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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...

Saskatchewan man who died jumping off houseboat in Mara Lake identified

SICAMOUS - The Saskatchewan man who died after jumping off a houseboat in Mara Lake Tuesday has been identified. The B.C. Coroners Service confirms the man who died was Scott Kevin Hardy Glen, aged 24, of Saskatoon, Sask. Glen was staying with friends on a rental houseboat moored at a marina at Mara Lake near Sicamous....

Man dies after jumping off houseboat in the Shuswap

SICAMOUS - The body of a 24-year-old who jumped off a houseboat yesterday and did not resurface has been recovered. Sicamous RCMP say the Saskatchewan man jumped off a houseboat into the water of Mara Lake yesterday, Aug. 4, and did not resurface. The RCMP dive team and Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue team...

UPDATE: Coroner identifies victim in Shuswap house boat accident

SICAMOUS - A young Alberta woman died in a house boat accident last Friday. The accident happened on Shuswap Lake near the Cinnemousun Narrows about 15 km north of Sicamous Friday, July 10. Andrea Mary Jacura, 22, of Edmonton, Alberta died Friday while swimming in Shuswap Lake in B.C.'s Southern Interior. The woman was behind...

Traffic improvements coming to busy intersection in Sicamous

SICAMOUS – A new roundabout is scheduled to be built on Highway 97A in Sicamous next year. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone says in a media release the improvements, set to be installed some time in 2016, will provide safer and easier access to businesses in Sicamous for travelers on the TransCanada Highway and...

Highway roundabout in Sicamous goes to open house

SICAMOUS - Plans for proposed highway improvements that could see a roundabout installed on Highway 97A in Sicamous will be presented to the public later today. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will present the project, which includes a roundabout at Highway 97A and Main Street, as well as intersection improvements at the highway and...

Motorcyclist dies after hitting rock face near Sicamous

SICAMOUS - Police are investigating after a Malawka man died in a motorcycle crash Thursday night. So far, the RCMP have learned two motorcycles were travelling together northbound on Highway 97A towards Sicamous around 7 p.m., April 23. “One of the motorcycles went off road striking a rock face, coming to rest in the southbound...