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Science teacher Dave Ramsay and systems ecologist Barry Wilson are excited about the upcoming launch of their BC Tomorrow simulator, a cutting-edge tool designed to educate students and others on sustainable development. (File photo)

Shuswap school takes the lead on environmental sustainability

Vision of a teacher and a systems ecologist, BC Tomorrow provides path to sustainable development

Science teacher Dave Ramsay and systems ecologist Barry Wilson are excited about the upcoming launch of their BC Tomorrow simulator, a cutting-edge tool designed to educate students and others on sustainable development. (File photo)
Science teacher Dave Ramsay and systems ecologist Barry Wilson are excited about the upcoming launch of their BC Tomorrow simulator, a cutting-edge tool designed to educate students and others on sustainable development. (File photo)

Shuswap simulator to give cutting-edge planning tool to the world

Vision of a teacher and a systems ecologist, BC Tomorrow provides path to sustainable development

Science teacher Dave Ramsay and systems ecologist Barry Wilson are excited about the upcoming launch of their BC Tomorrow simulator, a cutting-edge tool designed to educate students and others on sustainable development. (File photo)
Firefighters respond to a controlled ammonia leak at Salmon Arm’s Fire Training Centre, a joint venture between the city and the Columbia Shuswap Regional District. The scenario was part of a two-day workshop for refrigerant operators and emergency responders. (Brad Shirley photo)

Ammonia leak prompts education for Southern Interior

Arena operators, first responders come to Salmon Arm to learn about handling ammonia

Firefighters respond to a controlled ammonia leak at Salmon Arm’s Fire Training Centre, a joint venture between the city and the Columbia Shuswap Regional District. The scenario was part of a two-day workshop for refrigerant operators and emergency responders. (Brad Shirley photo)
Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors are not sure about buying into the province’s new Community Resiliency Investment (CRI) program Victoria says will expand opportunities for local governments and First Nations to reduce the risk and impact of wildfires by applying FireSmart principles. (File photo)

BC’s new wildfire mitigation program raises questions for regional district

CSRD directors want to know more about funding implications

Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors are not sure about buying into the province’s new Community Resiliency Investment (CRI) program Victoria says will expand opportunities for local governments and First Nations to reduce the risk and impact of wildfires by applying FireSmart principles. (File photo)
The CSRD has new procedures for dealing with materials containing asbestos, including drywall manufactured prior to 1990. (File photo)

Shuswap homes built before 1990 may contain asbestos in drywall

CSRD institutes special procedures for accepting drywall containing asbestos

The CSRD has new procedures for dealing with materials containing asbestos, including drywall manufactured prior to 1990. (File photo)
Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors discuss the possible ramifications if the province decided to expand its proposed speculation tax on property owners in the Shuswap. (Darren Robinson photo)

Fears that speculation tax, if imposed, could kill Shuswap tourism

Regional district directors wrestle with concern of seasonal residents leaving the area

Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors discuss the possible ramifications if the province decided to expand its proposed speculation tax on property owners in the Shuswap. (Darren Robinson photo)
Visibly annoyed, Kevin Flynn, Salmon Arm rep on the Columbia Shuswap Regional District board, takes issue with an 11th-hour push for higher pay by five of six electoral area directors. (Barb Brouwer/Salmon Arm Observer)

Regional district directors’ pay conflict resolved in new bylaw

11th-hour attempt for more by CSRD electoral area directors fails

Visibly annoyed, Kevin Flynn, Salmon Arm rep on the Columbia Shuswap Regional District board, takes issue with an 11th-hour push for higher pay by five of six electoral area directors. (Barb Brouwer/Salmon Arm Observer)
Sisters Anna, Holly and Jane Scranton are collecting refundable beverage containers until the end of September to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The money they collect will go to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation for pediatric oncology research (Photo contributed)

Shuswap bottle drive to support pediatric cancer research

Young cancer patient doing her best to help others with the disease that hits one in 333 kids

Sisters Anna, Holly and Jane Scranton are collecting refundable beverage containers until the end of September to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The money they collect will go to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation for pediatric oncology research (Photo contributed)
Author and former newspaper columnist Sean Arthur Joyce will be making a guest appearance at the Okanagan Regional Library, Salmon Arm branch, in October, during which he’ll be reading from his latest novel, Mountain Blues. (Photo submitted)

Author brings humorous tale to Salmon Arm Library

Sean Arthur Joyce will read from his new book, Mountain Blues, about life in a small mountain town

Author and former newspaper columnist Sean Arthur Joyce will be making a guest appearance at the Okanagan Regional Library, Salmon Arm branch, in October, during which he’ll be reading from his latest novel, Mountain Blues. (Photo submitted)
Declarations have been made for the 2018 municipal election, which takes place on Saturday, Oct. 20. Both Salmon Arm and Sicamous chambers of commerce will host all-candidates forums in early October. (File photo) (File photo)

Updated: Candidates begin run for a seat in the Shuswap

Races will take place in Salmon Arm, School District #83 and CSRD

Declarations have been made for the 2018 municipal election, which takes place on Saturday, Oct. 20. Both Salmon Arm and Sicamous chambers of commerce will host all-candidates forums in early October. (File photo) (File photo)
Delegates to a conference in Salmon Arm were told that Forest Nursery Association of BC (FNABC) members are considered to be world leaders in tree growing practices and stand ready to help grow the hundreds of millions of trees that will result from Forest Enhancement Society BC sponsored initiatives. (FNABC photo)

Forest Enhancement Society of BC works to protect and restore forests

Group helps to reforest Crown land after wildfires, bug infestations

Delegates to a conference in Salmon Arm were told that Forest Nursery Association of BC (FNABC) members are considered to be world leaders in tree growing practices and stand ready to help grow the hundreds of millions of trees that will result from Forest Enhancement Society BC sponsored initiatives. (FNABC photo)
Columbia Shuswap Regional District firefighters work on their ability to direct a stream of water to a fire. (Photo contributed)

Recruits needed for Shuswap fire departments

Salmon Arm and regional district hoping to attract men and women

Columbia Shuswap Regional District firefighters work on their ability to direct a stream of water to a fire. (Photo contributed)
Ava St. Amand reads a book in her in her Grade 6 French immersion class at Shuswap Middle School. Parents are invite to Bastion School at 7 p.m. on Oct. 2 to hear about kindergarten entry into School District #83’s French immersion program. District-wide registration for kindergarten, including the French immersion program and the Outdoor School, opens on Oct. 9. (Photo contributed)

French language instruction thriving in the Shuswap

French immersion enrolment in School District #83 is above provincial average

Ava St. Amand reads a book in her in her Grade 6 French immersion class at Shuswap Middle School. Parents are invite to Bastion School at 7 p.m. on Oct. 2 to hear about kindergarten entry into School District #83’s French immersion program. District-wide registration for kindergarten, including the French immersion program and the Outdoor School, opens on Oct. 9. (Photo contributed)
This accident at the corner of Highway 97B and 10th Avenue SE is one of many Fred and Shelley Lockwood have heard and seen. This one on May 26, 2018 included a vehicle fire, which Fred, whose home is located on the intersection, was attempting to extinguish when first responders arrived on scene. (Fred Lockwood photo)

Action wanted on dangerous Shuswap intersection

Politicians take concerns about Highway 97B and 10th Avenue SE intersection to UBCM

This accident at the corner of Highway 97B and 10th Avenue SE is one of many Fred and Shelley Lockwood have heard and seen. This one on May 26, 2018 included a vehicle fire, which Fred, whose home is located on the intersection, was attempting to extinguish when first responders arrived on scene. (Fred Lockwood photo)
Carolyn and Matt, Halle and Hunter Krawczyk from Salmon Arm are grateful a drug that might help nine-year-old Halle in her fight with a rare and vicious form of cancer has received approval through the BC Cancer Agency’s Compassionate Access Program. (Photo contributed)

Update: Drug for young Shuswap girl with cancer to be made available

Salmon Arm family is grateful for the drug geneticists believe could help, but hope it arrives soon

Carolyn and Matt, Halle and Hunter Krawczyk from Salmon Arm are grateful a drug that might help nine-year-old Halle in her fight with a rare and vicious form of cancer has received approval through the BC Cancer Agency’s Compassionate Access Program. (Photo contributed)
This graphic outlines the zones North Okanagan-Shuswap School district #83 trustees will represent. This year the board has been reduced from nine trustees to five. (Image contributed)

Update: List of candidates in Shuswap municipal elections broadens

Nominations closed at 4 p.m. Sept. 14

This graphic outlines the zones North Okanagan-Shuswap School district #83 trustees will represent. This year the board has been reduced from nine trustees to five. (Image contributed)
An Arctic Cat Alterra 700 XT on loan to the Salmon Arm Fair by Shuswap Xtreme Recreation was stolen from the Salmon Arm Fairgrounds overnight on Sept. 9. (Arctic Cat photo)

Police update details of two off-road vehicles stolen from fairgrounds

RCMP are looking for a grey Arctic Cat Alterra 700xt and an orange Kubota RTV

An Arctic Cat Alterra 700 XT on loan to the Salmon Arm Fair by Shuswap Xtreme Recreation was stolen from the Salmon Arm Fairgrounds overnight on Sept. 9. (Arctic Cat photo)
Two Kubota RTVs, similar to the one in this photo, were stolen overnight Sunday, Sept. 9 from a locked truck, in a locked compound at the Salmon Arm Fairgrounds. (Wikimedia Commons/Aiwize photo)

Two utility vehicles stolen overnight from Salmon Arm Fairgrounds

RCMP investigate theft of two bright orange Kubota RTVs

Two Kubota RTVs, similar to the one in this photo, were stolen overnight Sunday, Sept. 9 from a locked truck, in a locked compound at the Salmon Arm Fairgrounds. (Wikimedia Commons/Aiwize photo)
Sockeye salmon swim up Yard Creek near Malakwa on Sunday, Sept. 2. (Jim Elliot/Eagle Valley News)

VIDEO: Close to 6 million late-run sockeye heading for Shuswap

Early estimates are that 2.2 million of those fish will make their way to the Adams River

Sockeye salmon swim up Yard Creek near Malakwa on Sunday, Sept. 2. (Jim Elliot/Eagle Valley News)
Carolyn and Matt, Halle and Hunter Krawczyk hope that a drug geneticists have indicated might help nine-year-old Halle in her fight with a rare and vicious form of cancer will quickly be made available. (Photo contributed)

Cancer returns to young Shuswap girl with a vengeance

Salmon Arm family hopes a drug geneticists believe could help will quickly be made available

Carolyn and Matt, Halle and Hunter Krawczyk hope that a drug geneticists have indicated might help nine-year-old Halle in her fight with a rare and vicious form of cancer will quickly be made available. (Photo contributed)