James Murray

Spring cleaning for fishing season

It’s that time of years again, when winter is pretty well all over, the snow is all but gone, but it’s still to early to call it spring

Staying active in the senior years

If you can’t beat them, you might as well join them. Snowshoeing, biking, kayaking – what’s with some of these older people nowadays?

Walking in someone else’s shoes

Several years ago I received a pair of socks made of alpaca wool from my editor.

Things slip through your fingers

Although spring is in the air, February still seems frozen in place

Time to forget about winter

Last week I stepped out of the house for the first time in the better part of a week.

There to protect our freedoms

The federal government is currently in the process of cutting red tape. Gee, that sounds pretty good.

McMurtry’s Christmas goose

James Murray tells the story of McMurty's Christmas Goose

Smoking good Christmas gift

What would Christmas be without Christmas shopping – other than a time of peace, appreciation and reflection.

The dying art of map reading

Think of a map as being a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional world

Salmon Arm Fire Department Hall 3 firefighter and rescue team member Troy Cook checks out Hall 4 rescue team member Tyler Stevenson’s hazmat suit. The department responded to a call of a strong chemical smell at the Seventh Day Adventist Church at 3270 60th Ave. NE shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday. A leaking jug of paint thinner was discovered in a small, upper-floor room and a one-metre section of the floor that had been liberally soaked was removed. Students were immediately evacuated and sent home. BC Ambulance personnel checked one teacher as a precaution.

Hazardous fumes spark evacuation at church

Fire department responds to a report of a strong chemical smell at the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Salmon Arm Fire Department Hall 3 firefighter and rescue team member Troy Cook checks out Hall 4 rescue team member Tyler Stevenson’s hazmat suit. The department responded to a call of a strong chemical smell at the Seventh Day Adventist Church at 3270 60th Ave. NE shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday. A leaking jug of paint thinner was discovered in a small, upper-floor room and a one-metre section of the floor that had been liberally soaked was removed. Students were immediately evacuated and sent home. BC Ambulance personnel checked one teacher as a precaution.
Ron Fox signs copies of his books for George Kraft, Eldon and Shirley Clairmont, Robert Hober, Ruby Wickland, Albert Fowler and Cecille Richards.

Telling tales of youth

Author Ron Fox's new book is the story of a group of adolescent friends growing up in the northern town of Telkwa, B.C.

Ron Fox signs copies of his books for George Kraft, Eldon and Shirley Clairmont, Robert Hober, Ruby Wickland, Albert Fowler and Cecille Richards.

Book goes back to a simpler time

I bumped into Chase resident and author Ron Fox the other day.

A new take on wilderness living

In the summer of 1988, Chris Czajkowski walked into the wilderness of British Columbia’s Central Coast Mountains to build a homestead...

In praise of edible wild plants

“Ever eat a pine tree?” That was a question posed in a Post Grape Nuts cereal commercial on national television back in the 1970s.

Pictured earlier in his career, a number of well-known musicians and friends from across Canada will gather at the Fifth Avenue Seniors Activity Centre Oct. 27 to pay tribute to Al Oster and his musical legacy.

Setting a Yukon spell

On Saturday, Oct. 27, 2 p.m. at the Fifth Avenue Seniors Centre, a number of musicians and friends will pay tribute to Oster

Pictured earlier in his career, a number of well-known musicians and friends from across Canada will gather at the Fifth Avenue Seniors Activity Centre Oct. 27 to pay tribute to Al Oster and his musical legacy.

Hanging up the salmon rod, for now

How many times have I stood on the banks of a stream, casting a line to salmon that may or may not even be there…

Singer-songwriter and slide-guitarist extraordinaire Rachelle van Zanten return to Salmon Arm to perform Friday, Sept. 21 at the SAGA Public Art Gallery.

Slide-guitarist extraordinaire van Zanten returns to Salmon Arm

Singer-songwriter and slide guitarist Rachelle van Zanten return to Salmon Arm on Friday, Sept. 21 at the SAGA Public Art Gallery.

Singer-songwriter and slide-guitarist extraordinaire Rachelle van Zanten return to Salmon Arm to perform Friday, Sept. 21 at the SAGA Public Art Gallery.

Rocky year ahead for fish stocks

How many times have I bumped my way along some back road as I made my way into a new fishing hole?

Based on science and not politics

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s response to questions: the fate of the pipeline will be based on science and not politics.

Determining what you really need

There was a time when I went fishing, in part, to get away from having to take pictures with my full-sized, motorized, heavy-duty camera.