Shuswap

This historic photo is of the Allison Homestead in Princeton, circa 1920. In the background, KVR rail bridge and confluence of Similkameen and Tulameen rivers. ~ Princeton & District Museum Collection

The Old West: The lost Spanish mound – Similkameen legend or fact?

A column by Bruce Uzelman

 

Brothers Harjeet and Sukhpal Singh were killed when their eastbound semi flipped on Highway 1 and was struck by a westbound semi on Monday, May 27, 2024. ( Harpreet Kaur Brar/GoFundMe photo)

Support flows in for truck-driving brothers killed in Shuswap collision

Fundraiser to help families with ‘repatriation of their sons’ bodies back to India’

  • Jun 4, 2024

 

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Dead animals final straw for Shuswap band in mushroom conflict

‘Does and fawns and bears being shot for no particular reason is quite disheartening’

 

William Fernie died at the age of 84. (Fernie Free Press)

The Old West: Disaster, devastation and recovery in early Fernie

A column by Bruce Uzelman

William Fernie died at the age of 84. (Fernie Free Press)
B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon Tuesday (May 14) confirmed the existence of talks to find “common ground” with the Conservative Party of B.C. to defeat the B.C. NDP government. Falcon was responding to earlier comments from Conservative leader John Rustad. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

Political Spin: Current polls show an endangered BC United

A column by Bruce Uzelman

B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon Tuesday (May 14) confirmed the existence of talks to find “common ground” with the Conservative Party of B.C. to defeat the B.C. NDP government. Falcon was responding to earlier comments from Conservative leader John Rustad. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)
Giacomo Bossi store at the corner of Johnson and Store Streets, Victoria; left to right, Angelica Bossi, Americo Bossi and Giacomo Bossi. Circa 1870s. (BC Archives)

The Old West: Governor James Douglas and Colonial Victoria

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Giacomo Bossi store at the corner of Johnson and Store Streets, Victoria; left to right, Angelica Bossi, Americo Bossi and Giacomo Bossi. Circa 1870s. (BC Archives)
The problem of unauthorized mushroom pickers on Skwlāx land has escalated to the point of threatened violence, with the Band having asked for conservation officers and other agencies to help intervene. (BC Morel Mushroom PIckers-Facebook)

Threats against Skwlāx members escalate Shuswap mushroom conflict

Band asks province for ‘action plan’ for them and other wildfire affected areas

The problem of unauthorized mushroom pickers on Skwlāx land has escalated to the point of threatened violence, with the Band having asked for conservation officers and other agencies to help intervene. (BC Morel Mushroom PIckers-Facebook)
Couple on Dewdney Trail between Rossland and Trail, July 1900. (Rossland Museum)

The Old West: The Dewdney Trail and Fort Steele – Part 2

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Couple on Dewdney Trail between Rossland and Trail, July 1900. (Rossland Museum)
Construction of the Dewdney Trail near Rossland c. 1865

The Old West: The Dewdney Trail and Fort Steele – Part 1

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Construction of the Dewdney Trail near Rossland c. 1865
Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw Kukpi7 James Tomma stated that non-band members are not allowed to harvest edible mushrooms on band land, and that doing so could result in prosecution for trespassing. (Heather Black-Salmon Arm Observer)

Frustration grows with fungi foragers harvesting on band land in Shuswap

Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw says mushroom pickers could face trespassing charges

Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw Kukpi7 James Tomma stated that non-band members are not allowed to harvest edible mushrooms on band land, and that doing so could result in prosecution for trespassing. (Heather Black-Salmon Arm Observer)
Kukpi7 (Chief) James Tomma, with Minister of Indigenous Services Patty Hadju, addresses the crowd at the Welcome Home celebration of the new Dancing Fawn II neighbourhood on Wednesday, April 24. (Heather Black-Salmon Arm Observer)

Skwlāx band in Shuswap takes first step home in wildfire recovery

‘This is the start of a great rebuild for our entire band, both physically and mentally’

Kukpi7 (Chief) James Tomma, with Minister of Indigenous Services Patty Hadju, addresses the crowd at the Welcome Home celebration of the new Dancing Fawn II neighbourhood on Wednesday, April 24. (Heather Black-Salmon Arm Observer)
Displaced by the Bush Creek East wildfire, former North Shuswap resident LJ Folden sits in his room at the Sorrento Inn, where he’s able to stay until April 30 when the financial support he’s received since the fire comes to an end. (Heather Black-Salmon Arm Observer)

Evacuated North Shuswap residents at risk of being temporarily homeless

‘I’ve never gone through anything like this. I’ve never been in the system before’

Displaced by the Bush Creek East wildfire, former North Shuswap resident LJ Folden sits in his room at the Sorrento Inn, where he’s able to stay until April 30 when the financial support he’s received since the fire comes to an end. (Heather Black-Salmon Arm Observer)
A prohibition of Category 3 open fires comes into effect in the Kamloops Fire Centre on Friday, May 3, 2024. (File photo)

Okanagan-Shuswap joining much of B.C. in a ban on large-scale open burning

Category 3 prohibition does not include Category 1 campfires or Category 2 open fires

A prohibition of Category 3 open fires comes into effect in the Kamloops Fire Centre on Friday, May 3, 2024. (File photo)
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The Old West: The railway war in early B.C. – CPR vs GNR

A column by Bruce Uzelman

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It’s been a hard road for first time parents Julie Foster and Connor Mounce whose micro-preemie baby Dougie was born at just 25 weeks old. A GoFundMe account has been set up to allow the couple to focus on their new baby and his journey to health. (Connor Mounce-Facebook)

Shuswap parents focused on caring for son born 3 months ahead of due date

Fundraiser set up to help former Sicamous couple to stay with son in Kelowna

It’s been a hard road for first time parents Julie Foster and Connor Mounce whose micro-preemie baby Dougie was born at just 25 weeks old. A GoFundMe account has been set up to allow the couple to focus on their new baby and his journey to health. (Connor Mounce-Facebook)
Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

Political Spin: The hard facts around the carbon tax

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

Political Spin: Canadians are becoming poorer

A column by Bruce Uzelman

A photograph by Frank Cyril Swannell taken on July 2, 1910, showing a stuck freight wagon near Mile 153 on the Cariboo Road. (Facebook)

The Old West: The Caribou Road, Lillooet and exceptional Bralorne gold

A column by Bruce Uzelman

A photograph by Frank Cyril Swannell taken on July 2, 1910, showing a stuck freight wagon near Mile 153 on the Cariboo Road. (Facebook)
The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895

The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895

A column by Bruce Uzelman

The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895
Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)

Uzelman: The Old West – The legend of Slumach’s lost mine

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)