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Jody Hanna gets a great deal of satisfaction in creating beads and her richly textured art projects. (Jodi Brak/Salmon Arm Observer)

Fingers give vision to creative artwork

Salmon Arm artist finds joy at Inclusive Arts

Jody Hanna gets a great deal of satisfaction in creating beads and her richly textured art projects. (Jodi Brak/Salmon Arm Observer)
Stephanie Weightman began trying to access daycare services for her daughter, Quinn, when she was just three months pregnant. With her maternity leave over and some holiday time used up, the young mother is running out of time to find qualified daycare. (Photo submitted)

Daycare crisis persists in region

Shuswap parents frustrated by lack of spaces while care providers struggle to find qualified staff

Stephanie Weightman began trying to access daycare services for her daughter, Quinn, when she was just three months pregnant. With her maternity leave over and some holiday time used up, the young mother is running out of time to find qualified daycare. (Photo submitted)
The Small Glories are Cara Luft and JD Edwards, who have previously performed at the Roots & Blues Festival and return to Salmon Arm on Friday, March 1 for a concert at the Nexus at First. (Stefanie Atkinson photo)

Small Glories make big impression

Great music, banter, laughter and song on offer in concert at Nexus in Salmon Arm

The Small Glories are Cara Luft and JD Edwards, who have previously performed at the Roots & Blues Festival and return to Salmon Arm on Friday, March 1 for a concert at the Nexus at First. (Stefanie Atkinson photo)
Award-winning author, songwriter, coach and more, Brenda Baker will discuss in depth what it means to be a discerning writer, and how stories may resonate differently for different audiences in a workshop she will present at the Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival, which takes place May 10 to 12 at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort and Okanagan College. (Photo submitted)

Author weaves nuggets of fact into fiction

Award-winning Brenda Baker will host a workshop at Shuswap's Word on the Lake Writers' Fest

Award-winning author, songwriter, coach and more, Brenda Baker will discuss in depth what it means to be a discerning writer, and how stories may resonate differently for different audiences in a workshop she will present at the Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival, which takes place May 10 to 12 at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort and Okanagan College. (Photo submitted)
The City of Salmon Arm has deferred a request for a funding grant to extend the foreshore trail to Peter Jannink Park pending discussions with neighbouring First Nations and the potential outcome of a parallel or joint application for the portion of the West Bay trail fronting band lands. (Barb Brouwer/Salmon Arm Observer)

City defers grant application on foreshore trail expansion

Salmon Arm in discussions with neighbouring First Nations bands on proposed West Bay Trail

The City of Salmon Arm has deferred a request for a funding grant to extend the foreshore trail to Peter Jannink Park pending discussions with neighbouring First Nations and the potential outcome of a parallel or joint application for the portion of the West Bay trail fronting band lands. (Barb Brouwer/Salmon Arm Observer)
Jay Karmali shows off some fancy legwork during a break-dance demonstration hosted by Manny Christjansen and Salmon Arm’s Fancy Panthers at Uptown Askew’s. (File photo)

Gondwana Gallery reopening under new ownership

Business Spotlight/Leah Blain

Jay Karmali shows off some fancy legwork during a break-dance demonstration hosted by Manny Christjansen and Salmon Arm’s Fancy Panthers at Uptown Askew’s. (File photo)
Columbia Shuswap Regional District firefighters attack a blaze in a home on Centennial Road in Blind Bay on Monday, Jan. 14. (Sean Coubrough photo)

Dogs called heroes in Blind Bay residential blaze

Homeonwers safe but one pet missing, another confirmed dead following fire

Columbia Shuswap Regional District firefighters attack a blaze in a home on Centennial Road in Blind Bay on Monday, Jan. 14. (Sean Coubrough photo)
Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer star in Transit, playing at the Salmar Classic on Jan. 19. (File photo)

Film explores present-day rise of facism and anti-immigrant sentiment

Transit, adapted from 1942 Anna Segher novel, plays Salmar Classic Jan. 19

Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer star in Transit, playing at the Salmar Classic on Jan. 19. (File photo)
Columbia Shuswap Regional District Waste Management Field Superintendent Isaac Walker and Environmental Health Team Leader Ben Van Nostrand stand in front of the Salmon Arm Landfill gas collection system. (Photo contributed)

Process limits greenhouse gas escape at Salmon Arm Landfill

Fortis BC uses converted biogas to fuel between 300 and 500 homes

Columbia Shuswap Regional District Waste Management Field Superintendent Isaac Walker and Environmental Health Team Leader Ben Van Nostrand stand in front of the Salmon Arm Landfill gas collection system. (Photo contributed)
South Shuswap firefighters attack a blaze in a home on Centennial Road in Blind Bay on Monday, Jan. 14. (Sean Coubrough/Columbia Shuswap Regional District)

Blind Bay structural fire causes extensive damage

Homeowners taken to hospital with smoke inhalation, family pets are missing

South Shuswap firefighters attack a blaze in a home on Centennial Road in Blind Bay on Monday, Jan. 14. (Sean Coubrough/Columbia Shuswap Regional District)
RCMP are seeking assistance of the public in finding at least two culprits who stole the ATM from Mellor’s Store in the early morning hours of Jan. 13. (File photo)

Break-in at popular Shuswap convenience store nets ATM

Salmon Arm police seek public's help in locating culprits involved in theft at Mellor's Store

RCMP are seeking assistance of the public in finding at least two culprits who stole the ATM from Mellor’s Store in the early morning hours of Jan. 13. (File photo)
Second-year Juilliard School student and talented pianist, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, will perform in a solo recital at the Nexus at First United at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11. (Photo contributed)

Home from Juilliard, talented Salmon Arm teen to perform at his favourite venue

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko will appear at the Nexus at First United at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11

Second-year Juilliard School student and talented pianist, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, will perform in a solo recital at the Nexus at First United at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11. (Photo contributed)
Retired RN Wendy Piccini is well-aware of the fentanyl crisis as it applies to the Shuswap and area. (Barb Brouwer/Salmon Arm Observer)

Use of street drugs compared to playing Russian roulette

Overdose deaths spike in Interior Health over past five years, help available

Retired RN Wendy Piccini is well-aware of the fentanyl crisis as it applies to the Shuswap and area. (Barb Brouwer/Salmon Arm Observer)
This view of the search area and the following comment was posted Sunday night, Jan.6, by Shuswap Search and Rescue on the organization’s Facebook page. “Not much of a view up there this morning but, thankfully, conditions improved!! We are grateful to have everyone home safe tonight.”

Man spends cold night in Shuswap’s Blue Lake snowmobile area

RCMP, Shuswap Search and Rescue, Eagle Valley Snowmobile Club find missing Albertan east of Sicamous

This view of the search area and the following comment was posted Sunday night, Jan.6, by Shuswap Search and Rescue on the organization’s Facebook page. “Not much of a view up there this morning but, thankfully, conditions improved!! We are grateful to have everyone home safe tonight.”
The BC Assessment Authority has released new residential, commercial and light industrial property assessments for the Okanagan region, which includes the Shuswap from Sicamous to Sorrento. (File photo)

Assessed value of most Shuswap properties increases

Single family homes in Salmon Arm go up by an average five per cent, Sicamous by 17 per cent

The BC Assessment Authority has released new residential, commercial and light industrial property assessments for the Okanagan region, which includes the Shuswap from Sicamous to Sorrento. (File photo)
Yolanda Bruno is the guest artist for the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming show, Four Seasons Two Ways. (Photo contributed)

A Perennial Favourite Mixed With A New Treasure

Kamloops Symphony returns with Four Seasons Two Ways and guest violinist Yolanda Bruno

Yolanda Bruno is the guest artist for the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming show, Four Seasons Two Ways. (Photo contributed)
Blind Bay resident Ken Smith expresses his frustration and anger with Salmon Arm gas prices that are at least five cents higher than nearby communities of Tappen and Sorrento on Monday, Dec. 31. (Jim Elliott/Salmon Arm Observer)

Salmon Arm, Sicamous tally top gas prices in area

Cost to fuel vehicles drops by five cents or more in neighbouring communities

Blind Bay resident Ken Smith expresses his frustration and anger with Salmon Arm gas prices that are at least five cents higher than nearby communities of Tappen and Sorrento on Monday, Dec. 31. (Jim Elliott/Salmon Arm Observer)

Shuswap resident returns home to find house ransacked

Long guns, a safe and items of clothing stolen in Sicamous area robbery

Annie Martin’s “Edythe,” in dialogue with Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher’s painting “Emily,” 2018, mixed media. (Image contributed)

Contemporary artists respond to collected works

Salmon Arm Art Gallery presents In Dialogue with the Collection, opening Jan. 18

Annie Martin’s “Edythe,” in dialogue with Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher’s painting “Emily,” 2018, mixed media. (Image contributed)
The Whiskey Danglers had the floor crowded with enthusiastic dancers at the 2016 Shuswap Trail Alliance dance at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (File photo)

Party on for the Shuswap Trail Alliance

Tickets for the annual celebration are available exclusively at Skookum in Salmon Arm

The Whiskey Danglers had the floor crowded with enthusiastic dancers at the 2016 Shuswap Trail Alliance dance at the SASCU Recreation Centre. (File photo)