Tracy Hughes

Kye Thompson clears a path to the back door of the Blue Canoe Bakery Cafe building. -image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer

Snowfall warning issued for the Shuswap

Rain, snow expected for the Okanagan, but no alert in effect for those areas

Kye Thompson clears a path to the back door of the Blue Canoe Bakery Cafe building. -image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer
Hank Shelley

Column: Dealing with car troubles

A pale blue sky arches over branches of silver lace.

Hank Shelley
Alan Price photo Manure is spread on fields in the Hullcar area.

Shuswap organizations want improvements to water protection

B.C. Government conducting agriculture waste review

Alan Price photo Manure is spread on fields in the Hullcar area.
Lumby, Salmon Arm and Penticton are all finalists in the B.C. Open for Business Awards. - File photo

Penticton, Salmon Arm, Lumby recognized for welcoming small business

Communities are finalists in the B.C. Open for Business Awards

Lumby, Salmon Arm and Penticton are all finalists in the B.C. Open for Business Awards. - File photo
Rowing scull goes through window of school bus in Shawnigan. (Citizen file)

Update: Schools are open and buses are running

All schools in the North Okanagan-Shuswap are open this morning, but roads are reportedly very icy

Rowing scull goes through window of school bus in Shawnigan. (Citizen file)
Letter: Aggressive action needed to curb tobacco

Letter: Aggressive action needed to curb tobacco

What is Canada's leading preventable cause of disease and death? It's tobacco. This week is National Non-Smoking Week, providing a reminder that tobacco is still our number one public health issue. Smoking kills 45,000 Canadians every year and is responsible for about 30 per cent of all cancer deaths.

Letter: Aggressive action needed to curb tobacco
Police seized cocaine and other drugs in a bust in the early morning hours of Jan. 24. Four people have been arrested. -File photo

Salmon Arm RCMP seize large amounts of cash, drugs

Two men and two women from Tappen and Vernon arrested

Police seized cocaine and other drugs in a bust in the early morning hours of Jan. 24. Four people have been arrested. -File photo
Police and ambulance were called to a single vehicle roll over in the 4500 block of the Trans-Canada Highway on Wednesday, Jan. 24.

Seat belt helps driver in rollover crash

Police point to the need for drivers to always buckle up

Police and ambulance were called to a single vehicle roll over in the 4500 block of the Trans-Canada Highway on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
File photo

Winning lotto ticket sold in Salmon Arm

The lucky ticket-holder will pocket $277,907

File photo
RCMP responded to the scene of a fatal accident on the Coquihalla south of Merritt early Saturday morning. -Image: Capital News

Update: Truck rolls on Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen

Update 11:18 a.m, Jan. 24

RCMP responded to the scene of a fatal accident on the Coquihalla south of Merritt early Saturday morning. -Image: Capital News
Ida and Maisie Newnes play in the snow in their backyard. Their parents plan to register both their children in the new South Canoe Outdoor Learning School. Registration opens Feb. 1. - Photo contributed.

Outdoor school to start registration

Parents can enrol their children in the new program for South Canoe on Feb. 1.

Ida and Maisie Newnes play in the snow in their backyard. Their parents plan to register both their children in the new South Canoe Outdoor Learning School. Registration opens Feb. 1. - Photo contributed.
Jim Cooperman photo Kathi Cooperman enjoys the spectacular view from the top of the Blind Bay Bluffs. This photo by Jim Cooperman appears in the beginning of Everything Shuswap.

Column: Everything Shuswap reaches wide audience

The Tyee is an independent online magazine known for its lively, informative news and views. In mid-December, it published a feature about my book Everything Shuswap, with an interview and excerpts from chapter four.

Jim Cooperman photo Kathi Cooperman enjoys the spectacular view from the top of the Blind Bay Bluffs. This photo by Jim Cooperman appears in the beginning of Everything Shuswap.
The Silver Creek Library will have its operating hours cut back starting this week. -Image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer

Silver Creek Library hours cut back

Rural library branch loses seven operating hours a week

The Silver Creek Library will have its operating hours cut back starting this week. -Image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer
A child plays with an iPad in his bedroom. -File photo

Column: Screen time – the battle is real

For me, each day, parenting is a battle.

A child plays with an iPad in his bedroom. -File photo
Members of the Salmon Arm Rescue Unit and the Salmon Arm Fire Department and BC Ambulance work to extricate and care for a person involved in a collision on Highway 97B near the Countryside Mobile Home Park on Monday afternoon. Image credit: Lachlan Labere/Salmon Arm Observer

Update: Jaws of life used to extricate injured motorist

A collision took place on Highway 97B near the Countryside Mobile Home Park late Monday afternoon.

Members of the Salmon Arm Rescue Unit and the Salmon Arm Fire Department and BC Ambulance work to extricate and care for a person involved in a collision on Highway 97B near the Countryside Mobile Home Park on Monday afternoon. Image credit: Lachlan Labere/Salmon Arm Observer
A rainbow crosswalk is proposed for installation in Salmon Arm. - File photo.

Salmon Arm to consider site for rainbow crosswalk

Proposed locations include downtown, near Blackburn Park, the Shaw Centre or McGuire Lake

A rainbow crosswalk is proposed for installation in Salmon Arm. - File photo.
Tracy Hughes, Salmon Arm Observer editor

Failing with the flu

Why is it that whenever you get some time off work, your body decides that it's time to get sick?

Tracy Hughes, Salmon Arm Observer editor
Salmon Arm RCMP are investigating a robbery which took place on Ross Street on Saturday, Jan. 6. - Image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer

Salmon Arm RCMP search for armed robbery suspect

Man brandishes a handgun at employee, escapes with undisclosed amount of cash

Salmon Arm RCMP are investigating a robbery which took place on Ross Street on Saturday, Jan. 6. - Image credit: Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer
An ultralight aircraft sits in a field near the intersection of 30th Street NE and 30th Ave. NE after the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on Dec. 22. -Photo contributed.

Plane makes emergency landing in alfalfa field

Cold temperatures cause engine troubles for Shuswap pilot

An ultralight aircraft sits in a field near the intersection of 30th Street NE and 30th Ave. NE after the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on Dec. 22. -Photo contributed.
A map shows where a fire destroyed a home in the small community of St. Ives on Boxing Day.

St. Ives home, vehicles lost to fire

Owners of the residence were away for the holidays

A map shows where a fire destroyed a home in the small community of St. Ives on Boxing Day.