Local News

Cooperative Packinghouses Amalgamate

After over 50 years of consolidations and mergers in the tree-fruit packinghouse industry in the Okanagan, there is now only one co-operative packinghouse.

Road Checks are Back

The first weekend of summer starts tomorrow, the Victoria Day long weekend and Revelstoke RCMP point to their latest cell occupant as a reminder to not drink and drive.

Kurtz Receives Medal

 

A former Salmon Arm Fisheries officer was among several being honoured last night with an Exemplary Service Medal.

Teamsters Look at Rail Safety Solutions

Teamsters are holding a conference in Las Vegas beginning tomorrow to look at Rail Safety Solutions.

MacDonald Blames BC Liberals for State of Forestry

 

With Salmon Arms Coe Newnes up for court-ordered sale and the layoff of a third of its workforce last week, Columbia River Revelstoke NDP MLA Norm MacDonald accuses the BC Liberals of pushing the forest industry to complete collapse.

Shooting Suspect Out on Bail

 

A suspect charged with firing a handgun in his Salmon Arm Best Western Hotel Room was released by the courts at a bail hearing yesterday.

Revelstoke Mountain Resort Reports Gang Buster Season

 

Revelstoke Mountain Resort reports a gang-buster opening season with skier visits up 44% over projections and 20% above target for its Selkirk Tangiers Helicopter Skiing operation.

Delays Expected for Long Weekend around Heather Hill-Golden

Motorists could find some delays over the busy long weekend on Highway One at the site of that major mudslide a couple of years ago near Heather Hill West of Golden in Glacier National Park.

Rally to Protest ‘Dumb Growth’

 

Environmentalists were teaming at Salmon Arm's Marine Park protesting what Shuswap Environmental Action Society President Jim Cooperman says is 'dumb growth' planned around Shuswap Lake.

Hummingbird Resort Project

Details for the $42 million 9-acre Hummingbird Resort being developed by Mara Lake Estates' for Mara Lake were released this week.