Lachlan Labere

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District has been lobbying the province for support in using Remote Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) drones for the application of larvicide in its mosquito control program. (City of Winnipeg photo)

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Drone attack on B.C. mosquitos failing to create a buzz in provincial legislature

Columbia Shuswap officials say province swatting aside more cost-effective methods of bug control

The Shuswap’s Frank Hillier and Mike Hall will once again be giving away free turkeys, while raising money for local food banks, during a turkey drive event at Salmon Arm’s downtown Askew’s Foods on Dec. 20, 2025. (Publicdomainpictures/Pixabay image)

Community

Marine and Rust Valley pros reunite for Salmon Arm turkey giveaway

Frank Hillier and Mike Hall hoping to hand out at least 600 turkeys

Salmon Arm RCMP found no evidence of wrongdoing when investigating a report from a resident who claimed a shrub on her property was being killed by a neighbour on Oct. 22, 2025. (Pixabay/RebeccasPictures photo)

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B.C. woman calls police, but unable to prove neighbour was killing her shrub

RCMP say they found no evidence of wrongdoing in Salmon Arm case of beat around bush

Salmon Arm Economic Development Society executive director Kate Watson, Bill Laird, Coun. Debbie Cannon, Mayor Alan Harrison, city administrator Erin Jackson and Couns. David Gonella, Kevin Flynn and Sylvia Lindgren gather at downtown’s iconic giant treble clef to celebrate city landmark’s recent win in this year’s Municipal World Magazine’s Great Canadian Landmark Contest. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

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PHOTO: National landmark contest ends on a high note for Salmon Arm

B.C. city’s giant treble clef recognized as country’s top landmark in Great Canadian Landmark Contest

Shuswap artist Tania Willard was named this year’s top Sobey Art Award winner in a ceremony held on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2025. (National Gallery of Canada/Facebook photo)

Entertainment

Shuswap artist Tania Willard wins Canada’s top prize for visual arts

Willard recipient of $100K Sobey Art Award

On Aug. 17, BC Wildfire Service conducted a planned aerial ignition along a power line southeast of the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire to prevent the fire’s spread to North Shuswap communities. (Jim Cooperman photo)

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B.C. fined for death, entrapment in 2023 Donnie Creek and Shuswap wildfires

25-year-old Zack Muise killed when vehicle rolled over an embankment

A driver was convicted of intentionally failing to comply with a breath demand, issued during a June 15, 2024 impaired driving investigation west of Revelstoke, in Salmon Arm Provincial Law Courts on Oct. 30, 2025. (File photo)

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Driver blows legal battle against breath demand charge in Salmon Arm court

Vehicle pulled over near Revelstoke in June 2024 after reports of erratic driving