New law dictates reduced speed near emergency vehicles
Effective June 1, a new BC law requires slowing for emergency vehicles. (Photo: ShuNews)
On average, three emergency responders are killed every year in BC while they are attending emergency situations.
After 21 people died in seven years (12 at roadside), the BC government has instated a new rule governing traffic speed near emergency vehicles.
Salty dog bike race returns
May 20, 2009 by Bram Rossman
Filed under Annual events, Recreation, Salmon Arm events
May 24, Salmon Arm –
What’s got two wheels and smells like a dog? How about an exhausted mountain bike racer?
On May 24 the eighth annual Salty Dog cross country bike race will take place in Salmon Arm. Although the event has a number of different categories, the primary focus of the day will be a six-hour enduro (on and off road) race. Riding solo or in teams of two, competitors will ride a set loop through the South Canoe trail system as many times as possible during the six-hour ordeal.
Aside from the main race, there will also be two other races staged the same day to accommodate some of the younger riders.
Abbott returns as Shuswap MLA
May 13, 2009 by Bram Rossman
Filed under BC democracy, Headlines, Shuswap news
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George Abbot of the Liberals was re-elected by a wide margin as Shuswap MLA for the fourth consecutive term.
Voters in the Shuswap riding have returned Liberal party member George Abbott to his fourth consecutive term as MLA.
After the May 12 election, Abbott nudged out NDP prospect Steve Gunner by a healthy 3,533 votes — a particularly healthy margin given challenges launched by candidates from the BC Conservative Party, Green Party and even the Marijuana Party who all fronted candidates in the riding.
Abbott, who most recently held the position of Health Minister in the Liberal government, claimed a total of 10,224 votes while his closest competitor NDP candidate Gunner received 6,691 votes.
