Self-employed Canadians can now apply for Employment Insurance. Effective today, self-employed Canadians can now apply to... [Read more]

$1.9M supportive housing opens in Vernon. Ministry of Housing and Social Development. Under One Roof, a $1.9-million new... [Read more]

The Olympic Torch came to Salmon Arm today (Jan 27) and it’s hard to remember a time in recent years when an event aroused... [Read more]

On November 7, 1885, one Donald A. Smith drove the last spike into the great transcontinental railway that would link British... [Read more]

Wed Jan 27, Salmon Arm – Salmon Arm plans fabulous stage show to celebrate Olympic Torch. For months, the City of... [Read more]

Tue Jan 26, Revelstoke – Mount Revelstoke National Park is the original home of Canada’s oldest ski club, and the... [Read more]

Merry Christmas 2009. If I could give all of you one gift this Christmas it would be a year’s worth of safe driving.... [Read more]

by Wendy Grant. Last weekend a Shuswap team played in our Fraser Valley “Spirit of Winter” ringette tournament... [Read more]

It’s okay to re-gift presents! …and other tips for a green holiday. By Diane Kossman. Canadians are cutting down... [Read more]

This holiday season, enjoy B.C.’s abundance. By Steve Thomson, Minister of Agriculture and Lands. I always feel... [Read more]

In a press release dated October 8, 2009, BC Health Minister Kevin Falcon laid out new room rates for residents in long-term... [Read more]

Gitxsan and Nisga’a bands pave way for workable treaties. Native proposals for private property and abolition of Indian... [Read more]

Feb 6, Salmon Arm – On Saturday, February 6th at 7:30pm, the music group, Earthbound, will be performing a benefit... [Read more]

Ruth Della MacDonald Chamberlin born August 6, 1921, passed away peacefully, after complications from surgery, in her 89th... [Read more]

This short video shows a handing off of the Olympic Torch in Salmon Arm. You will see the ever-present red white and blue... [Read more]

The excitement is building in Salmon Arm as the last-minute touches are put on the downtown venue in anticipation of the... [Read more]

Jan 22-26, Sicamous – Sicamous combining Olympic Torch celebration with 1st annual Sicamous “Snow Days”. Sicamous... [Read more]

Vernon’s Citizens on Patrol a valuable asset. Vernon RCMP. To simply say that the Vernon Citizens on Patrol Unit are... [Read more]

BC Ombudsperson releases recommendations on seniors care; health ministries fail to implement majority of recommendations. In... [Read more]

Over 80 children from B.C. take magical flight! Kelowna RCMP. How many excited kids can you fit on a aircraft bound for... [Read more]

Dec 18, Salmon Arm – Okanagan College Students’ Union hosting 5th annual free holiday dinner for students and... [Read more]

by Helga Boker. An open letter to Premier Gordon Campbell by the Columbia House Family Council in Invermere about the devastating... [Read more]

New $12.2 million affordable housing for Vernon. November 20, 2009 saw the official opening of the brand-new Kickwillie... [Read more]

by Elaine Comish. Tell me again why I should have the Olympic spirit?!?!? The subsidy cuts that Gordon Campbell has made... [Read more]