Shuswap in a sentence

The Shuswap Band hired Sheila Fontaine as their new Language Planner on February 21. Fontaine is tasked with developing a five-year language plan to return the Secwépemc language to the Shuswap people.

Add in the ample hiking trails and thousands of people that come to houseboat on the water every year, and it's easy to see why Shuswap has done so well in the competition.

A heartbreaking reality is setting in for people who have lost their homes to wildfires in the Shuswap region of B.C. Countless fled to cities and towns across the country to find refuge with family.

A vintage, four-engine Imperial Airways flying boat was sighted recently over Shuswap Lake.

During Monday’s update from the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, McCulley confirmed community members had taken part in a recognized training program which allows them to work alongside the BC Wildfire Service.

Light rain and cooler temperatures could aid fire crews on the Bush Creek East wildfire in the Shuswap.

Many of the evacuees staying in the Kamloops area and visiting the emergency centre are concerned over co-ordination between Shuswap locals doing what they can to protect homes and the official provincial response.

Salmon Arm needs to have the forest logged a kilometre circle around the community, or Salmon Arm could go up in smoke just like Lytton and the North Shuswap,” said Cooperman.

Shuswap jazz saxophone and clarinet legend, Sandy Cameron and the ShuHorns band, have been booked for a Swing Dance Party at Song Sparrow Hall.

The 2023 fishing derby is coming up fast, with the Okanagan Lake event set for April 22 and the Shuswap Lake contest on May 13.

The Scotch Creek-Lee Creek Fire Department says the Seymour Arm exit from the North Shuswap is also closed, effectively trapping people in Scotch Creek, Celista, Magna Bay, Anglemont, St. Ives, and Seymour Arm.

While many communities in the Interior are looking forward to welcoming people, others, like Lake Country and the Shuswap, are advising that now is not a good time to visit.

A man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a hotel in B.C.’s Shuswap region Saturday, according to authorities.

Bischoff, a lifelong North Shuswap resident, is organizing provincially certified S-100 Basic Fire Suppression and Safety training for a group of residents in the community.

Friday also marks the last day in office for longtime Merritt MLA Jackie Tegart and Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo.

In the Shuswap Revelstoke area, it saw a large increase in condo sales at 83 per cent, as well as a 36 per cent increase in single family homes.

More public consultations about the future of North Okanagan Shuswap schools are planned.

They did this through an order-in-council, ignoring the opportunity for parliamentarians to discuss the changes,” said North Okanagan – Shuswap Conservative MP Mel Arnold.

At Wednesday’s meeting, the second called by the school district in as many weeks, North Okanagan-Shuswap School District officials didn’t have much new information for parents.

Recline Ridge Winery, in the Shuswap region of B.C., under grey skies.