News Items tag as: Shuswap Search and Rescue 2016

UPDATE: Student pilot walks away from plane crash near Salmon Arm
April 02, 2016 - 2:07 PM

SALMON ARM – The student pilot who crashed a small plane on Mt. Ida above Salmon Arm last night suffered only minor injuries and walked away from the wreckage of his aircraft.
UPDATE: Body of missing Sicamous snowmobiler recovered from avalanche slide
March 08, 2016 - 3:19 PM

SICAMOUS - The search for a missing Sicamous man has ended in tragedy.
Snowmobilers missing in Shuswap rescued by helicopter
January 23, 2016 - 10:47 AM

VERNON – A pair of snowmobilers spent two nights trapped in the snow in the bottom of a gulley in the Shuswap before being rescued by helicopter this morning, Jan. 23.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

UPDATE: Student pilot walks away from plane crash near Salmon Arm