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Shuswap MLA's company in court fight over houseboats
August 02, 2024 - 7:00 AM

The family company of Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo is embroiled in a messy court battle over $1 million worth of houseboats bought by an Alberta investor.
'We were 90 seconds away from dying:' Families on Sicamous houseboat fire question safety standards
August 14, 2020 - 7:00 AM

Jon Witt was still awake and reading when at around 1:30 a.m. he heard the generator on the houseboat he'd just rented start spluttering. Then everything went dark.
Shuswap Lake concert promotes social distancing via boat
August 12, 2020 - 7:00 AM

To end the summer, a group of Shuswap businesses are hosting a free concert that patrons can enjoy from the socially-distant safety of their boats.
Partying houseboaters aren't the biggest threat for Shuswap Lake fires
August 06, 2020 - 6:00 AM

While speculation is rife that fireworks were the cause of the blaze burning at Shuswap Lake near a popular party spot for people house boating, Sicamous Fire Chief Brett Ogino says there haven't been many fires over the years at the popular lakeshore beaches.

Multiple eyewitnesses

Houseboats and fireworks seen prior to start of Shuswap Lake wildfire
August 04, 2020 - 5:00 PM

Eyewitness reports from people along the shoreline of Shuswap Lake say fireworks were being set off at Marble Point and multiple houseboats were docked at the site, prior to the wildfire that started yesterday.
iN NEWS: Our favourite stories of 2019 — and yours
January 01, 2020 - 8:00 AM

Every year, we look back at our work to see how well we fulfilled our mission to provide residents and readers accurate news and information you can’t get anywhere else. We gauge that in a number of ways but one of the most important is if readers are responding and last year, we had more readers than ever before.
DEATH ON THE WATER: Why safety on Shuswap houseboats is your responsibility
August 31, 2015 - 9:00 PM

SICAMOUS - Andrea Jacura and Scott Glen both visited the Shuswap on rented houseboats this summer. Neither left alive.
Shuswap house boat fatality brings woman back two decades to 'spookily' similar accident
July 18, 2015 - 10:30 AM

HAVE THINGS CHANGED AT ALL IN 22 YEARS?
Calgary man drowns in Shuswap Lake
August 30, 2013 - 12:54 PM

CHASE - A Calgary man is believed to be dead after jumping from a houseboat into Shuswap Lake to rescue a hat that had blown off a friend’s head.
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Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

Shuswap MLA's company in court fight over houseboats