News Items tag as: Sorrento news

Shuswap school district fined $3,000 over repeated water sampling failure
July 28, 2024 - 3:30 PM

The North Okanagan Shuswap school district has been fined $3,040 for multiple failures in submitting water samples to the province.
Two dead in semi crash on Trans-Canada in Shuswap
May 28, 2024 - 10:10 AM

Two semi trucks collided on Highway 1 north of Salmon Arm last night and the driver and passenger in one of the trucks were killed.
Shuswap school district fined $5,000 for failed sewage testing
December 30, 2023 - 6:00 PM

A Shuswap elementary school's sewage system went untested more than a dozen times in a year, leading to a $5,000 from the province this month.
Swimming advisory issued for Shuswap Lake beach
August 23, 2021 - 10:17 AM

Swimming is not recommended at a community park in on Shuswap Lake since high bacterial counts have been found in recent water samples.
Shuswap woman caught in Sorrento using licence plate from 1966
October 15, 2020 - 6:30 AM

A woman from Adams Lake is facing charges after police caught her behind the wheel without a driver's licence, and using a 54-year-old plate in Sorrento last month.
Shuswap man wins $100K on Keno
September 24, 2020 - 11:18 AM

A Shuswap man is $100,000 better off after winning big on Keno.
Sorrento resort The Maples closes permanently after pandemic closure
April 02, 2020 - 5:35 PM

Susan Aylard and her family have been leasing The Maples Waterfront Resort and B&B in Sorrento and running the business for the past eleven years. Now, after the COVID-19 pandemic, they're closing it for good.
Fire crews respond to small fire southwest of Sorrento
June 04, 2019 - 9:29 AM

SORRENTO — A small wildfire has ignited in the Shuswap near Squilax Mountain.
Boil water advisory issued for Sorrento
May 07, 2017 - 2:45 PM

SORRENTO — The community of Sorrento on Shuswap Lake is under a boil water advisory.
UPDATE: B.C. Highway 1 now clear after collision
August 27, 2016 - 5:17 PM

SORRENTO - Crews have cleared the wreckage from a collision that halted traffic on B.C. Highway 1.
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News Items tag as: Sorrento news

Shuswap school district fined $3,000 over repeated water sampling failure

Two dead in semi crash on Trans-Canada in Shuswap

Shuswap school district fined $5,000 for failed sewage testing

Swimming advisory issued for Shuswap Lake beach

Shuswap woman caught in Sorrento using licence plate from 1966

Shuswap man wins $100K on Keno

Sorrento resort The Maples closes permanently after pandemic closure

Fire crews respond to small fire southwest of Sorrento

Boil water advisory issued for Sorrento

UPDATE: B.C. Highway 1 now clear after collision

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