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Relay For Life Approaching Quickly
The Salmon Arm edition of the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay For Life is now just weeks away and still more teams are being sought for the event, volunteer co-ordinator Sheryl Anderson says they have a goal of 40 teams and ... Read More...

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5/17/2013

Relay For Life Approaching Quickly

The Salmon Arm edition of the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay For Life is now just weeks away and still more teams are being sought for the event, volunteer co-ordinator Sheryl Anderson says they have a goal of 40 teams and currently have 29 signed up. Anderson says their new Facebook ... Read More...
5/17/2013

Stampede Organizers Warn Of Brief Highway Closure

Organizers with the Falkland Stampede Committee are reminding North Okanagan residents that their parade festivities on Sunday will mean that Highway 97 will be closed for about half an hour.  The closure will effect Highway 97 from 1pm until 130pm this Sunday Afternoon. The committee apologizes to the public for ... Read More...
5/17/2013

CSRD Metal And Organics Waste Program Ends Next Saturday

Time is running out for Columbia Shuswap residents to take advantage of the Regional District's organics and metal disposal event that wraps up on May 25th, that's next Saturday. The metal portion of the event covers items such as stoves, hot water tanks, metal doors, washers and more while the ... Read More...
5/17/2013

TSB Dealing With Flying Car Crash In Vernon

The Transportation Safety Board says the U.S. manufacturer of flying cars has grounded all five of its prototypes until it can determine a cause for a recent crash in B.C. One of the Maverick flying cars crashed near a Vernon elementary school last week, leaving a pilot and a passenger ... Read More...
5/16/2013

Voter Turnout Still An Issue

Voter apathy remains an issue in this province, with only 52 per cent of eligible voters turning out on Tuesday. In the 2009 provincial election, only 39 per cent of registered voters aged 18 to 24 and 42 per cent of all registered voters under the age of 45 cast ... Read More...

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Bottle tossed from crowd injures leader of Toots and the Maytals during concert in Virginia

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Pulitzer winner Ron Chernow receives award from biographers organizations

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow was honoured by his peers this weekend and in turn shared a few tips about his craft.

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