Columbia Region

• Heavy rain in forecast for Shuswap, Columbia regions

  Environment Canada says a significant and slow-moving low pressure system over central Alberta will bring rainfall, at times heavy, to British Columbia.

  Weather

  May 23, 2023
  
• Columbia Shuswap Regional District in talks to restart mosquito control program

  With the pests out in force this year, the CSRD says it’s talking with the Little Shuswap Lake Band and B.C. Parks about restarting their mosquito larvicide program.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2022
  
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• Shuswap Lake still slowly rising, 2 parks closed says CSRD

  The Columbia Shuswap Regional District says the lake was at 348.610 metres on Tuesday morning, up slightly from 348.576 metres on Monday morning.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2022
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• $100K of liquor seized from parked minivan: Revelstoke RCMP

  BC Highway Patrol say officers seized cases of hard liquor after checking a suspicious vehicle parked in an overnight area for commercial vehicles.

  Crime

  Nov 2, 2021
• B.C. off-duty police officer, son rescue two men from capsized canoe

  Police in Revelstoke say two men without lifejackets were clinging to a capsized canoe on Griffin Lake on Monday and were screaming for help.

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2021
• Interior Health administers hundreds of ‘invalid doses’ of COVID-19 vaccine

  The vaccine had been administered as 15 first doses and 501 second doses in the community and Interior Health is contacting each client individually to offer another dose.

  Health

  Aug 24, 2021
• Columbia Shuswap Regional District seeing unprecedented spike in demand for development services

  The CSRD says in 2020, there were 691 new development services files, with 2021 on pace for 1,392 new files.

  Canada

  May 29, 2021
• Revelstoke, B.C. podcast for kids, The Cubs Club, takes off

  "We wanted to create something that we would want our kids to watch."

  Jan 22, 2021
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• Coronavirus: Revelstoke, B.C., trying to balance between safety, supporting businesses

  The small resort city in B.C.’s Interior is trying to balance health and safety with its need to support tourism-dependent businesses.

  Jan 8, 2021
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• Columbia Shuswap Regional District planning to open outdoor rinks, weather permitting

  “The ability to open the outdoor rinks is entirely weather dependent,” the Columbia Shuswap Regional District said in a press release on Friday.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2020