Columbia Shuswap Regional District

• Annual construction underway on Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail

  Last year, a two-kilometre section of the rail trail was completed in Enderby. This year, work will take place at a handful of locations.

  Canada

  Mar 30
  
• CSRD seeking public input on Bush Creek East wildfire

  'We are undertaking this exercise now so that we can implement some, but likely not all, suggestions for improvement for the 2024 fire season,' the CSRD said.

  Canada

  Mar 5
  
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• Falkland Stampede Grounds receives $466K in public funding

  The funding will go towards much-needed upgrades, such as electrical work plus improvements to the grandstand and concessions areas.

  Canada

  Jan 19
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• Warm weather delays plans for outdoor rinks in Columbia-Shuswap district

  The CSRD also said an outdoor rink won’t be constructed at Sorrento-Blind Bay Park this winter due to weather and budget considerations.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2023
• Sunken boat found as more non-compliant buoys removed from Shuswap Lake

  The Columbia Shuswap Regional District says crews discovered an unreported sunken boat while conducting enforcement of non-compliant buoys in Shuswap Lake.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2023
• Bush Creek East wildfire: Evacuation alerts for 124 properties rescinded

  The affected addresses are in electoral areas L (Grasslands), O (Lower North Thompson) and P (Rivers and the Peaks).

  Fire

  Sep 25, 2023
• Bush Creek East wildfire: Regional district issues moratorium on building permits

  The geotechnical assessments could take four to six weeks, “but the whole area, itself, could take up to three months,” said Tracy Hughes of the CSRD.

  Fire

  Sep 16, 2023
• B.C. wildfires: Evacuation alert rescinded for Anglemont

  The Bush Creek East wildfire is currently estimated at 43,084 hectares and is classified as out of control, though it hasn’t had any growth since Aug. 31.

  Fire

  Sep 7, 2023
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• ‘Driving through a war zone’: Damage wrought by Bush Creek East wildfire difficult for some to bear

  Michelle Chitsaz is just one of hundreds of North Shuswap residents who entered the charred remnants of once vibrant neighbourhoods changed by the Bush Creek East wildfire. On Wednesday she discovered her cabin of nearly 30 years on Squilax Anglemont Road was still standing, though her neighbour’s just a few metres away had been razed....

  Fire

  Sep 7, 2023
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• B.C. wildfires: Local residents to tour area devastated by Bush Creek East blaze

  The media will get a similar tour a few hours after residents have looked over their homes.

  Fire

  Sep 6, 2023