Sicamous

• Another evacuation alert issued for B.C. mobile home park following landslide threat

  The Shuswap Emergency Program issued the alert due to the increased risk of a landslide resulting from rain and predicted thunderstorms in that area.

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  Jul 3
  
• Shuswap Lake approaching 2018 water level, but expected to peak soon: Regional District

  The CSRD says amid their continued flood watch, Shuswap Lake should reach around 349.1 metres, with the peak expected to take place this coming weekend or early next week.

  Canada

  Jun 22
  
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• Residents in Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park stressed by evacuation alerts

  Gammel says in the event of a landslide and an evacuation order were to be issued, residents would only have about 15 to 20 minutes to leave.

  Environment

  Jun 18
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• Construction begins for Shuswap Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue

  Having a boathouse of their own has been a vision of the marine search and rescue crews since the Shuswap Royal Marine Search and Rescue station was founded 10 years ago.

  Canada

  May 18
• Landslide threat: Evacuation alert lifted for Shuswap mobile home park

  Regional officials say the evacuation alert, issued Thursday, remains in effect for all residents of the Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park along Highway 97A.

  Canada

  May 6
• Sicamous, B.C. planning short-term rental regulation

  The self-proclaimed "Houseboat Capital of Canada" is planning to become the latest community to regulate short-term rentals.

  Canada

  Mar 24
• Calls for more to be done about Two Mile landslide risk

  A landslide early warning system is being implemented to protect lives in Sicamous, but there are no plans to build any of the proposed landslide mitigation infrastructure.

  Canada

  Mar 24
• Shuswap community threatened by post-wildfire landslides to receive early warning system

  The early warning system is scheduled to be in place by the beginning of April, before spring melt and rainfall increase the risk.

  Canada

  Mar 22
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• Candlelight vigil planned for mother, daughter killed in crash near Sicamous, B.C.

  'They are very well known to our community ... Losing them has affected our whole town,' a family friend said of the two who were killed in a Feb. 17 crash in Sicamous.

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  Feb 23
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• Mother, child from Okanagan Falls killed in crash near Sicamous

  'When officers arrived at the scene they found the occupants of a pick-up truck, a 45-year-old woman from Okanagan Falls and her child, had died,' the RCMP said.

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  Feb 18