Salmon Arm Observer – Salmon Arm News

PHOTOS: 15 and under baseballers step up to bat

Carver Bara winds up to throw a pitch at his June 14 game. (Kristal Burgess Photography)

A June 14 Salmon Arm minor baseball game resulted in action-packed moments

by Zachary Roman
5h ago

The Latest

Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship during a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, May 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada to welcome 45,000 refugees this year, says immigration minister
- 9h ago
Column: Remembering the link between fishing, a father and son
- 5h ago
Salmon Arm fair returns for 2021
- 10h ago
Dog control bylaw passes in Shuswap area despite ‘threatening’ emails
- updated 10h ago
Sicamous residents say lack of long-term rentals detrimental to town

Emily Steele holds up a collage of her son, 16-year-old Elijah-Iain Beauregard who was stabbed and killed in June 2019, outside of Kelowna Law Courts on June 18. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)

Kelowna woman who fatally stabbed Eli Beauregard facing up to 1.5 years of jail time

by Aaron Hemens

8h ago

Cpl. Scott MacLeod and Police Service Dog Jago. Jago was killed in the line of duty on Thursday, June 17. (RCMP)

VIDEO: Dolphin sunset captured from Vancouver Island shore

Black Press Media Weekly Roundup: Top headlines this week

Bear wanders Kelowna on June 15. (Michelle Wallace/Facebook)

Bear climbs fence, uses crosswalk in Kelowna

Brook Kosick competes in the barrel racing event at a BC High School Rodeo Association rodeo in Quesnel, which was held from June 11-13, 2021. (Cassidy Dankochik - Black Press)

VIDEO: 14-year-old Salmon Arm rodeo athlete Brook Kosick competes at provincial level

Father gives daughter life-saving gift as living organ donor

She received the transplant after nearly losing her life to internal bleeding

by Associated Press

12h ago

Patrick O’Brien, a 75-year-old fisherman, went missing near Port Angeles Thursday evening. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)

Search for lost fisherman near Victoria suspended, U.S. Coast Guard says

The 75-year-old man was reported missing Thursday evening

by Victoria News Staff

12h ago

Lisa Roman and Andrea Proske named to women’s eight Olympic rowing team

Part of Canada’s largest team since Atlanta

by Dan Ferguson

12h ago

Andre de Grasse, of Canada, celebrates after winning the silver medal in the men’s 200 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Hassan Ammar

Canadian government grants border exemption for Olympic athlete bubbles

They’ll be restricted to their accommodation and training facilities and won’t be able to interact with the public

by The Canadian Press

16h ago

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