Year in Review

Duffy Baker and his three dogs, including Henry (right), who was lost in Sicamous for over five months. 
(Duffy Baker photo)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from December 2022

December • Sicamous families in need will be helped by Santa and…

  • Jan 3, 2023

 

The Sicamous Fire Department is in the process of setting up a burn building for training at the district’s public works yard. (Brett Ogino photo)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from November 2022

November • The burn building is in place though it’s likely things…

  • Jan 3, 2023

 

Laureen Felix sings in a Splatsin ground blessing ceremony conducted at 200 Main Street in Sicamous, the future home the Shuswap Healing Centre, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (File photo)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from October 2022

October • An Indigenous ground blessing ceremony for the future home of…

  • Jan 3, 2023

 

Sicamous legion members pay their respect in a ceremony to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (Contributed)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from September 2022

September• Sicamous council prioritized green space over parking in the development of…

  • Jan 3, 2023
Sicamous legion members pay their respect in a ceremony to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (Contributed)
Elise and August Shannon race back to the beach in their vessel Gramhalla, designed to reflect their Swedish heritage, to take first place in the first heat of the cardboard boat race during Sicamous Family Fun Day at Beach Park on Saturday, July 30, 2022. (File photo)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from August 2022

August• Student community ambassadors in Sicamous are no longer without wheels, thanks…

Elise and August Shannon race back to the beach in their vessel Gramhalla, designed to reflect their Swedish heritage, to take first place in the first heat of the cardboard boat race during Sicamous Family Fun Day at Beach Park on Saturday, July 30, 2022. (File photo)
Pulling Together Canoe Journey participants raise their oars at Sicamous’ Beach Park where they are welcomed by Splatsin and Sicamous councils and invited to come ashore, concluding day 2 of their eight-day journey on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (File photo)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from June 2022

In this issue, the Eagle Valley News looks back at the stories…

  • Jan 3, 2023
Pulling Together Canoe Journey participants raise their oars at Sicamous’ Beach Park where they are welcomed by Splatsin and Sicamous councils and invited to come ashore, concluding day 2 of their eight-day journey on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (File photo)
After being painted white by the District of Sicamous, a community-driven effort is underway to restore the yellow facade, logo and other markings of a CP Rail caboose donated by CP to the district in 2004. (File photo)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from June 2022

June • After-school program students from Sicamous and Splatsin took part in…

  • Jan 2, 2023
After being painted white by the District of Sicamous, a community-driven effort is underway to restore the yellow facade, logo and other markings of a CP Rail caboose donated by CP to the district in 2004. (File photo)
Volunteers in the 2022 Sicamous Annual Community Clean-up gather for a photo at Finlayson Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Contributed)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from May 2022

May • Chelsea Bowman is grateful to the Sicamous Legion and everyone…

  • Jan 2, 2023
Volunteers in the 2022 Sicamous Annual Community Clean-up gather for a photo at Finlayson Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Contributed)
Splatsín Kukpi7 (Chief) Doug Thomas, North Okanagan-Shuswap MP Mel Arnold and Burkhard Fink of Fink Machine Inc. look on as Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz puts the district’s ceremonial shovel to use in an Earth Day 
groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new bio-heating facility in Sicamous’ industrial park on April 22. (File photo)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from April 2022

April • Residents of Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park were asked to…

  • Jan 2, 2023
Splatsín Kukpi7 (Chief) Doug Thomas, North Okanagan-Shuswap MP Mel Arnold and Burkhard Fink of Fink Machine Inc. look on as Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz puts the district’s ceremonial shovel to use in an Earth Day 
groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new bio-heating facility in Sicamous’ industrial park on April 22. (File photo)
Geoff de Ruiter organized a Ducknana event in Victoria to help build a sense of community after a couple of difficult years. (Photo courtesy of Geoff de Ruiter)

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Geoff de Ruiter organized a Ducknana event in Victoria to help build a sense of community after a couple of difficult years. (Photo courtesy of Geoff de Ruiter)
Savannah and Serge Magee stand next to the pile of garbage they collected from the ditches along Highway 1 by the Kerr Road intersection on Tuesday, March 8. (Jeanine Goode photo)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from March 2022

March • Work that began 14 years ago recently culminated in the…

  • Jan 2, 2023
Savannah and Serge Magee stand next to the pile of garbage they collected from the ditches along Highway 1 by the Kerr Road intersection on Tuesday, March 8. (Jeanine Goode photo)
Autumn Lott at Gilman’s point, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. At seven years old, she’s the youngest Canadian to have ever summitted the infamous peak. (Francesca Lott photo)

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Autumn Lott at Gilman’s point, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. At seven years old, she’s the youngest Canadian to have ever summitted the infamous peak. (Francesca Lott photo)
Sicamous resident Jackie Paul was doing aquatic physiotherapy as she healed from a November 2021 leg amputation. (Contributed)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from January 2022

February • Jackie Paul was on what she called “quite the journey.”…

  • Jan 2, 2023
Sicamous resident Jackie Paul was doing aquatic physiotherapy as she healed from a November 2021 leg amputation. (Contributed)
Several commercial tractor trailer units can be seen in this RCMP drone image of the Saturday, Jan. 8, collision on Highway 1 between Sicamous and Salmon Arm. (RCMP photo)

Year in Review: The Eagle Valley News looks back at headlines from January 2022

In this issue, the Eagle Valley News looks back at the stories…

  • Jan 2, 2023
Several commercial tractor trailer units can be seen in this RCMP drone image of the Saturday, Jan. 8, collision on Highway 1 between Sicamous and Salmon Arm. (RCMP photo)
Renowned nature and wildlife artist Valerie Rogers works on a painting of a wolf in her Salmon Arm studio. (Contributed)

Year in Review: The Shuswap Market looks back at headlines from December 2022

December • A spawning chinook salmon has earned renowned Salmon Arm nature…

  • Jan 1, 2023
Renowned nature and wildlife artist Valerie Rogers works on a painting of a wolf in her Salmon Arm studio. (Contributed)
A video produced to promote 2024 55+ BC Games in Salmon Arm from Sept. 10-14 features Mayor Alan Harrison putting the pucks in the net. 
(City of Salmon Arm video photo)

Year in Review: The Shuswap Market looks back at headlines from November 2022

November • Nick Fleming was thrilled his late brother, John Fleming (aka…

  • Jan 1, 2023
A video produced to promote 2024 55+ BC Games in Salmon Arm from Sept. 10-14 features Mayor Alan Harrison putting the pucks in the net. 
(City of Salmon Arm video photo)
Notch Hill Express Railway Show Case creator Richard Lawrence pauses for a picture with Cassidy Mceown and Mike Hall during filming for Rust Valley Restorers at the Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (File photo)

Year in Review: The Shuswap Market looks back at headlines from October 2022

October • The sockeye were not in attendance, but that didn’t stop…

  • Jan 1, 2023
Notch Hill Express Railway Show Case creator Richard Lawrence pauses for a picture with Cassidy Mceown and Mike Hall during filming for Rust Valley Restorers at the Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (File photo)
Susan and Kim MacMillan and Ann Skelhorne are busy preparing to bring a stage adaptation of The Secret Garden, based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, to the Shuswap Theatre stage. (Barb Brouwer photo)

Year in Review: The Shuswap Market looks back at headlines from September 2022

September • A North Shuswap farm was recognized through B.C.’s Century Farm…

  • Jan 1, 2023
Susan and Kim MacMillan and Ann Skelhorne are busy preparing to bring a stage adaptation of The Secret Garden, based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, to the Shuswap Theatre stage. (Barb Brouwer photo)
ROOTSandBLUES favourites Five Alarm Funk packed the ground around the Main Stage with people ready to dance on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. (File photo)

Year in Review: The Shuswap Market looks back at headlines from August 2022

August • Vernon resident Jason Reedyk spent Tuesday, Aug. 2, hiking the…

  • Jan 1, 2023
ROOTSandBLUES favourites Five Alarm Funk packed the ground around the Main Stage with people ready to dance on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. (File photo)
Adams Lake (Cstélnec) paddlers finish the July 15 journey from Blind Bay to Adams Lake as part of the 12-day 2022 Pulling Together Canoe Journey. (Martha Wickett/Salmon Arm Observer)

Year in Review: The Shuswap Market looks back at headlines from July 2022

July • The Shuswap Watershed Council warned of an emerging algal bloom…

  • Jan 1, 2023
Adams Lake (Cstélnec) paddlers finish the July 15 journey from Blind Bay to Adams Lake as part of the 12-day 2022 Pulling Together Canoe Journey. (Martha Wickett/Salmon Arm Observer)