Salmon Arm Observer

1 day ago | saobserver.net | Gary M. Barnes |Jordy Cunningham

Update: 5 p.m.  A resident in the area is praising firefighters for the quick action on a blaze north of Kelowna's airport. "A little bit of panic," Caroline Ivens told media when asked her initial response to hearing about the fire so close to home. "I got the dogs ready to go, got everything packed up." Only one house was damaged in the fire and at least two vehicles. Crews confirmed with a reporter on scene the fire has been knocked down.

2 days ago | saobserver.net | Lachlan Labere

With an anticipated decline in enrolment, School District 83 is also expecting a $1.3 million budget shortfall in the coming school year. As of the school district's June 3 committee of the whole meeting, enrolment was expected to drop 113.5 full-time equivalent students. "Hopefully we’ll see some more enrolment come in as we did this year," said acting secretary-treasurer Jeremy Hunt in a presentation to the committee.

4 days ago | saobserver.net | Lachlan Labere

The city has been urged to step up efforts to reduce emissions through B.C.'s Zero Carbon Step Code. At its May 26 meeting, council received a letter from Shuswap Climate Action society chair Julia Beatty regarding the step code and how other B.C. communities have transitioned to more advanced levels.

5 days ago | saobserver.net | Sheri Regnier

Found injured by a roadside near Trail and carried to safety in a pillowcase, a tiny bear cub has become a symbol of compassion and hope. The Northern Lights Wildlife Society — a registered Canadian charity in Smithers that cares for injured and orphaned wildlife — shared the cub’s story in a June 1 email titled “a story of perseverance and kindness.” The story was sent to the Williams Lake Tribune, then forwarded to the Trail Times, as Trail is where the little bear’s journey began.

5 days ago | saobserver.net | Jennifer Smith

Believed to be in her 40s, woman was camping alone at Westside Road forestry site A woman's body was pulled from Okanagan Lake on the weekend. A camper at the Evely Forestry Campground on Westside Road confirmed the incident took place Saturday. "She was camping by herself," the fellow camper said, believing the woman was about 45. The Morning Star has reached out to Vernon North Okanagan RCMP for more details.