Martha Wickett

B.C. flag person’s death shines light on dangers

B.C. flag person’s death shines light on dangers

Company calls for more awareness of and respect for flaggers following an Okanagan woman’s death

B.C. flag person’s death shines light on dangers
The police search at the Sagmoen farm in Silver Creek is finished, according to a news release issued Thursday afternoon, Nov. 9 - Observer file photo

Update: RCMP call off search at Silver Creek farm

Police say investigation into the death of 18-year-old Traci Genereaux continues.

The police search at the Sagmoen farm in Silver Creek is finished, according to a news release issued Thursday afternoon, Nov. 9 - Observer file photo
Forensic Search Evidence Recovery Team trailers remain in an area of the Sagmoen farm where tents had been set up days before. - Image credit: Lachlan Labere/Salmon Arm Observer.

Update: Police comment on search effort at Silver Creek farm

Tents and command units no longer visible on Salmon River Road property

Forensic Search Evidence Recovery Team trailers remain in an area of the Sagmoen farm where tents had been set up days before. - Image credit: Lachlan Labere/Salmon Arm Observer.
Residents recount odd influx of escorts in Silver Creek

Residents recount odd influx of escorts in Silver Creek

People living near Sagmoen farm say several prositutes arrived at wrong address.

Residents recount odd influx of escorts in Silver Creek
Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer                                RCMP officers went house to house asking questions of the residents of homes on 10th Street SW on Monday, Oct. 30.

Surrey police canvass Salmon Arm regarding missing woman

Salmon Arm residents questioned about Sept. 3, shown photos of Nicole Bell.

Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer                                RCMP officers went house to house asking questions of the residents of homes on 10th Street SW on Monday, Oct. 30.
Silver Creek resident Steven Langenegger was one of the two people who called police in August after discovering a hastily abandoned car on a property next to the farm where police have found human remains.

‘She was terrified’: Neighbours recount alarming discovery at B.C. property

Police search Silver Creek property adjacent to where car abandoned

Silver Creek resident Steven Langenegger was one of the two people who called police in August after discovering a hastily abandoned car on a property next to the farm where police have found human remains.
Suspect in fatal crash charged in jewelry heist

Suspect in fatal crash charged in jewelry heist

Anthony Creed Cortez now faces charges in Nelson, Chilliwack and Revelstoke.

Suspect in fatal crash charged in jewelry heist
Suspect in fatal crash, jewelry heist charged with assault

Suspect in fatal crash, jewelry heist charged with assault

Anthony Cortez appears in court on assault charges involving a woman who later died in crash.

Suspect in fatal crash, jewelry heist charged with assault
Image credit: Scales family                                Sally Scales, who ended her life under the new Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law, holds a photo of herself as a nurse in earlier years.

A personal look at assisted dying

Well-known Salmon Arm resident uses new legislation to end life

Image credit: Scales family                                Sally Scales, who ended her life under the new Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law, holds a photo of herself as a nurse in earlier years.
Man drowns in Shuswap Lake over long weekend. Image credit: Observer file photo

Surrey man drowns in Shuswap Lake

Swimmer goes missing on long weekend, body recovered.

Man drowns in Shuswap Lake over long weekend. Image credit: Observer file photo
Rick Koch photo.                                Soon you will be seeing a lot more golf carts on the roads. Former Chase Mayor Ron Anderson rides a golf cart back to Sunshore Golf Course.

Golf carts taking to Chase’s streets

The Village of Chase a guinea pig for a new provincial plan

Rick Koch photo.                                Soon you will be seeing a lot more golf carts on the roads. Former Chase Mayor Ron Anderson rides a golf cart back to Sunshore Golf Course.
Paying tribute to a primeval passage

Paying tribute to a primeval passage

Uninterrupted celebrates the Adams River sockeye run in an extraordinary way.

Paying tribute to a primeval passage