News - The Similkameen Spotlight

Officials separate husband and wife after 73 years

Officials separate an elderly New Brunswick couple after 73 years: I listened to my mother weep

Dec 19, 2017 9:30 AM Read more >

B.C. Interior highways treacherous

RCMP are warning motorists to avoid travel today if possible

Dec 19, 2017 9:00 AM Read more >

Update: Traffic starting to slowly move on Highway 97 at Trout Creek

Accident closes highway between Summerland and Penticton

Dec 19, 2017 8:14 AM Read more >

Aging population challenges justice system

“Our entire criminal justice system needs to come to grips with the fact that everybody is getting older.”

Dec 19, 2017 7:30 AM Read more >

Foreign buyers own small portion of Canada’s housing market

New data shows foreign owners make up small amount of home, condo owners

Dec 19, 2017 7:00 AM Read more >

Gord Downie chosen as back-to-back Newsmaker of the year

Gord Downie was chosen as the Canadian Press Newsmaker for second consecutive year

Dec 19, 2017 6:30 AM Read more >

UPDATE: Okanagan-Shuswap to be hit with heavy snowfall

Up to 35 centimetres to fall in some parts of the region

Dec 19, 2017 6:00 AM Read more >

Former B.C. fire chief found not guilty of sex assault

The jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of a third complainant

Dec 18, 2017 4:20 PM Read more >

Pot activists Marc and Jodie Emery get fine, probation

Jodie and Marc Emery pleaded guilty Monday to a number of drug-related charges related to what the Crown called a “sophisticated” dispensary operation.

Dec 18, 2017 4:00 PM Read more >

Skiers warned after tracks found in B.C. mountain pass bombed for avalanches

Parks Canada is investigating

Dec 18, 2017 1:35 PM Read more >