Families visiting Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, home to one of the largest sockeye salmon runs in North America, will notice something else this year as construction begins on a multi-year project to enhance visitor experiences.

The government of B.C. is committing $3 million for the design and construction of a new bridge on Highway 97A over Hummingbird Creek to improve safety and better protect the highway during times of high creek flows.

The B.C. government recently presented Peterson Family Farm with a Century Farm Award for the contributions the family has made to B.C.'s agriculture industry and economy over the past one hundred years. Minister of Agriculture Norm Letnick commended the family for this impressive milestone.

The Salmon Arm Fair turns 115 this year, and to celebrate the occasion the government of British Columbia presented the Salmon Arm and Shuswap Lake Agricultural Association with a Century Farm Award.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male member of a hiking party, who died when he slipped and fell while hiking in the Seymour Arm area of the Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park on July 3, 2012.

Tomorrow is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Prevention and Support Day in B.C. and students at Bastion Elementary school are getting involved in a big way - through "theatre in the classroom".

Pre-schoolers and their families living in rural parts of the Shuswap area will be able to attend a new StrongStart BC early learning outreach program this September.