58 years of plywood excellence at Canoe
Canoe Forest Products, photo by Ray Mills Although the Egyptians were the earliest people to glue thin layers of wood together, plywood as we know it today was first manufactured in France in the...
View ArticleDespite their losses, Shuswap wineries moving forward
These frost damaged vines at the Sunnybrae Vineyards and Winery are showing just a few flowers this spring, photo by Jim Cooperman With climate chaos, the only certainty is uncertainty, as along with...
View ArticleThe Sicamous solution to the local housing crisis
A crane unloads modular cabins at Boulder Mountain Resort in Revelstoke There is a growing need for affordable housing in the Shuswap, just as there is throughout Canada and fortunately a family-owned...
View ArticleCherryville residents outraged about E-coli in the Shuswap River
This satellite image from the BeeSAFE website shows the cattle operation, the river and the location of the culvert where the high E-coli sample was taken. Cherryville and rural Lumby residents are...
View ArticleInterfor’s state-of-the-art sawmill at Adams Lake is B.C.’s third largest...
The Interfor sawmill at Adams Lake is one of the largest employers in the Shuswap, thus it has been on my wish list to visit and see firsthand this state-of-the-art industrial site that is the third...
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