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VIDEO: Community Wildfire Recovery Briefing | December 5, 2023

Derek Sutherland, Acting General Manager, Community and Protective Services, and Tracy Hughes, CSRD Communications Coordinator, provide an update to residents on recovery efforts following the Bush Creek East Wildfire. 

Joining them is Kris Jensen...

Many Thanks Monday: ESS volunteers always ready to assist

In an emergency, the Shuswap Emergency Program relies heavily on its 49 trained Emergency Support Services (ESS) volunteers who step up to help.

These volunteers assist at emergency reception centres, ensuring that evacuees are provided with their basic ne...

Road Maintenance in the CSRD

With the arrival of winter weather, concerns with road conditions start to crop up and the CSRD office begins to receive calls asking for service. This is a reminder to citizens that the CSRD does not operate, service or maintain any roads within its boun...

Cedar Heights Water System: Temporary outage on November 30

The CSRD will continue the water valve replacement project on Thursday, November 30, 2023, between 8 AM and 5 PM.

Water service will be disrupted for some users of the Cedar Heights Water System during that time.

Water service will be restored as soon as po...

Non-compliant buoys removed from Shuswap Lake

As a result of public complaints to various levels of government, Transport Canada’s Navigation Protection Program continues to conduct enforcement efforts on Shuswap Lake to remove buoys which are not in compliance with Transport Canada regulat...

Cedar Heights Water System: Temporary outage on November 28

Continued replacement of water valves means some additional disruption for some users of the Cedar Heights Water System.

The next temporary shut-down will take place Tuesday, November 28, 2023 between 8 AM and 5 PM.

Water service will be restored as soon as...

Many Thanks Monday: Blind Bay Village Grocer offered up free food, fuel

Blind Bay Village Grocer was another local business serving up food love to firefighters in the North and South Shuswap.

Two CSRD structural protection crew team leaders, Shuswap Fire Department Deputy Chief Ty Barrett and Swansea Point Fire Chief Steve No...

Temporary Water Service Outage for Cedar Heights Water System

Update: November 24, 2023

Cedar Heights Water Users take note. Work is complete on the water valve replacement, however, workers are testing and flushing parts of the water system. You may experience changes in water pressure throughout the day until testi...

Many Thanks Monday: True community service at Lakeview Community Centre

In an emergency, people step up. That was so evident in the Shuswap during this summer’s wildfire emergency. But it’s often not until the crisis has passed that you have time to thank those who helped in so many ways. The Columbia Shuswap Regional Distric...

VIDEO: Community Wildfire Recovery Briefing | November 20, 2023

Derek Sutherland, Acting General Manager, Community and Protective Services, and Tracy Hughes, CSRD Communications Coordinator, provide an update to residents on recovery efforts following the Bush Creek East Wildfire.

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