After a very smoky first night, Salmon Arm ROOTSandBLUES organizers announced they were cancelling the remainder of the festival.
The Salmon Arm Folk Music Society (SAFMS) announced Saturday morning, Aug. 19, that a decision was made to cancel the event following communications with local fire officials and the RCMP.
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The SAFMS said in coming weeks it would be in touch with ticket holders to provide more information. For the time being, while messages are being monitored the SAFMS said individual inquiries will not be answered.
The festival began Friday, but suffered a lengthy delay due to a power failure.
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Multiple evacuation orders and alerts remained in effect Saturday morning in areas of the North Shuswap, Electoral Area G (Sorrento), Turtle Valley and Chase.
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