Jim Cooperman

Author of the local best seller, Everything Shuswap, Jim Cooperman moved to the Shuswap in 1969 as a war resister and a back-to-the-lander, after receiving his BA from the University of California at Berkeley. Over the succeeding years, Jim taught school, worked in construction and log building, operated a sawmill, and edited a provincial environmental journal, the BC Environmental Report. His local environmental work led to the protection of over 25,000 hectares of new parks in the Shuswap, which is documented in the book, Big Trees Saved, by Deanna Kawatski. He has researched and written about local history and helped initiate and edit the local history journal, Shuswap Chronicles I and II. In 1993, he wrote the Chapter on Canada in Clearcut – The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry. And in 1998, he wrote Keeping the Special in Special Management Zones, A Citizens’ Guide, published by BC Spaces for Nature. Jim lives with his wife, Kathleen, in a log home they built on 40 acres above Shuswap Lake, where they raised five children. His column, “Shuswap Passion,” appears every two weeks in either the Shuswap Market News or the Salmon Arm Observer. Additionally, his YouTube channel has over 100 videos, including many that showcase live music, skiing and Shuswap geography.

Jan 23 2020

Hockey is thriving throughout the Shuswap

Recreation

Sicamous Eagles lost to the Chase Heat in Oct. 2019, photo by Rick Koch, courtesy of the Salmon Observer It was a monumental community effort, […]

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Jan 9 2020

The New Roaring Twenties

Environment

Even large trees snapped like toothpicks during the New Year’s Eve snowstorm, photo by Jim Cooperman The arrival of the new decade that finally has

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Dec 19 2019

The puck drops here

Recreation

Photo courtesy of the Salmon Arm Observer Mostly gone are the days when playing hockey meant strapping on the used skates, grabbing a wooden stick

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Dec 5 2019

The early days of hockey in the Shuswap

Recreation

Lined up for a team photograph when hockey was a game, not a callous business, in Salmon Arm’s original arena. Circa 1914. From “Fleeting Images,”

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Nov 14 2019

Big ideas for a cultural centre

Culture

Given that many communities of similar size to Salmon Arm or even much smaller have successful performing arts centres, then our community should also be

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