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Salmon Arm is a bustling city in BC’s interior, known for its world class businesses and an unmatched lifestyle. We welcome innovative enterprises and work hard to support the entrepreneurs who’ve already set up shop here. Our City is growing its reputation as a place not only great for living, but also for expanding your career. From its iconic ROOTSandBLUES Festival, thriving foodie culture and legendary network of trails, to a delightfully diverse downtown core and a laid-back lake lifestyle, Salmon Arm is a small city, with big ideas!

We know you are going to love living here as much as we do. Let us be the first to say, welcome home.

Nobu with a full wine list, my enthusiasm rebounded nicely.

Brain Food

The approach to the hotel remained familiar. The property is a short drive from charming Lanai City, and its huge wraparound veranda and gabled roofs evoke a vibe that’s more Kennedy compound than glitzy resort. And while the layout was familiar to me, there were some new touches—like millions of dollars’ worth of massive Fernando Botero sculptures (oddly, of his trademark rotund people) dotted throughout the resort. On checking in, my wife and I were separated and led to airy, high-tech rooms upstairs where we were onboarded: our vitals were recorded, our flexibility was tested and even our body fat was measured through some machine that required me to hold two metal rods and not cry when the result was announced. Then it was time to sit down with Marcus, my guide, and chat about why I was there. I mentioned my writing assignment, and he was warm but firm in not wanting a surface answer. We had a free-flowing discussion about sleep patterns, physical activity, diet, life stresses and family medical history that lasted for close to an hour. At the end, he put down the iPad that he had been working with, said, “Great, I think we can work with this,” and led me back to re-join my wife in an idyllic spot overlooking the resort’s lagoon, where we relaxed while our guides completed itineraries for us that were based on our interviews.

The next morning, we started with yoga in a stunning open-air pavilion with only one other participant in a class that was easily one of the top three I’ve ever done. Then we had breakfast in an empty Nobu followed by a walking meditation through the garden.