Sicamous, B.C. riding newfound ‘Old Town Road’ fame til it can’t no more

SICAMOUS, B.C. — Can’t nobody tell a British Columbia town nothing about how to capitalize from one of its thoroughfares sharing a name with the smash hit song “Old Town Road.”

Sicamous, B.C., Mayor Terry Rysz says about half a dozen Old Town Road signs started disappearing from an intersection a few months ago.

The hip-hop-country track by up-and-coming rapper Lil Nas X and featuring Billy Ray Cyrus was solidly at the top of the charts by then — and still is.

Rysz says instead of cracking down on the sign thieves, the small tourist town in the B.C. Interior looked for ways to spin it into something fun — and maybe even profitable.