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A hurricane sank a Spanish fleet in 1715. This summer, salvagers found $1M in coins
October 03, 2025 - 9:00 PM

A team of excavators has uncovered a load of long-lost Spanish coins buried for centuries under the surf and sand along a stretch of Florida known as the “Treasure Coast.”
'Crown jewel': HBC's charter among the art and artifacts it seeks to auction off
April 20, 2025 - 10:00 AM

TORONTO - Hudson’s Bay will seek court approval to put the royal charter that launched the company 355 years ago on the auction block, along with its trove of art and historical artifacts.
Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
March 31, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed.
'Tinder of construction' aims to keep B.C. building waste out of landfills
January 04, 2025 - 1:00 PM

COBBLE HILL, B.C. - Gil Yaron barely contains his excitement when asked to describe his non-profit venture to convince construction companies, developers and renovation contractors to recycle tonnes of building material waste on Vancouver Island.
RCMP informant's decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book
December 29, 2024 - 3:00 PM

OTTAWA - As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the party office, printed leaflets and sold books.
The last Titanic salvage expedition was in 2010. Will there be any more?
December 15, 2024 - 9:00 PM

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic said Thursday that it hasn't settled on plans to retrieve more artifacts from the shipwreck, potentially cooling down a legal battle with the U.S. government.
Oil removal work begins on 'fragile' Second World War-era wreck in coastal B.C.
October 23, 2024 - 9:00 PM

An oil salvage operation is underway on the fragile wreckage of a U.S. army transport ship that sank almost 80 years ago off coastal British Columbia in a race to head off an eruption of thousands of litres of oil that a coast guard official says is "near imminent."
Kettle River forestry investigation raises concerns about logging in watersheds
September 18, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A recent investigation into logging practices in the Kettle River Watershed highlighted the fact that timber companies weren’t assessing their impact on watersheds.
iN VIDEO: Titanic expedition yields lost bronze statue, high-resolution photos and other discoveries
September 03, 2024 - 9:00 PM

A bronze statue from the Titanic — not seen in decades and feared to be lost for good — is among the discoveries made by the company with salvage rights to the wreck site on its first expedition there in many years.
Indigenous knowledge and values add sustainability to Okanagan forest industry
April 28, 2024 - 7:00 PM

While forestry throughout BC is often regarded as unsustainably managed, a Westbank First Nation logging company is showing how, through Indigenous knowledge and values, sustainability can be brought back to the industry.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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When we talk about the size of a forest fire, we usually talk in hectares. But just how big is a hectare anyways? The word hectare comes from the Greek word ‘hekaton’ which means
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Canada's only desert is in B.C. but not where you think it is
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iN PHOTOS: The lost speedways of the Thompson-Okanagan
Since 1950, about a dozen speedways came and went in the Thompson-Okanagan, not the least of which was the Billy Foster Memorial Speedway in West Kelowna. “The speedway was started by
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Documentary explores the life of Vernon's own Dag Aabye
VERNON - The incredible story of local legend Dag Aabye continues to spread. Aabye, 76, is the subject of a short documentary by Vancouver-based Brick Films. The film was released earlier th
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