News Items tag as: British Columbia Dragoons

iN VIDEO: Rare colour footage shows B.C. Dragoons driving Sherman tanks in Okanagan
June 02, 2020 - 8:00 AM

Colour footage of British Columbia Dragoons driving Second World War era tanks around a training site outside of Vernon in 1957 offers a rare glimpse of life in colour over 60 years ago.
B.C. Dragoons marking Vimy Ridge anniversary in Kelowna
April 04, 2017 - 11:49 AM

KELOWNA - One-hundred years ago, Okanagan soldiers took part in Canada’s biggest battle in World War I at Vimy Ridge and on Sunday the B.C. Dragoons will mark the anniversary in Kelowna with a ceremony and parade.
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A look back at the glory days of celery production in the Okanagan
Celery isn’t grown commercially locally these days, but once upon a time there were acres of it growing in the Okanagan. Kelowna resident Domenic Rampone’s family immigrated from northern Italy to Kelowna in 1893 where they grew

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

Dispute between Vernon neighbours over tree pruning ends with legal challenge
A neighbourly dispute about overhanging tree branches has left a Vernon senior housing society in the red after it failed in its legal challenge to get its neighbour to pay for pruning. According to a May 27 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal dec

iN VIDEO: Rare colour footage shows B.C. Dragoons driving Sherman tanks in Okanagan