News Items tag as: Kamloops History

iN VIDEO: Footage from 1932 captures scenes of Kamloops Lake, Revelstoke
August 03, 2020 - 3:00 PM

The B.C. landscape has changed a lot over the past hundred years, and now you can see the differences for yourself.
So what exactly is an Overlander and why is the name attached to so many Kamloops landmarks?
March 12, 2020 - 7:30 AM

If you're new to Kamloops, you may have been struck by how many things are named "Overlander." Maybe you've lived here awhile, and it never occurred to you to ask.
Hey Kamloops, check out this winter throwback from more than 120 years ago
December 26, 2019 - 1:30 PM

The Kamloops Museum and Archives recently shared a photo to their Facebook page showing the Thompson River back in 1895.
YEAR IN REVIEW: 'Glamazon' flowers, WWII naval bunkers and a radio telescope among the cool places we visited this year
December 31, 2016 - 1:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - You may see them everyday, or have never heard of them before, but these are the places that we went and saw this year.
Archival footage gives a snap shot of 1930s working life in Kamloops
December 01, 2016 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - The Royal B.C. Museum has released a piece of footage showing a slice of life in Kamloops from the late 1930s.
Historic Kamloops train robbery to be celebrated at local winery
May 03, 2016 - 8:00 PM

BILLY MINER LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST TO HIGHLIGHT ANNIVERSARY EVENT
Mapping war memorials throughout the Southern Interior
March 31, 2016 - 8:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - There are thousands of war monuments and memorials across the country and the Southern Interior alone is home to more than two dozen of them.
Chinese cemetery remains a cornerstone of Kamloops history
March 26, 2016 - 11:30 AM

KAMLOOPS - When Chinese Consul-General Liu Fei encouraged Kamloops’s Chinese community to explore and preserve their heritage in the city in 2013, Elsie Cheung went right to work on the most egregious omission — searching for the records from the Chinese Cemetery, the final resting place for many of the community's earliest settlers.
VIDEO: What Kamloops looked like in the 1950s
March 27, 2015 - 12:59 PM

KAMLOOPS - Sixty years ago, Kamloops was a budding community that looked far different from what it is today and lucky for us someone was smart enough to use video to preserve historical images for future generations.
Corduroy, double knits and extreme weather: What Christmas was like 50 years ago
December 25, 2014 - 9:31 AM

KAMLOOPS – Fifty years ago in Kamloops the gifts, clothes and news were different, but the holiday spirit was just as strong as today’s.

In a look back at the Kamloops Daily Sentinel from December, 1964 the hot ticket items to gift for kids were dolls for girls and trucks or model kits for boys.

The best–selling “Claudette doll” whose eyes opened and closed when you rocked her back and forth was on special at the Hudson’s Bay for $4.49.
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A tomato lover's seven tips for growing them big
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News Items tag as: Kamloops History

iN VIDEO: Footage from 1932 captures scenes of Kamloops Lake, Revelstoke

So what exactly is an Overlander and why is the name attached to so many Kamloops landmarks?

Hey Kamloops, check out this winter throwback from more than 120 years ago

YEAR IN REVIEW: 'Glamazon' flowers, WWII naval bunkers and a radio telescope among the cool places we visited this year

Archival footage gives a snap shot of 1930s working life in Kamloops

Historic Kamloops train robbery to be celebrated at local winery

Mapping war memorials throughout the Southern Interior

Chinese cemetery remains a cornerstone of Kamloops history

VIDEO: What Kamloops looked like in the 1950s

Corduroy, double knits and extreme weather: What Christmas was like 50 years ago

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