News Items tag as: Okanagan history

Founder of three Okanagan communities wanted to keep them exclusive
May 14, 2023 - 6:00 AM

It all started with a peach.
iN VIDEO: How 'Canada's biggest water system' took Vernon from cattle to fruit
April 30, 2023 - 8:00 AM

It was mostly foreign land barons who transformed the Coldstream/Vernon area from cattle and hay to fruit in the early part of the 20th Century.
iN VIDEO: Dwarf apple trees in the Okanagan in the spotlight of this 1955 film
April 23, 2023 - 3:30 PM
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Long before dwarf apple trees became the standard in the Okanagan, the National Film Board was showing the way.
Penticton cop shot and killed by 'Jesse' James on Okanagan Lake more than a century ago
April 23, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The sordid story of the Okanagan’s version of Jesse James led to the shooting of a popular Penticton police officer travelling on the SS Okanagan in 1912.
iN VIDEO: All you ever wanted to know about abandoned mines in B.C.
March 26, 2023 - 7:00 AM

When the dinner conversation turns to mining in B.C., the Okanagan is not likely to come up.
There’s gold in some Okanagan hills
March 19, 2023 - 7:00 AM

There is an old mining cart at the SS Sicamous heritage site in Penticton with the word “Gold” boldly painted on its side.
These Okanagan volcanoes had a long, slow journey to the region
December 25, 2022 - 6:00 AM

It’s easy to believe that plenty of prominent rock formations in the Okanagan were once volcanoes. What is curiouser is the fact they travelled as much as 100 kilometres to get here.
iN PHOTOS: Why tobacco failed to be the Okanagan's biggest crop
December 18, 2022 - 2:30 PM
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Not once but three times in Kelowna’s history, tobacco looked to become the dominant crop in the region.
Why Okanagan Lake doesn't freeze anymore
December 11, 2022 - 7:30 AM

Don Knox remembers not only skating on a glassy smooth Okanagan Lake as a young child, but also on a nicely frozen Mission Creek.
The Kelowna police chief who murdered two people in broad daylight
November 11, 2022 - 2:32 PM

It was 90 years ago when a Kelowna police chief committed one of the city's most shocking and brazen murders, killing a police informant and an ex-deputy.
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Vehicle-free school zone? Some parents skeptical of Kamloops pilot project
Some parents are skeptical about a new Kamloops and school district pilot project which will put a temporary vehicle-free perimeter around a local elementary school in an attempt to increase safety and encourage healthier modes of travel. I

Just in time for summer, new snack shop and patio opens in Penticton
A new lakeside shop just opened in Penticton that offers summertime snacks, coffees, locally made products and beach supplies. Campground Parlor owner Shannon Price is hoping to appeal to tourists and locals alike, and has plans in the work

Competition Bureau recommends changing THC limits for edibles, easing pot packaging
Canada's competition watchdog is putting its weight behind some longtime cannabis industry asks including easing restrictions on cannabis packaging and adjusting limits on how much of pot’s psychoactive component can be in edible produc

Kelowna real estate company must pay $50,000 for defaming former agents
A Kelowna real estate company must pay two former agents $27,500 each for defaming them and abusing the court process by suing after they left the firm. The agents worked for Kelowna’s Premier Canadian Properties real estate firm when

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