News Items tag as: Okanagan history

COAST JAPS? The story behind this infamous Kelowna sign from 80 years ago
November 25, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Photos of this infamous sign have been published and posted numerous times over the last 80 years, but the story behind it has been elusive.
Owners of beloved ramshackle house in Armstrong area digging up its history
September 15, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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An uninhabited dilapidated house in the Armstrong area is the subject of numerous photographs and paintings, and the newest owners of the property it sits on are digging up the history behind it.
Chinese Canadian commandos who trained in Okanagan remembered 80 years later
July 22, 2024 - 7:00 PM

During the Second World War there were 13 Chinese Canadians who volunteered for the extraordinarily dangerous Operation Oblivion, and 80 years later Kelowna’s Chinese community remembered their courage.
iN VIDEO: Vernon historian digitizes old film reels to connect people with their past
March 11, 2024 - 7:30 AM

Vernon historian Francois Arseneault digitizes and catalogues old film reels in order to preserve them, but connects people with cherished memories along the way.
Why Kelowna gets credit for first European settlement in Okanagan
March 03, 2024 - 6:00 AM

EDITOR'S NOTE: Since its original publication March 3, this story has triggered debate between historians about the authenticity of the map used and the location of the St. Joseph's Mission. It may not be reliable as fact. See this follow-up story —

Why Okanagan Lake doesn't freeze anymore
January 16, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Don Knox remembers not only skating on a glassy smooth Okanagan Lake as a young child, but also on a nicely frozen Mission Creek.

Ghost town near Oliver could have the first augmented reality heritage tour
November 04, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Historians are working to turn a ghost town into a tourist attraction in order to preserve remnants of days gone by.

Highway 3 was BC’s first trans-provincial highway despite reverting back to nature
October 31, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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Back in the earliest days of BC’s European history there were intense territorial battles between the U.S. and British governments trying to reap the benefits of dozens of gold mines in the province.

Why Summerlanders could have had a half-day off today
October 18, 2023 - 7:00 AM

It may have been short lived but there was a time when today, Oct. 18, was a civic half-day holiday in Summerland.

How Santa, not Shakespeare, led to the naming of the Okanagan's Myra Canyon
September 02, 2023 - 7:00 PM

The Myra Canyon on the Kettle Valley Railway in the Okanagan is world renowned for its spectacular trestles created originally by engineer Andrew McCulloch.

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Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

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