News Items tag as: Outdoor Education

iN VIDEO: Kamloops outdoorsman shares backcountry lifestyle, survival tips
May 19, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Kamloops resident Marshall Krasser knows how to survive in the backcountry after growing up in the Ozarks in Missouri, learning how to hunt, fish and be self-sufficient in the wilderness.
iN VIDEO: Rugged Kamloops retiree makes up for lost time and shows others how
April 12, 2025 - 6:00 AM

A Kamloops man is adventuring through the backwoods of BC doing all the things he dreamed about while working for decades at an industrial plant, and he's encouraging others to hang up the work boots and live life to the fullest.
How a group of North Okanagan teachers took funding into their own hands
March 13, 2015 - 2:29 PM

NORTH OKANAGAN - It’s not always easy in cash-strapped times for teachers to find spare change for programs, but a group in the North Okanagan has found a way to think outside the box.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

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

BCGEU strike highlights struggle for Okanagan pot shops
The BC General Employees Union strike continues and with BC Liquor Distribution Branch workers on the picket line it’s leaving cannabis retailers in a tough spot. The distribution branch handles almost all of the province’s cann

Big increase in homeless populations in Penticton, Vernon, Salmon Arm
Homelessness in Penticton has almost doubled over the last seven years, while Vernon also saw an increase of more than 20% in the same time period. The number of people in Penticton without a home has increased by 80% since 2018, with 194 n

iN VIDEO: Kamloops outdoorsman shares backcountry lifestyle, survival tips