News Items tag as: Thompson-Okanagan history

iN PHOTOS: Abandoned buildings add character to landscapes in Kamloops, Okanagan
April 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM

There's something quaint about abandoned old houses, cabins and churches that slowly crumble in backcountry spaces and ranch lands.
Horses: An industrial revolution for Thompson-Okanagan First Nations
January 21, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Mechanization transformed the European world and launched the Industrial Revolution in the mid 1700s.
How fortunes changed for the Thompson-Okanagan’s largest cities
January 05, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The road to becoming the largest city in the Thompson-Okanagan was not a clear-cut route.
How the 1952 election transformed Kamloops, the Okanagan and all of BC
December 17, 2023 - 6:00 AM

While they were each dubbed with quirky monikers, two men from Kelowna and Kamloops came to power through a strange electoral process in 1952 that transformed the province.
Canneries had a short but vital heyday in Kamloops, Okanagan
October 02, 2023 - 7:00 PM
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When you think of agriculture in Kamloops, the mind turns to hay and cattle.
How Europeans distorted the true names of Kamloops and the Okanagan
July 22, 2023 - 7:43 AM

While First Nations people living in the Okanagan are commonly known as Okanagan, they actually refer to themselves as Syilx.
iN PHOTOS: Treasure trove of historical depictions of life from Kamloops to Osoyoos
March 05, 2023 - 7:00 AM

A pioneer Okanagan photographer has gained attention recently with the discovery of his early chronicles of the Shuswap region.
iN PHOTOS: The lost speedways of the Thompson-Okanagan
October 17, 2022 - 7:00 AM
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Since 1950, about a dozen speedways came and went in the Thompson-Okanagan, not the least of which was the Billy Foster Memorial Speedway in West Kelowna.
1959 cross-province train trip starts and ends in Vernon
April 26, 2021 - 7:00 AM

A recently posted video on YouTube by Reel Life / Canada Motorsport reveals a more pristine British Columbia interior in a video of a train and steamship journey across British Columbia in 1959.
POP QUIZ: What's the oldest municipality in the Thompson-Okanagan?
January 04, 2021 - 8:00 AM

Ask most people what the oldest municipality in the Thompson or Okanagan is and you’re likely to get Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton or Kelowna.
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iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney

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Kelowna strata management firm fined $15K for not doing any managing
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