News Items tag as: Thompson-Okanagan history

Ancient fossil bed on cultural site near Kamloops open for summer
July 01, 2025 - 7:00 PM

The fossilized plants, insects and fish at a site between Kamloops and Cache Creek are more than 50 million years old, and are located on land with rich cultural 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.
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La Terrazza owner charged with defrauding Penticton winery
The business partner of a Penticton winery has been charged with defrauding the business. Restaurateur and business partner Giulio Miceli is scheduled to appear in a Penticton courthouse, Aug. 13, facing a single charge of defrauding the Pl

What to know about Trump's potential change in federal marijuana policy
President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states. Trump said Monday that he hopes to deci

Is anyone buying the new shiny Kelowna condos? Actually, they already did
If you hadn't stepped foot in Kelowna for five years, you'd likely be amazed at the number of glass towers now dotting the city's skyline. So far this year, 740 brand-new condo units have come onto the real estate market, more t

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