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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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iN DISCUSSION: Rats. So many rats
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of June 30. They may have been edited slightly for readability. The op
iN PHOTOS: Six delicious berries growing in Okanagan, Kamloops
There are numerous kinds of juicy berries growing in Kamloops and the Okanagan in early summer each with bright colours, unique flavours and packed with nutrients. While some berries like raspberries are more common to find growing in garde
There are many illegal marijuana farms, but federal agents targeted California's biggest legal one
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are thousands of illegal marijuana farms around the country. But when the federal government decided to stage one of its largest raids since President Donald Trump took office in January, it picked the biggest
Kootenay woman upset by deer cull sues realtor for 'misleading' her about neighbourhood
An Invermere woman who attempted to sue her real estate agent because she didn't like her neighbours or the fact that the town was culling deer has been ordered to pay special costs because of her behaviour over the seven years of litigation.
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Three workers trapped in B.C.'s Red Chris mine have air, food, water, operator says
VANCOUVER — Three workers trapped underground in a refuge area at the Red Chris mine in northwestern British Columbia h
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Salmon Arm casino worker defrauded employer to feed gambling addiction
A Salmon Arm casino worker who defrauded the casino where he worked to feed his own gambling addiction put in no eff
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Defence wants absolute discharge for Barber in 'Freedom Convoy' trial
OTTAWA — A lawyer for one of two leaders of the "Freedom Convoy" facing sentencing told an Ottawa court Wednesday her c
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