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News Items tag as: Okanagan history
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.
Imaginary cows had a say in where Westbank First Nation reserves were placed
August 06, 2023 - 7:00 AM
Ever wonder how European colonizers decided where to put Indian reserves in the Okanagan?
There’s a Kamloops and Summerland connection to the ‘Cremation of Sam McGee’
August 06, 2023 - 6:00 AM
“The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
BC’s first trans-provincial highway stalled before it reached the Okanagan
June 11, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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Before there was the Cariboo Wagon Road to Barkerville, the BC government started building a road to the Okanagan after gold was discovered in Rock Creek in 1859.
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Fine dining, at a new high. A Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere
COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothing to write home about. But that could change after a Michelin-starred chef teamed up with the Florida-based startup Space Pe
Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a
Why you should expect a bigger property tax bill in booming Kamloops, Okanagan next year
When the City of Kelowna tried to encourage developers and homeowners to produce more houses on existing lots in its urban neighbourhoods two years ago, it had an immediate effect. Land got assembled. Homes and lots were sold. Fourplexes an
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Kelowna theatre company on hook $55K for firing Billy Elliot star
A Kelowna theatre company is on the hook for $55,000 after it fired a 14-year-old actor with multiple cognitive disa
May 14, 2024 7:00 AM
Vernon woman humbled by award for lifetime of search and rescue service
A Vernon resident has been acknowledged for her incredible 35 years of dedication in the field of search and rescue.
May 14, 2024 6:00 AM
Fine dining, at a new high. A Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere
COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothin
May 13, 2024 9:00 PM
BC moves to prevent offender name changes after Merritt child killer legally gets new name
VICTORIA - Offenders in British Columbia convicted of serious Criminal Code offences will no longer be permitted to
May 13, 2024 7:00 PM
Plan in the works for 671-acre neighbourhood in Kelowna's north-end
Developers have begun a masterplan for the development of 671 acres of McKinley Beach’s hillside in the Kelown
May 13, 2024 5:05 PM
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