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iN PHOTOS: 1st trailhead unveiled in Secwepemc Landmark project
A landmark day finally arrived last week for the Shuswap Trail Alliance, Shuswap Middle School…
Hope historical society’s efforts to save historic train station boosted by positive reports
The fight to save a historic train station in Hope took a major step forward…
Kamloops announces plans for Virtual Canada Day
Kamloops is going to have another virtual Canada Day. The City partnered with the Kamloops…
Long time Kelowna heritage champion Ursula Surtees has died
Ursula Surtees was the driving force behind the preservation of much of Kelowna’s history from…
iN VIDEO: Peachland’s Gasthaus restaurant finally reopening
A beloved German restaurant in Peachland is ready to reopen after nine months. Gasthaus on…
‘Truck Chilling Park’ opens in Kamloops
A unique new park featuring vintage trucks is complete and open to the public. Truck…
Kelowna heritage house fire deemed accidental
A house fire in Kelowna had already engulfed much of the heritage home by the…
‘It’s sad’: Kelowna loses piece of history after fire ravages lakefront home
Kelowna is losing a connection to its history after a fire ravaged a lakefront heritage…
Kelowna church that’s almost as old as Canada celebrating 130th anniversary
A historic Kelowna church that’s nearly as old as Canada is turning 130 this year…
Major changes proposed for historic Kelowna CN Rail Station site
A five-storey commercial office building is planned for the former CN Rail station in downtown…
Millions needed to repair Vernon’s Historic O’Keefe Ranch
The Historic O’Keefe Ranch operated as a working ranch for almost 100 years – from…
VIDEO: What a difference 125 years has made in Kelowna
KELOWNA – If Kelowna’s founder walked the streets of Kelowna today, what would he think? On Monday the Kelowna Museum released a video shot during Provincial Heritage Week that shows Bernard Lequime – or at least an actor portraying him – walking the street that bears his name. Christina Neale, the museums programming coordinator, says...
Heritage buildings to get some love in Kelowna
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - It’s a pretty big to-do list but city planners have come up with priorities for some of Kelowna’s main heritage buildings. Topping the list is remedial work for the former Glen Avenue school, the Water Street firehall and Cameron House, planning specialist Pat McCormick says in a report to city council. The...
UBCO student brings campus cultural clubs together for first ever Harmony banquet
KELOWNA – It's unusual for Ryan Kaila to walk into a room at UBC Okanagan and not know anyone. "I consider myself a pretty well-known person around campus,” he says. “But I walked into this cultural club event and I didn't know a single person there. I noticed that all of these groups get the...
Brent’s Grist Mill heritage site deteriorating quickly
KELOWNA - What do you do when your heritage is crumbling faster than than you can review it? Brent's Grist Mill, one of the city’s premier heritage sites, is rapidly crumbling and cannot wait for council’s heritage review to be fixed, according to a consultant’s report. “So it’s a catch-22 scenario. If we don’t spend the...