History
iN VIDEO: Okanagan fruit spraying in 1955 came without today’s safety gear
There was a time when Okanagan orchardists had to spend six hours just to spray…
Horses: An industrial revolution for Thompson-Okanagan First Nations
Mechanization transformed the European world and launched the Industrial Revolution in the mid 1700s. At…
Why Okanagan Lake doesn’t freeze anymore
Don Knox remembers not only skating on a glassy smooth Okanagan Lake as a young…
The myths and legends of this Kamloops founding father
While a Kamloops street and nearby mountain are just two of the many tributes to…
How fortunes changed for the Thompson-Okanagan’s largest cities
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
While they were each dubbed with quirky monikers, two men from Kelowna and Kamloops came…
6 things you may not know about Big White on the resort’s 60th anniversary
Since it opened in 1963, Big White Ski Resort has earned an impressive reputation and…
A ‘Canadian story on a local basis’: the importance of Kelowna CN Rail Station
Railways define Canada’s history and, of course, were a driving force for British Columbia to…
iN PHOTOS: Plans coming together to give historic Kaleden Hotel a facelift
The Regional District of Okanagan-Smilkameen is preparing to upgrade the remnants of the Kaleden Hotel…
IN PHOTOS: Where to find abandoned flumes in Kamloops and the Okanagan
Brian Craig of Castlegar was camping east of Kamloops last month when he stumbled upon…
Kelowna man caught with half-million dollars in stolen goods just the latest allegation
When police announced the arrest of a prolific thief, earlier this week, one fact stood…
Highway 3 was BC’s first trans-provincial highway despite reverting back to nature
Back in the earliest days of BC’s European history there were intense territorial battles between…
Why Summerlanders could have had a half-day off today
It may have been short lived but there was a time when today, Oct. 18,…
iN PHOTOS: The downfall of Walhachin; lazy aristocrats and a world war
Drive Highway 1 between Kamloops and Cache Creek and it’s impossible to miss the large…
Canneries had a short but vital heyday in Kamloops, Okanagan
When you think of agriculture in Kamloops, the mind turns to hay and cattle. That…