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Kelowna historian aims to learn more about individuals who occupied Chinatown
Mar Jok, Lum Lock and Quon Ho are a few prominent Chinese figures in the…
How to inherit a $28M property: The story behind the O’Keefe Range
Recently put on the market for $28.8 million, the land that Cornelius O’Keefe bought for…
New North Okanagan trail uses old highway; showcases stunning views of Kalamalka Lake
A new extension to the Kal Crystal Waters Trail in the North Okanagan is making…
The history of Oyama’s isthmus shows it’s far from untouched
While a petition asking the District of Lake Country to leave the Oyama waterfront "natural…
Tucked into old Okanagan buildings are chapters of local history
Rip open the walls of an old Kelowna house and you may be surprised to…
Vernon museum set to reopen with exhibit on previous Okanagan pandemics and diseases
Once upon a time, a virus was brought to B.C. and other parts of North…
Volcanoes erupted across the Okanagan Valley 40 million years ago
Step back in time roughly 40 million years and you’ll see the Okanagan Valley filled…
iN VIDEO: A nostalgic trip back to the heyday of Bedrock City in Kelowna
A television ad promoting two former Kelowna tourist attractions has been dug out the archives,…
Kamloops’s Tranquille Sanatorium named one of 10 most haunted places in Canada
One of Kamloops's spookiest locations is getting some national attention. Reader's Digest rounded up the…
Spooky Tranquille Sanatorium? Staff loved it there
Tranquille Sanatorium opened in 1907 northwest of Kamloops for people suffering from tuberculosis. By 1958, advances…
iN VIDEO: Kamloops’s Tranquille Sanatorium captured by drone
A local drone pilot has captured footage of the decommissioned Sanatorium in Kamloops. The old…
World War Two veteran’s dog tags found in Kelowna, returned to daughter by RCMP
Kelowna police have reunited a Calgary woman with her veteran father's lost dog tags. A…
Penticton’s iconic fruit once had a sibling that served ice cream in a nightclub
Penticton's iconic Peach has been a part of the city's history since the early 1960s…
iN VIDEO: Virtual exhibit takes an in-depth look at Canada’s avalanche history
If you’re at all interested in avalanches — or for that matter B.C. history —…
If these pioneers had gotten their way, you could paddle from the Shuswap to Osoyoos
It will take many more years before those pushing for a rail trail from Sicamous…