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British military vet’s uniform stolen in Kamloops
A British military veteran's uniform was stolen during a break and enter this week in…
Historian recognized for documentary film about Kamloops soldier
A Burnaby man is being acknowledged for his work uncovering the story of Frederick Lee,…
iN PHOTOS: Royal Canadian Air Force jets thunder over Kamloops
The skies over Kamloops boomed with the thundering sounds of two military jets as residents…
iN PHOTOS: Kamloops soldiers take to the skies for tactical exercise
WILLIAMS LAKE – For civilians and soldiers alike, getting to ride in a helicopter is…
iN PHOTOS: Seven moments from the Change of Command Parade in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – War veterans, members of the guard and people of Kamloops attended the Change…
Family pleads for return of precious military medal stolen in Vernon
VERNON – A North Okanagan family says everything else stolen in a recent break-in is…
Okanagan Indian Band still fighting for compensation over military explosives buried on reserve
VERNON – The Okanagan Indian Band is carrying on its legal fight in B.C. Supreme…
Historic Vernon Military Camp under renovation
VERNON – The Vernon Military Camp is getting a facelift. Work is underway to retrofit…
VIDEO: Military C-17 makes rare appearance over Kelowna
KELOWNA – A rare and very large military airplane did two passes south of Kelowna…
Okanagan Indian Band sues government for neglecting to remove unexploded military bombs from reserve land
VERNON – The Okanagan Indian Band is taking the federal government to court over dangerous…
North Okanagan museum locked down after suspected live bomb found on display
ARMSTRONG – A museum in the North Okanagan was locked down earlier this month after…
Removing military explosives from Okanagan band land ‘not as simple as putting money at it’: DND
VERNON – The Department of National Defence is responding to criticism from a local First…
Kamloops veteran receives medal of distinction, gratitude from France
"IT FEELS VERY NICE THAT THEY REMEMBER." KAMLOOPS - If you ask Cpl. Leonard Ford to tell you what the Second World War was like, why he joined or what it feels like to be honoured in Europe, he’ll simply shrug and tell you, "We engineers weren’t in the fighting, we were always building something....
Okanagan Indian Band members being taught how to dispose of dangerous military explosives
VERNON - Members of the Okanagan Indian band are training to clear unexploded military mortars left littered on their lands decades ago. Since the Boer War in 1906, the Department of National Defence used band land at Madeline Lake about 24 kilometres northwest of Vernon and Goose Lake to train soldiers in firing live mortars,...
Kelowna lawyer helping veterans get the help they need
"ONCE YOU'RE IN THAT HOLE IT CAN BE VERY HARD TO CLIMB OUT. THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN." KELOWNA – A local lawyer has made it his mission to help marginalized B.C. veterans transition to civilian life. Matthew Canzer is a Kelowna lawyer who recently started the B.C. chapter of the Veterans Emergency Transition Services....