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Snowbirds stop in Kamloops for a bittersweet greeting
Many people in Kamloops were likely surprised to see Snowbirds fly over this afternoon as…
Fallen Snowbird remembered in Kamloops on anniversary of plane crash
On the one year anniversary of the tragic Snowbird crash in Kamloops that shocked both…
iN VIDEO: Snowbirds pay tribute to Capt. Casey with ‘missing man’ formation
Canada's Snowbirds honoured Capt. Jenn Casey with a special manoeuvre called "the missing man" this…
Canadian Armed Forces stationed in Vernon to assist with wildfires
The Canadian Armed Forces have arrived in Vernon and will be stationed there throughout the…
Military personnel swapping out after battling Interior wildfires
More than 100 Canadian Forces Military personnel are being swapped out as they’ve completed their…
Penticton Indian Band member honoured through Remembrance Day Sentry program
sw?wikist (Corporal Justin George) has been chosen to form part of the vigil for this…
Kelowna man defending military units in Ukraine
A Kelowna Ukrainian-Canadian has safely arrived in Ukraine and is defending military units amid a…
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…
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....