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Remembrance Day
North Okanagan Remembrance Day ceremonies
NORTH OKANAGAN – Remembrance Day is this Sunday, Nov. 11 and here are some details…
Local historian explores the stories behind the names on Penticton’s cenotaph
The Penticton cenotaph immortalizes the names of soldiers who were killed in the First and…
Where to attend Remembrance Day ceremonies in Kamloops, Okanagan
Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held in communities across the Okanagan and Kamloops on Saturday…
More than a thousand gather for Kelowna’s Remembrance Day ceremony
More than a thousand people gathered around the cenotaph in downtown Kelowna for the Remembrance…
100-year-old year veteran in Kamloops reflects on war
Zack Bourque is an incredible 100 years old, and a veteran of the second world…
iN PHOTOS: How a military camp helped grow Vernon into the city it is today
Soldiers trained at the Vernon Military Camp, now a cadet camp, during both world wars…
Kamloops D-Day veteran, 104, reflects on wars past and present
Living inside a warm and friendly retirement home on Kamloops' North Shore is a very…
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…
London Drugs footing Remembrance Day bill in Victoria
VICTORIA – London Drugs will be footing the bill for Remembrance Day ceremonies in Victoria…
iN PHOTOS: Kamloops Remembrance Day Ceremony brings hundreds together
KAMLOOPS – Riverside Park in Kamloops was packed with those who came to pay their…
A look back at Kelowna at the end of the First World War
KELOWNA – This Remembrance Day marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice that marked the…
Remembrance Day ceremonies in Central Okanagan
There are five Remembrance Day ceremonies planned in the Central Okanagan for Sunday, Nov. 11.…
Penticton to participate in inaugural coast to coast Remembrance Day ceremony
PENTICTON – In what will be a first for Penticton Remembrance Day observations, the city…
Kelowna Legion needs 300 more volunteers for Remembrance Day poppy drive
KELOWNA – The Kelowna Legion is in desperate need of more volunteers for their annual…
Poppy crosswalk will pave a ‘field of flowers’ on Vernon street
VERNON – Artist Amanda Shatzko says Vernon’s new poppy crosswalk will be ‘like walking across…
Vernon Legion to hold crucial meeting amidst falling membership, lack of volunteers
VERNON – The ranks of the Vernon Legion are shrinking. Ron Heuman, legion president, says…
The unique way Vernon is considering honouring its veterans
VERNON – Vernon could become the first city in Canada to honour veterans with a…
Dozens of ceremonies to be held across the Thompson Okanagan region for Remembrance Day
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — Friday marks an important annual day in Canada’s calendar — Remembrance Day —…
Nude marcher joins Kelowna Remembrance Day parade
KELOWNA - A man in the buff tried to join the Remembrance Day parade in downtown Kelowna yesterday. The nude male joined in near the intersection of Water Street and Bernard Avenue just before 11:30 a.m., but was promptly removed from the parade, Const. Jesse O’Donaghey says in a release. "The Kelowna RCMP were vigilant...
Kelowna’s Greenway tree emerges as symbol for Remembrance Day
KELOWNA - The fairies of the Mission Creek Greenway are still tending to a lonely green tree in a forest of yellow leaves this November, but perhaps for the first time, they’ve got people talking about a different holiday. It’s not unusual for greenway walkers or runners to find the little birch tree decorated for...
Keeping memories of sacrifice alive during Veteran’s Week
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - "As the hind of the company reached the street corner about a hundred feet away a shell landed in their midst. About six men went down… The Company Commander lay on his face with the back of his head sheared off… Three other men were killed and lay beside him. The Company Sergeant...
Never forget: Students give us something to think about this Remembrance Day
“THE SOLDIERS… DESERVE TO BE REMEMBERED AND HONOURED” THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Remembrance Day is a long-honoured tradition of remembering the sacrifices of so many Canadians, but in a day and age where war isn’t at the forefront of every home, what do kids think Remembrance Day is all about? Students at Pacific Way Elementary in Kamloops...
Okanagan musician honours uncle with Remembrance Day song
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A local musician thinks the Remembrance Day song he recorded 10 years ago about his uncle's wartime experience should underscore the futility of war for a new generation. “I’m a pacifist myself,” Barry Mathers says. "But as I always say, we didn’t start it but we had to finish it. We couldn’t let...
Young Kamloops vets remember the fallen everyday
'I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS PEACE MORE THAN THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN WAR' KAMLOOPS - Joining the military is a life-changing experience for many young men and women, and while four young Kamloops men joined knowing they were willing to pay the ultimate price to serve their country in Afghanistan, that doesn't change the effect...