Okanagan

This historic photo is of the Allison Homestead in Princeton, circa 1920. In the background, KVR rail bridge and confluence of Similkameen and Tulameen rivers. ~ Princeton & District Museum Collection

The Old West: The lost Spanish mound – Similkameen legend or fact?

A column by Bruce Uzelman

 

William Fernie died at the age of 84. (Fernie Free Press)

The Old West: Disaster, devastation and recovery in early Fernie

A column by Bruce Uzelman

 

Okanagan fruit growers and farmers protested at the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative on Sexsmith Road in Kelowna on May 29, 2024. (Gary Barnes/Kelowna Capital News)

Growers and farmers protest at BC Tree Fruits Cooperative in Kelowna

They want the BCTFC to live up to promises following the expansion of a packing house in Oliver

 

B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon Tuesday (May 14) confirmed the existence of talks to find “common ground” with the Conservative Party of B.C. to defeat the B.C. NDP government. Falcon was responding to earlier comments from Conservative leader John Rustad. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

Political Spin: Current polls show an endangered BC United

A column by Bruce Uzelman

B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon Tuesday (May 14) confirmed the existence of talks to find “common ground” with the Conservative Party of B.C. to defeat the B.C. NDP government. Falcon was responding to earlier comments from Conservative leader John Rustad. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)
Giacomo Bossi store at the corner of Johnson and Store Streets, Victoria; left to right, Angelica Bossi, Americo Bossi and Giacomo Bossi. Circa 1870s. (BC Archives)

The Old West: Governor James Douglas and Colonial Victoria

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Giacomo Bossi store at the corner of Johnson and Store Streets, Victoria; left to right, Angelica Bossi, Americo Bossi and Giacomo Bossi. Circa 1870s. (BC Archives)
Prime Minister speaks to reporters during a visit to West Kelowna Fire Hall #31 to meet with first responders and elected officials. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘It is likely to be a bad forest fire season:’ Prime Minister visits Okanagan

The PM met with local first responders and elected officials at Fire Hall #31

Prime Minister speaks to reporters during a visit to West Kelowna Fire Hall #31 to meet with first responders and elected officials. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Longtime Okanagan Falls fire chief Bob Haddow died in April 2024 at the age of 82. (Photo- Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook)

B.C. town mourns death of North America’s longest-serving fire chief

Okanagan Falls fire chief Bob Haddow retired 5 years ago after 50 years of service

Longtime Okanagan Falls fire chief Bob Haddow died in April 2024 at the age of 82. (Photo- Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook)
Couple on Dewdney Trail between Rossland and Trail, July 1900. (Rossland Museum)

The Old West: The Dewdney Trail and Fort Steele – Part 2

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Couple on Dewdney Trail between Rossland and Trail, July 1900. (Rossland Museum)
Construction of the Dewdney Trail near Rossland c. 1865

The Old West: The Dewdney Trail and Fort Steele – Part 1

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Construction of the Dewdney Trail near Rossland c. 1865
A prohibition of Category 3 open fires comes into effect in the Kamloops Fire Centre on Friday, May 3, 2024. (File photo)

Okanagan-Shuswap joining much of B.C. in a ban on large-scale open burning

Category 3 prohibition does not include Category 1 campfires or Category 2 open fires

A prohibition of Category 3 open fires comes into effect in the Kamloops Fire Centre on Friday, May 3, 2024. (File photo)
(BC Wildfire Service)

UPDATE: B.C. interior wildfires being held

Multiple wildfires sparked in the Kamloops, Southeast fire centres over the weekend

  • Apr 21, 2024
(BC Wildfire Service)
Train

The Old West: The railway war in early B.C. – CPR vs GNR

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Train
RCMP search for missing woman. (File photo)

Okanagan RCMP searching for woman last seen in ex-husband’s car

Tatiana Stefanski was last seen in Lumby departing unexpectedly with ex-husband

RCMP search for missing woman. (File photo)
The Arctic Gala, from Okanagan Specialty Fruits, has received Health Canada approval. (Okanagan Specialty Fruits)

Non-browning apple developed in Summerland receives Health Canada approval

Arctic Gala is latest from Okanagan Specialty Fruits to pass inspection

The Arctic Gala, from Okanagan Specialty Fruits, has received Health Canada approval. (Okanagan Specialty Fruits)
Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

Political Spin: The hard facts around the carbon tax

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery Mixoff is back Nov. 9. (OK Mixoff)

Liquor tasting changes draw cheers from B.C. producers

Enhanced tour and service experiences on tap for visitors of wineries, distilleries, breweries and cideries

Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery Mixoff is back Nov. 9. (OK Mixoff)

Political Spin: Canadians are becoming poorer

A column by Bruce Uzelman

A photograph by Frank Cyril Swannell taken on July 2, 1910, showing a stuck freight wagon near Mile 153 on the Cariboo Road. (Facebook)

The Old West: The Caribou Road, Lillooet and exceptional Bralorne gold

A column by Bruce Uzelman

A photograph by Frank Cyril Swannell taken on July 2, 1910, showing a stuck freight wagon near Mile 153 on the Cariboo Road. (Facebook)
On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2024 OAC held an open house for the public to see the devastation the camp sustained in the McDougall Creek wildfire. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Archaeological assessment for Okanagan church camp destroyed in wildfire

Okanagan Anglican Camp lost its buildings in the McDougall Creek wildfire

On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2024 OAC held an open house for the public to see the devastation the camp sustained in the McDougall Creek wildfire. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895

The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895

A column by Bruce Uzelman

The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895