B.C. history

iN PHOTOS: Exploring a 125-year-old shipwreck in BC’s Kootenay Lake
The BC Interior isn’t really known for its shipwrecks, but a diver managed to capture…

iN PHOTOS: Hope’s historic Othello Tunnels opening this month after three years of repair work
Part of the popular Othello Tunnels in Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park are set to open…

Famous Martin Mars water bomber finds forever home
The iconic Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber is going to be preserved at the British…

iN PHOTOS: Why residents of Hope fought to move its historic train station, again
After years under threat of demolition, the historic Hope Station House was moved to a…

Photo of Johnny Cash, June Carter visiting Rock Creek gets people talking
The little town of Rock Creek in the Boundary region of BC has a special…

IN PHOTOS: Where to find abandoned flumes in Kamloops and the Okanagan
Brian Craig of Castlegar was camping east of Kamloops last month when he stumbled upon…

Buy this Ashcroft church for less than a condo in Kamloops or the Okanagan
You'd have trouble finding a condo in Kelowna or Kamloops for $400,000 but you can…

No, Hedley was never for sale
Despite online statements that the Southern Interior community of Hedley was once for sale for…

PADOVA CITY: Political, economic scandal once loomed over Kamloops Tranquille farm
Long after it was a sanatorium but long before plans for a winery, the sprawling…

Love for each other, their business kept Kelowna family together for 76 years
A multi-generational department store that survived a world war and the Great Depression could have…

Ancient garbage pile provides a window to the past of Barkerville’s Chinese residents
Dawn Ainsley makes part of her living going through people’s garbage. But Ainsley is anything…