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All illegal pot stores have been shut down in the Southern Interior, investigator says
A special investigation unit based in Kelowna has managed to shut down most of the…
High times at Okanagan Indian Band’s ‘Green Mile’
NORTH OKANAGAN – Turning off Highway 97 and heading southwest on Westside Road north of…
How cannabis helped this Syilx woman walk again
Sitting in a little cafe in Syilx territory in downtown Vernon, Jayna Pooley clinks her…
Indigenous taco truck owner provides Westside Road community with wildfire updates in lieu of food while evacuated
An Indigenous taco stand owner who was evacuated due to the wildfire decided to continue…
‘Slap in the face’: Province says it won’t act against unlicensed pot shops on reserves
More than three years after marijuana legalization, the provincial government has confirmed that it won't…
Dozen B.C. First Nations funded to pursue clean energy projects
A dozen First Nations in B.C. are taking strides to reduce their dependence on dirty…
Blueberry River First Nations beat B.C. in court and now everything’s changing
Apart from a little pocket of land on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains,…
Boutique adds Indigenous representation to Kelowna’s downtown
In the wake of immense grief, Lisa Luscombe decided life was too short not to…
Spirit North helping Okanagan Indigenous youth reach full potential through sport
Tyren Boots is a transplanted member of the Ontario Mohawk Nation whose office is the…
New harm-reduction program in Kelowna focused on cultural wellness
A new harm-reduction program in syilx homelands aims to create culturally-safe care for Indigenous people…
Wrongful dismissal suit launched against OKIB Group of Companies
The former CEO of the OKIB Group of Companies is suing the band for damages…
iN PHOTOS: After a century of damage, Okanagan nation caretakers restoring Trout Creek
During the eighth annual syilx siw?k? (Water) Forum, attendees visited a local creek which is…
Pow Wow Between the Lakes returns to Penticton
The Okanagan Nation Alliance is hosting the return of Pow Wow Between the Lakes in…
Education project brings syilx teachings into Okanagan classrooms
When European settlement began in syilx homelands more than 150 years ago, the relationship between…
iN PHOTOS: Indigenous music festival rocks Penticton
A colourful lineup of contemporary Indigenous performers kicked off the 2023 sk?l?ap Movable Feast tour,…
Salvaging the sacred from climate disaster in B.C.
The floodwaters rose swiftly and silently inside Nicole Norris’s family home and other residences of…
LAND BACK: Osoyoos Indian Band reclaims sacred salmon fishing site
The Osoyoos Indian Band is celebrating the return of an important piece of land which…
Tide-powered clean energy could help West Coast communities in B.C. ditch diesel
A new tidal energy pilot project to reduce dependence on diesel in B.C.’s remote coastal…
Hundreds of Penticton school kids join in release of 10,000 sockeye fry
Roughly 10,000 sc’win (sockeye salmon) fry were set free into ak? x?umina? (Shingle Creek) last…
Judge can’t try Tsilquot’in man because she’s from Tk’emlups band, lawyer argued
A BC Provincial Court judge was put in an awkward position in a fisheries case…
Former child in ‘care,’ hip-hop artist brings message of visibility to BC legislature
Bryant Doradea never thought he would be performing rap songs in the B.C. legislature for…
THE LAST 33 CARIBOU: Fighting for the survival of a B.C. herd
There’s a serene pocket of mountainous habitat in northwest B.C. where 33 caribou live, drinking…
What was B.C.’s Coast Salish woolly dog, and can we bring it back?
If you had been wandering the Coast Salish territories of British Columbia some 4,000 years…
Mining companies snapping up claims on Indigenous land in B.C. ignore consultation at own peril
Reconciliation isn’t the only thing threatened when mining exploration companies fail to get consent from…