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Saving the syilx language in the Okanagan
KELOWNA – Ongoing efforts to revive the indigenous syilx language will be boosted with special…
Dance and learn at Okanagan Indigenous Music Festival this summer
WEST KELOWNA – Summertime means getting outside for live music and big celebrations. This July,…
Kamloops university student’s photography captures emotion of missing, murdered women
KAMLOOPS — As a First Nations woman, Tara-Lynn Wilson considers herself lucky for never suffering…
Kamloops lawyer wins right to have indigenous representation on disciplinary hearing
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops lawyer accused of practicing in an area of law he was…
B.C. woman files human rights complaint over students being tied together for the day
A B.C. woman has filed a human rights complaint after two students were tied together…
It’s racist, it’s graffiti but here’s why the Enderby incident is likely not a crime
ENDERBY – Slurs about indigenous people spray-painted at a local skateboard park where a mural…
Augmented reality app helping to revitalize endangered Secwepemctsin language
SPLATSIN – A young girl brushes the hair out of her face and raises an…
Families of missing women in North Okanagan gather to demand answers
ENDERBY – The families of Caitlin Potts, Ashley Simpson and Deanna Wertz aren’t giving up…
Organizers hope hundreds will join walk for missing North Okanagan women
NORTH OKANAGAN – Meagan Louis is hoping for a turnout of 500 people for a…
Interior First Nations elders and chiefs declare state of emergency over fentanyl crisis
KAMLOOPS – First Nations elders and chiefs have declared a state of emergency over the…
Okanagan Indian Band ‘vehemently and vigorously’ opposing neighbouring band’s claim to Silver Star Mountain
VERNON – Letters back and forth between the Okanagan Indian Band and Splatsin First Nation…
UPDATE: Mother and three children from Merritt found
MERRITT – RCMP confirm that the missing 32-year-old mother and her three young children were…
UBC Okanagan panel examines history shared by Syilx and settlers to the Okanagan Valley
ORGANIZERS ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION KELOWNA – Ask the…