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UPDATE: Parker Cove residents evacuated overnight now allowed to return home
VERNON – People living in Parker Cove, on Okanagan Lake, have been given the OK…
Residents of the Okanagan Indian Band reserve warned of rising lake waters
OKANAGAN INDIAN BAND – An already full Okanagan Lake is expected to rise even more…
iN PHOTOS: Sandbag defences no match for storm on northern tip of Okanagan Lake
OKANAGAN – Some shoreline residents along Okanagan Lake came away from last night's storm unscathed…
Okanagan Indian Band fire department focus of independent review
VERNON – An independent review is underway after concerns were raised about the Okanagan Indian…
Negotiations begin this week on future of piece of Okanagan Rail Trail
A mediator will meet with three government bodies on Friday with the fate of the…
Okanagan Indian Band exploring ideas for new school
Plans for an Okanagan Indian Band school in the North Okanagan are taking shape. The…
Okanagan Indian Band announces $900K cultural gathering space
The Okanagan Indian Band has received the green light to move forward with a new…
Garbage cans, picnic benches coming as regional district takes over Vernon’s Sandy Beach
A popular Vernon beach often used by partygoers as a place to have campfires without…
Okanagan Indian Band says recent COVID-19 cases related to Christmas gathering
The Okanagan Indian Band has announced there are several cases of COVID-19 within its community…
How cannabis helped this Syilx woman walk again
Sitting in a little cafe in Syilx territory in downtown Vernon, Jayna Pooley clinks her…
OKIB member to sit on B.C.’s highest court
An Okanagan Indian Band member has been appointed to the province's top court. Already a…
Chief Byron Lewis wins another term in OKIB election
Incumbent Okanagan Indian Band Chief Byron Louis has won his sixth term as chief taking…
Multiple trailers, cabins destroyed by fire on OKIB land
Multiple cabins and trailers were destroyed in a fire that started along Westside Road yesterday…
Should old residential schools stay in use? Local Indigenous leaders offer insight
As much of non-Indigenous Canada revisits the country’s colonial history others closer to it have…
syilx MMA fighter Rylie ‘Coyote’ Marchand says her Okanagan community keeps her going
Rylie “Coyote” Marchand travelled alone to compete in her latest martial arts tournament in Houston,…