News Items tag as: Skeetchestn Indian Band

Skeetchestn residents left 'sick' after bear shot dozens of times in middle of night
October 03, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Neighbours were left feeling sick after they watched a treed bear get shot dozens of times with an underpowered gun over almost an hour in a trailer park at the Skeetchestn Indian Band last month.
Skeetchestn First Nation to return home
August 21, 2017 - 9:35 AM

SKEETCHESTN - As of noon today, Skeetchestn First Nation will be allowed home after an evacuation order in the area was downgraded.
Federal government announces funding for recreation projects for Kamloops and Skeetchestn Indian Band
February 09, 2017 - 8:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - More than a half-million dollars in federal project funding was announced today for Kamloops and the Skeetchestn Indian Band.
Province to fund clean energy for the Skeetchestn Indian Band
November 17, 2016 - 2:57 PM

KAMLOOPS - Skeetchestn Indian Band is set to receive $30,000 from the province to create and develop a community-based energy plan.
Standoff with police near Kamloops ends with arrests
March 19, 2016 - 11:51 AM

KAMLOOPS – What started with a report of gunshots on the Skeetchestn reserve near Kamloops early this morning, ended with the arrest of two men following a three-hour standoff with police.
Local First Nations hosting own review of Ajax Mine
September 10, 2015 - 2:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - A group representing local First Nations will delve into the potential impacts of the proposed Ajax Mine on their traditional territory.
First Nation welcome signs cut down near Kamloops on eve of Aboriginal Day
June 22, 2015 - 10:37 AM

SAVONA - Investigators with Kamloops Rural RCMP are appealing to the public for information after two signs welcoming people to the Skeetchestn First Nation were cut down the night before National Aboriginal Day on Sunday.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on short-term rentals. Eby said Thursday th

News Items tag as: Skeetchestn Indian Band

Skeetchestn residents left 'sick' after bear shot dozens of times in middle of night

Skeetchestn First Nation to return home

Federal government announces funding for recreation projects for Kamloops and Skeetchestn Indian Band

Province to fund clean energy for the Skeetchestn Indian Band

Standoff with police near Kamloops ends with arrests

Local First Nations hosting own review of Ajax Mine

First Nation welcome signs cut down near Kamloops on eve of Aboriginal Day

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