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‘Fire is medicine’: WFN company utilizes prescribed burns to mitigate wildfire risks
April 24, 2024 - 4:35 PM
As wildfires worsen across the province, cikilaxwm (prescribed fire) is gaining more traction as a way to mitigate blazes before they begin, say experts at Westbank First Nation’s forest and resource management company.
From berries to sage, Anona Kampe teaches syilx Okanagan plant knowledge
March 30, 2024 - 3:30 PM
Only take what you need, and use what you take. And whatever you don’t use, you give it back to the land.
For 18-year-old syilx basketball star, sports and mental health intersect
November 20, 2023 - 1:55 PM
Just down the road from where sk’ik’aycin Peter Waardenburg Jr. grew up is one of his favourite safe spaces — the Westbank First Nation’s (WFN) basketball court.
‘Beautiful to witness’: Syilx Language House cohort showcases knowledge at virtual event
November 10, 2023 - 11:30 AM
Students in the Syilx Language House’s first-year nsyilxc?n fluency cohort gave oral presentations entirely in nsyilxc?n to a group of more than 40 virtual observers on Zoom Wednesday.
Regulator approves TMX plan to trench through ‘extremely sacred’ Secwépemc site
September 28, 2023 - 2:42 PM
A Secwépemc knowledge-keeper is outraged after Trans Mountain was given approval from Canada’s energy regulator to trench through an important cultural site to build its pipeline expansion — calling the project colonialism personified.
Okanagan billboard brings message of love to LGBTQ2S+ community
September 27, 2023 - 9:39 AM
A new billboard on display in the Okanagan region is countering hateful anti-LGBTQ2S+ movements with a message of Indigenous love.
TMX seeks to dig open trench through sacred Secwépemc site
September 19, 2023 - 11:30 AM
Federal regulatory hearings are underway as Trans Mountain seeks to dig a kilometre-long open trench through a Secwépemc cultural site which is protected by Indigenous law.
Okanagan Nation Alliance handing out free Juniper bundles to ease risks of wildfire smoke
September 03, 2023 - 9:00 PM
With wildfire smoke still lingering throughout the region, the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) is handing out free mrimstn (medicine) bundles full of punlp (Juniper) to syilx Nation members to help keep the air in their homes clean from toxic smoke chemicals.
‘He still is everywhere’: The continuing legacy of Tk’emlúps' Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour
August 27, 2023 - 6:00 AM
In August 2020, Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour from Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc First Nation staged a four-day fast and vision quest along the riverbank at Sqeq’petsin (Mission Flats area) in his homelands of Secwepemcúl’ecw.
Sncewips Heritage Museum in Westbank hosts cultural competency training
August 20, 2023 - 6:00 AM
Starting at the end of the month, the Sncewips Heritage Museum in stqa?tk??cni?wt (Windy Bay, also known as Westbank First Nation) will be hosting a four-part cultural competency training series.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
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
Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same
Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r
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April 25, 2024 3:07 PM
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Celebrate Shuswap trails with food, drinks and Shred Kelly
The Shuswap Trail Alliance is throwing an event to celebrate everyone who makes trails in the Shuswap enjoyable for
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