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Syilx artist and community leader contributes to UBCO’s public art collection
June 24, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Syilx artist Sheldon Pierre Louis says the painting he created for UBC Okanagan’s Public Art Collection celebrates resistance and the strength of Syilx women.
Afro-Indigenous community calls out Sephora Canada for lack of diversity
June 15, 2021 - 7:00 PM

Indigenous representation is rising on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram and in ad campaigns for companies like Sephora Canada, Nike, and RW&CO — and so is criticism about the nature of this representation.
Embrace culture in times of loss and grief, says Syilx mental health worker
June 11, 2021 - 1:29 PM

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How to talk to children about residential schools
June 06, 2021 - 3:29 PM

In the aftermath of the shocking news of 215 children’s bodies being discovered in a mass burial site at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, IndigiNews spoke with educators to gather resources on how to engage with children and youth.
'It's very close to home': Okanagan men run 52 km to raise funds for mental health
May 21, 2021 - 8:00 PM

Okanagan residents Andrew Garant and Cody Teichroeb ran a 52-kilometre ultramarathon along the rail trail from Vernon to Kelowna earlier this month to raise money for the BC Mental Health Foundation.
Students learning Syilx teachings at this South Okanagan high school
May 20, 2021 - 6:00 PM

The Experiential, Project-based, Indigenous and Community (EPIC) program designed to strengthen connections with Indigenous students and boost attendance at a high school in Oliver seems to be working.
New Syilx children's book series 'Follow the Water' set to launch
January 28, 2021 - 11:11 AM

A new children’s book series by a Syilx and Nlaka’pamux author will teach kids about the importance of water as a living entity and how to protect it.
Kamloops artist finds healing through music
November 17, 2020 - 5:30 AM

Cree artist, K.A.S.P. (Keeping Alive Stories for the People), also known as Paul Sawan, is a motivational speaker, facilitator, and multi-award-winning Indigenous hip-hop artist, based in Kamloops.
New information sparks renewed search efforts for woman missing in North Okanagan
November 16, 2020 - 6:00 PM

Kendra Toner remembers a cold morning in May of 2016 when she and a friend headed up to a remote area in the mountains outside of Canoe, B.C.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

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