News Items tag as: Okanagan Indian Band

In secret, OKIB council members awarded themselves a huge pay increase
July 30, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Behind closed doors, the Okanagan Indian Band council have voted themselves up to 50% pay increases and kept knowledge of the extra wages from their membership.
New affordable Indigenous housing opens in Vernon
May 21, 2024 - 4:30 PM
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Phase 2 of an affordable Indigenous housing project in Vernon will provide 35 new homes.
Province spending $15M to protect Okanagan drinking water from wildfire
May 07, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The BC government, several municipalities and a First Nation have created a new plan to invest $15 million over several years to ensure the Okanagan’s drinking water is protected from wildfire.
UBC Okanagan student's research may help communities avoid flooding after wildfire
November 18, 2023 - 3:30 PM

Through its Public Scholars Initiative, the University of British Columbia Okanagan is making wildfire regions, such as the Okanagan, safer.
Indigenous Bloom opens cannabis store in Lake Country
January 22, 2019 - 5:00 PM
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LAKE COUNTRY - A cannabis retailer has been up and running in the Central Okanagan for just over a week now in a region that has yet to see a legal pot shop open its doors.
North Okanagan property owners set to vote on wastewater funding
January 16, 2019 - 6:30 AM

NORTH OKANAGAN - North Okanagan property owners will soon have their say on the funding for a proposed wastewater recovery project.
Local politicians in Central Okanagan plan to get up close and personal
November 23, 2018 - 3:00 PM

KELOWNA - West Kelowna is first in line for what could be a series of council-to-council meetings next year to discuss regional issues in the Central Okanagan.
Flooding still has some waterfront properties in North Okanagan under evacuation order
July 11, 2017 - 9:00 PM

NORTH OKANAGAN - As wildfires rage across the province, some people in the North Okanagan still can’t return to their waterfront properties because of flooding.
Suspected algae bloom in Okanagan Lake a 'natural occurrence,' officials say
June 27, 2017 - 4:42 PM

VERNON - A possible algae bloom at the north end of Okanagan Lake continues to be monitored and the Ministry of Environment says there is no evidence that raw sewage made it into the water.
FLOOD WATCH 2017: Okanagan Indian Band issues evacuation orders as lake levels rise
May 24, 2017 - 6:27 AM

VERNON - The Okanagan Indian Band has issued evacuation orders for flood affected residents and organized an informational town hall meeting for tonight.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
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