News Items tag as: Okanagan Nation

Technology helping to preserve the Syilx language
August 28, 2018 - 8:00 PM

PENTICTON - A three-day language workshop at Penticton Indian Band’s En’owkin Centre is part of an ongoing effort to rebuild and regenerate the Syilx language.
Federal government committed to First Nations involvement in Columbia treaty talks: statement
May 25, 2018 - 4:00 PM

PENTICTON - Three interior B.C. First Nations bands expressed outrage earlier this week at being left out of Columbia Treaty re-negotiation talks just getting underway between Canada and the United States. But that’s not so, according to Global Affairs Canada, who say the Columbia River First Nations are an important part of the negotiation preparations.
Students halfway to goal of learning their Okanagan First Nations language
June 23, 2017 - 7:15 PM

PENTICTON - Seventeen Okanagan First Nations students will be celebrating a milestone today in their efforts to bring their native language back to life.
Okanagan Nation Alliance program to help First Nations youth get 'good-paying' jobs
March 03, 2017 - 6:30 PM

OSOYOOS - A first of its kind project for British Columbia will see the Okanagan Nation Alliance receive provincial funding to help aboriginal youth with employment barriers find work.
Spotted Lake near Osoyoos grabs international attention
August 30, 2016 - 8:00 PM

OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND CHIEF SAYS LAKE DESERVES RESPECT
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JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around town till ten minutes before mom got home, which on weekends was often 2 a.m. Bad news for us when she got home early. We knew every vacant lot,

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Growers and processors selected through a lottery for Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program
Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says. Beshear's administration took a big ste

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Technology helping to preserve the Syilx language