News Items tag as: Okanagan Nation Alliance

Record breaking return of sockeye salmon to Okanagan spawning grounds
September 12, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Hundreds of thousands of sockeye salmon returned to spawning grounds in Osoyoos Lake and Skaha Lake after swimming up the Columbia River all summer, an incredible 1,000-kilometre journey.
Project to re-establish grizzlies in the Okanagan will take time
June 15, 2024 - 6:00 PM

After years of effort, organizations on both sides of the border are working to bring grizzly bears back to an ecosystem that includes the Okanagan.
Okanagan First Nations team up with American agencies to restore grizzly bear population
May 04, 2024 - 1:00 PM

The Okanagan Nation Alliance is working with American agencies to bring back grizzly bears, ki?lawna? in nsyilxc?n, to the Okanagan's transboundary ecosystem.
iN VIDEO: How wildfires and drought are impacting salmon in southern BC Interior
March 17, 2024 - 3:30 PM

Climate change is impacting salmon and the way salmon streams are being cared for in the province.
Pow Wow Between the Lakes returns to Penticton
April 02, 2023 - 12:00 PM

The Okanagan Nation Alliance is hosting the return of Pow Wow Between the Lakes in Penticton this summer.
Okanagan Nation Alliance calls for inquiry following Saunders conviction
October 05, 2022 - 4:30 PM

The Okanagan Nation Alliance is demanding a public inquiry into the actions of Robert Reilly Saunders and the workplace circumstances that allowed him to steal from Indigenous youth in his care for years.
Okanagan Nation Alliance tribal chair calls for criminal charges against Canada, church for residential schools
January 30, 2022 - 11:02 AM

The tribal chair of the Syilx Okanagan Nation says criminal charges should be laid against the church and country of Canada after 93 possible grave sites were found at a former residential school near Williams Lake.
Okanagan drought killing fish and exposing need for major water management change
August 17, 2021 - 7:00 AM

Being in a Stage 4 drought is not going to have much impact on humans living in the Okanagan Valley this year.
Heat wave could have huge impact on Thompson-Okanagan fish
July 01, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Warm waters make a dangerous journey for sockeye salmon and one researcher is suggesting residents should avoid catching and releasing fish in general.
Sylix communities rally for residential school survivors through caravan, ceremony
June 26, 2021 - 11:59 AM

Sylix communities joined together this morning to honour residential school survivors and the children who never made it home from the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
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Strawberry dilemma: Buy cheap American or more pricey Okanagan grown
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North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
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Leaky sewage system nets another fine for South Okanagan development
A South Okanagan developer was hit with another fine for its leaky sewage system, this time for $158,000. The sewage system was recently taken over by the regional district, but that didn't stop the province from handing down its third

News Items tag as: Okanagan Nation Alliance

Record breaking return of sockeye salmon to Okanagan spawning grounds

Project to re-establish grizzlies in the Okanagan will take time

Okanagan First Nations team up with American agencies to restore grizzly bear population

iN VIDEO: How wildfires and drought are impacting salmon in southern BC Interior

Pow Wow Between the Lakes returns to Penticton

Okanagan Nation Alliance calls for inquiry following Saunders conviction

Okanagan Nation Alliance tribal chair calls for criminal charges against Canada, church for residential schools

Okanagan drought killing fish and exposing need for major water management change

Heat wave could have huge impact on Thompson-Okanagan fish

Sylix communities rally for residential school survivors through caravan, ceremony

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