News Items tag as: Westbank First Nation

New Goats Peak regional park doesn't quite connect to West Kelowna
September 18, 2019 - 4:11 PM

KELOWNA - At the official opening of the Central Okanagan’s newest regional park today there was praise for the cooperation between Westbank First Nation and the regional district in creating the 52-hectare park overlooking Okanagan Lake.
Chris Derrickson challenging Chief Roxanne Lindley in Westbank First Nation election
August 28, 2019 - 10:45 AM

There will be at least one new face on Westbank First Nation council following its September election.
Westbank First Nation's 29th annual síya? celebration
June 06, 2019 - 2:01 PM

WESTBANK FIRST NATION - The sncewips Heritage Museum and Westbank First Nation invite the public to attend the 29th annual síya? celebration June 7 at the Elders Hall & Ball Field in West Kelowna.
Okanagan Nation Alliance bringing sockeye salmon coming back to Okanagan Lake
May 01, 2019 - 7:00 PM

KELOWNA - School children were part of the Syilx/Okanagan Nation Alliance release of 100,000 sockeye salmon fry into Mission Creek in Kelowna yesterday, April 30.
iN PERSPECTIVE: Bonnie Watts explains her eviction from WFN in her own words
April 17, 2019 - 6:31 PM

KELOWNA - Bonnie Watts, the woman who is being evicted from her home on Westbank First Nation land, reached out to iNFOnews with a letter detailing her experience. We've reposted the full letter here.
'I'm not a victim:' Widow evicted from Westbank First Nation vows to keep fighting
April 17, 2019 - 6:30 PM

WESTBANK FIRST NATION - Bonnie Watts has been through the ringer for the last year, but she refuses to feel sorry for herself.
West Kelowna and Westbank First Nation say it's time to make nice
February 26, 2019 - 5:30 PM

KELOWNA - There are few communities anywhere that are as interconnected as much as West Kelowna and Westbank First Nation.
iN VIDEO: Kelowna set to host 2019 International Indigenous Tourism Conference
November 01, 2018 - 2:00 PM

KELOWNA - The Thompson-Okanagan Tourism Association, along with its core partners, were chosen to host the 8th annual International Indigenous Tourism Conference in Kelowna next year.
Westbank First Nation museum takes on Oliver Jackson collection, cultural appropriation all at once
August 10, 2018 - 9:00 PM

WESTBANK FIRST NATION - A Kelowna man who made and wore elaborate indigenous costumes but who was himself white has given the Sncewips Heritage Museum a chance to tackle cultural appropriation head on.
$8.9 million upgrade for WFN school
March 16, 2018 - 11:00 AM

WEST KELOWNA - A Westbank First Nation elementary school will soon get an almost $9 million upgrade.
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