Aaron Hemens
Protestors condemn disgraced social worker Robert Saunders at Kelowna courthouse
syilx and sqilx’w community members gathered outside of Kelowna Law Courts in syilx homelands Wednesday…
Indigenous Peoples Day events within syilx homelands
In honour of sqilxw day (National Indigenous Peoples Day) today, June 21, the syilx Nation…
iN PHOTOS: South Okanagan Pride Society kicks off month-long celebration
The room filled with roaring laughter as Rez Daddy, a local Two-Spirit drag artist, strutted…
iN PHOTOS: Annual Spirit of syilx Youth Unity Run honoured residential ‘school’ survivors
On June 3, for the first time in its 14-year history, the annual Spirit of…
iN PHOTOS: Okanagan Indian Band celebrates return of Cultural Arbor
Hundreds of community members gathered on May 28 to celebrate the grand reopening of the…
Table Talks to bring reconciliation discussions to South Okanagan-Similkameen
A two-year pilot program will bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members together at the kitchen…
Okanagan Indian Band to host grand reopening of Cultural Arbor
The Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) is inviting all members of the OKIB community, the syilx…
Community support emphasized at syilx Nation Drug Forum
During the annual syilx Nation Drug Forum on May 13, syilx people from across the…
Trailblazer: Syrian refugees in Kelowna pay it forward
Since first arriving in Kelowna with his family as Syrian refugees, Mohammad Alshahoud has not…