First Nations
Band chief says derogatory sign targeting Indigenous people part of growing trend
CONTENT ADVISORY ENDERBY – A sign posted on the side of a North Okanagan highway…
How a Kamloops Indigenous artist is educating her audience through music
KAMLOOPS – At 19 she's has already shared the stage with Arcade Fire and is…
B.C. Interior First Nations excluded from Columbia River Treaty talks
Three B.C. Interior Indigenous Nations have expressed their condemnation of a recent decision by the federal…
How a Kamloops model is using her First Nations roots on the runway
KAMLOOPS – Brandy Dumont will appear in Toronto’s first Indigenous fashion week at the end…
It’s racist, it’s graffiti but here’s why the Enderby incident is likely not a crime
ENDERBY – Slurs about indigenous people spray-painted at a local skateboard park where a mural…
Augmented reality app helping to revitalize endangered Secwepemctsin language
SPLATSIN – A young girl brushes the hair out of her face and raises an…
Not all Vernon council on side with cultural and anti-oppression training
VERNON – City of Vernon staff and council will be getting “cultural competency” and “anti-oppression”…
Kamloops Métis agency gains child welfare control
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. government has transferred Metis child welfare authority to a Kamloops Métis…
Secwepemc chiefs calling for donations of traditional foods to get through wildfire crisis
KAMLOOPS – With eight of the 17 Secwepemc communities impacted by the B.C. wildfires causing…
Organizers hope hundreds will join walk for missing North Okanagan women
NORTH OKANAGAN – Meagan Louis is hoping for a turnout of 500 people for a…
Police release video images of missing North Okanagan woman believed murdered
NORTH OKANAGAN – Police put out previously unreleased video images of missing woman Caitlin Potts…
Okanagan Indian Band elects some fresh faces to council
VERNON – Six new councillors have been elected to the Okanagan Indian Band council. Yesterday’s,…
UPDATE: An editor’s note and apology
Editor’s Note: This story falls well short of our standards for news and should not…
UPDATE: First Nations woman confronts Justice Minister at Vernon luncheon
VERNON – An angry and upset First Nations woman used a Chamber of Commerce luncheon…
First Nations basketball tournament brings over 700 athletes to Kelowna
KELOWNA – The province’s largest First Nations basketball tournament is taking place in Kelowna this…