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Tk’emlups has counsellors, food, lodging for wildfire evacuees
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is looking after many people who have been displaced by wildfires, with…
Kamloops resident becomes voice for her mom who died on Highway of Tears
Kamloops resident, Rae Bennett, is one of thousands of people in British Columbia who have…
Kamloops teacher picking up pieces of her culture, empowering Indigenous youth
Kelsey Jules decided to become a teacher from a sense of responsibility to pass on…
Sylix communities rally for residential school survivors through caravan, ceremony
Sylix communities joined together this morning to honour residential school survivors and the children who…
UPDATE: RCMP investigating after two churches destroyed by fire on Similkameen band lands
The RCMP is investigating two suspicious fires that destroyed churches on Upper and Lower Similkameen…
Dresses line highway as tribute to 215 children found at former Kamloops residential school
Since the remains of 215 children were found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School…
Syilx artist and community leader contributes to UBCO’s public art collection
Syilx artist Sheldon Pierre Louis says the painting he created for UBC Okanagan’s Public Art…
iN VIDEO: ‘In their silence, they woke the world’: Squamish Nation releases powerful video
“In their silence, they woke the world” – these powerful seven words are spoken at…
Indigenous tourism association negotiating rebound piece by financial piece
The president and CEO of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) is not in…
Old-growth activists say they are allied with First Nations. Is that really true?
Huu-ay-aht Chief Coun. Robert J. Dennis Sr. is blunt in his assessment of old-growth activists…
Tk’emlups preparing for archaeological work at site where remains were found
A final report on the preliminary findings of what are believed to be unmarked graves…
New online map of B.C. braids together Indigenous land, language, arts and culture
A new, interactive map weaves together information on Indigenous peoples’ languages, arts, culture, and connection…
Ottawa nixes restock requests for contentious B.C. fish farms
The federal fisheries minister has denied an international aquaculture company the right to stock contentious…
City of Kelowna needs to do more to reconcile with First Nations: city manager
The tragic discovery of the remains of 215 children near the Kamloops Indian Residential School…
Reclaiming Indigenous name on official documents an exercise of difficulty, frustration and pain
For Danita Bilozaze of Luechok Túe, using her family’s original Indigenous name is an essential…
Tk’emlúps asks visitors to slow pace and follow pandemic protocols
The First Nations Health Authority and the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation are advising people…
Indigenous guardian manning remote B.C. territory receives leadership award
Jarett Quock was instrumental in designing the Tahltan First Nation’s very first environmental guardian program…
Afro-Indigenous community calls out Sephora Canada for lack of diversity
Indigenous representation is rising on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram and in ad…
B.C. Indigenous children’s advocate says: ‘Love them enough to fight for them’
Indigenous children’s advocate Cindy Blackstock has been named the recipient of an award for her…
Wilson-Raybould has a message for Ottawa: Stop off-loading responsibility for reconciliation
CONTEST ADVISORY Jody Wilson-Raybould endured a salvo of emotions as news broke confirming the unmarked…
Rez Daddy takes on ‘pandemic blues’ as part of South Okanagan Similkameen Pride
In these times of heaviness and grief, Madeline Terbasket, who is also known by their…
Surgery is more dangerous for Indigenous people and it needn’t be
Indigenous patients in Canada are 30 per cent more likely to die after surgery than…
Embrace culture in times of loss and grief, says Syilx mental health worker
CONTENT ADVISORY Kim Montgomery and Charlotte Whitehead of the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) are embracing…
Kamloops photographer offers free grad photo sessions for Indigenous graduates
A Kamloops photographer is offering free graduation photo sessions to Indigenous grade 12 graduates this…