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Reality show ‘Jade Fever’ pulls plug amidst mining controversy with B.C. First Nation
After seven seasons, the popular Discovery Canada reality TV series, Jade Fever, aired its last…
‘Finding the Mother Tree’: Ecologist Suzanne Simard offers solutions to B.C.’s forest woes
Everything in an ecosystem is connected. A tiny sapling relies on a towering ancient tree,…
First Nation’s court victory sets precedent for equitable compensation
More than 90 years after the Lac Seul First Nation’s reserve land was flooded to…
Bear in the pool? Keep cool, says WildSafeBC
If you think temperatures above 30°C are hard to take as humans, spare a thought…
Kamloops Tim Hortons closes its doors after street-related incident
A North Kamloops Tim Hortons restaurant has closed indefinitely as a result of an incident…
Survivors of Kamloops Indian Residential School share their stories
Mona Jules recalls the Kamloops Indian Residential School sounding like a beehive when she arrived…
Kamloopa Powwow cancelled for 2nd consecutive year
For the second year in a row organizers have called off the Kamloopa Powwow. The…
How the word Okanagan came to be
nsyilxcen language speaker Marlene Squakin, who also goes by yaxma (cedar basket), says according to…
‘I shouldn’t have to beg for my life’: B.C. woman can’t afford treatment for painful disorder
On a warm Saturday afternoon in May, Madeline was watching her friend’s young daughter open…
Should DFO reel in sport fishing to help save salmon?
Conservation groups want Ottawa to dramatically curtail the recreational fishery as it did with the…
Lytton-area man’s home remains standing after fire; parents not as fortunate
Andrew Loring had no idea what was behind him as he drove home with groceries…
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…
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…
100 celebrities leverage star power in fight to save B.C.’s old-growth forests
Pressure on B.C. Premier John Horgan is climbing as national and global celebrities begin to…
Indigenous tourism association negotiating rebound piece by financial piece
The president and CEO of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) is not in…
Former Kamloops security guard caught on video kicking man wants back on patrol
Rick Eldridge admits he lost his temper, but he wants to be a security guard…
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…
Using an ‘Indigenous lens’ to help those in need in Kamloops
Kamloops’ Out Of The Cold program has seen positive results since implementing services geared toward…
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…
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…
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…