Okanagan
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Seven years after her disappearance, family of Caitlin Potts reignites calls for justice
Loved ones of the Cree mother travelled from the prairies to the Okanagan to try to find answers about her case
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Basketball superstar from Tkemlúps te Secwépemc, 14, heads to NAIG 2023
Waki-Ya Charging Bear Diablo is departing for Kjipuktuk (Halifax) this weekend to play for Team BC in the U14 men’s league
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At 16, Okanagan teen has Brazilian jiu-jitsu world in a chokehold: ‘She’s the person to beat’
Lillian Marchand of OKIB started practicing the martial art after being bullied — a decade later, she has multiple championships under her soon-to-be black belt
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‘kʷu nəqspʔusm̓’: iʔ sn̓ʕay̓čkstx naʔɬ sixʷápmx ʔučlm̓ iʔ l̓ sn̓x̌ʷn̓tkʷitkʷ ɬa čqʷaʔqʷʔalmín̓tm̓ iʔ stəqtqips
‘tl̓ q̓sápiʔ iʔ l̓ siw̓ɬkʷ kiʔ kʷu c̓alw̓sqílxʷm̓,’ čut Ksx̌an̓, knaqs t sxaʔtústs ɬa čk̓ʷnxasq̓t uɬ sn̓ʔax̌ʷts iʔ sqilxʷ iʔ l̓ Sn̓x̌ʷn̓tkʷítkʷ
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‘One united purpose’: Sinixt, Secwépemc people paddle together amid contentious treaty news
‘Waterways have always been our way of connecting,’ says Stevey Seymour, who helped organize the week-long canoe journey on the waters of sn̓x̌ʷn̓tkʷítkʷ
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Married at the powwow: Dancers tie the knot at snpink’tn event where they first met
Tyrone Kruger and Nicole (Schellenberg) Kruger celebrated their union with a ceremony at the FSCS Powwow Between the Lakes on June 24
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Sending prayers for a safe return, five-day ceremony calls salmon home to syilx waters
ONA’s Salmon Calling Ceremony crosses borders to let the fish know ‘we’re still here, the land needs them, we haven’t given up,’ says Elder caylx
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PIB reveals new qʷc̓iʔs to community with ribbon-cutting ceremony
Community members gathered outside of Outma Sqilx’W Cultural School Thursday to celebrate the new winter home
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A Secwépemc love story: Couple celebrates vow renewal and baby blessing
Landon Sekwaw Peters and Joseph Jules-Peters wanted to celebrate their growing family and how far they’ve come
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Secwépemc law presented in court, but judge says B.C.’s rules ‘reflect the public’s view’
‘We can’t even make a decision on our own territory without that being impeded by this court system,’ says land defender being sentenced