Water Stories
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A dam destroyed their river — 61 years later, two First Nations fought for justice
A new documentary — ‘Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again’ — tells the story of the northwestern ‘B.C.’ landscape and the communities taking care of it
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A 250-year plan is in the works to protect Okanagan-Similkameen watersheds
A quarter-millennium is a long way into the future — but for syilx Okanagan leaders, it’s essential to protecting everyone’s siwɬkw (water) for generations
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Xatśūll asks judge for ‘urgent’ injunction to stop raising of mine tailings dam that failed in 2014
A Secwépemc First Nation is trying to stop Imperial Metals from heightening its 60-metre Mount Polley tailings dam — after learning construction already started
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‘Auntie, look!’: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh rekindles herring tradition as slhawt’ make a joyful return
After years of quiet, the nation is celebrating a reunion with the important fish — and all the teachings that come with it
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On the banks of nx̌ʷaqʷaʔstn, a prayer ceremony marks World Water Day
ONA hosted the event in kiʔláwnaʔ with knowledge holder Xwayluxalqs, who reminded people of their responsibility to take care of local waterways
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Land defenders appeal sentences, arguing judge erred during Trans Mountain pipeline trial
April Thomas, Red Deer Billie Pierre and Romilly Cavanaugh were back in court earlier this month after being arrested for breaching TMX injunction in Secwepemcúl’ecw
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‘Salmon relatives come back to their homeland’: Okanagan fish passage, blocked for decades, set to be re-opened
Fishway is expected to be finished by late June — finally allowing salmon access to their historic migration route into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ after more than 70 years
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Columbia River Treaty talks continue amid tense border rhetoric: ‘I’m always optimistic’
Negotiations to update historic deal that excluded First Nations could be affected by soured ‘U.S-Canada’ relations as Trump prepares to take office
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Troubled waters: A new fish weir on Stó:lō territories is met with colonial challenges
Among the salmon and sturgeon-rich streams of the ‘Fraser Valley,’ Indigenous people are reclaiming their traditional fishing practices — once made ‘more illegal than drug dealing’
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Tŝilhqot’in government welcomes ‘long overdue charges’ in Mount Polley mine disaster
The nation’s leadership has been calling for Indigenous-led monitoring, assessment and action around the ongoing discharge of mining waste into their waters