First Nations at odds over who gives input on Big White expansion
A dispute over Indigenous consultation on expanding the Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., is testing the relationship between two cross-border First Nations governments.
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Who speaks for Sinixt? Okanagan, U.S.-based tribes spar over representation
Despite having been declared extinct in Canada in 1956, people of Sinixt descent continue to live primarily in Washington ...
Sinixt expansion ‘risks opening a Pandora’s box of transborder claims,’ says syilx Okanagan chief
Leaders from the syilx Okanagan Nation are raising concerns about the “ever-expanding transborder claims” of a related tribe in the “U.S.” that has begun asserting land rights north of the ...
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Sinixt expansion ‘risks opening a Pandora’s box of transborder claims,’ says Okanagan chief
Leaders from the syilx Okanagan Nation are raising concerns about the “ever-expanding transborder claims” of a related tribe in the “U.S.” that has begun asserting land rights north of the ...
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Should U.S. First Nations be consulted about land use issues in B.C?
“We thank David Eby for his recognition and respect of the Syilx Okanagan Nation’s representative role in relation to Sinixt people in Canada in Syilx Okanagan Territory, and we believe all party ...
Vancouver10d
American Aboriginal rights in B.C. becomes election issue
“We thank David Eby for his recognition and respect of the Syilx Okanagan Nation’s representative role in relation to Sinixt ...
Indigenous groups in U.S. and Canada clash over cross-border land claims
Okanagan Nation Alliance in Canada says governments and industry need to limit the influence of the Confederated Tribes of ...
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Automotive giant faces mounting challenges
Stellantis, the parent company to brands such as Jeep, Chrysler, RAM, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Peugeot and Citroen, faces revolt from its largest dealer group. Jeep sales are sliding at home ...
Williams Lake Tribune20d
VIDEO: Williams Lake slide area receives major face-lift
Crews are working steadily alongside Dog Creek Road in Williams Lake, part of a Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure construction project to rehabilitate the historical Hodgson/Dog Creek Road ...
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Mid-Island Indigenous language learning more than tripled last decade
Indigenous language has seen a significant boost on the mid Island, with 37 per cent of Indigenous youths able to speak a few words compared to 10 per cent a decade ago. In the Nanaimo-Ladysmith ...