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Tkʼemlúps masked individuals

Apparent white nationalist gathering spotted on Tkʼemlúps reserve Sunday

Sep 27, 2026 | 11:06 AM

TK’EMLUPS — A post on social media appears to show a group of masked individuals gathered on the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve on Sunday morning (Sept. 27).

In the post, the group can be seen wearing black clothing and hats with white face coverings, with some carrying flags.

A logo seen on several of the men’s outfits appears to correspond with the emblem of Second Sons Canada, a white nationalist “Active Club.”

According to the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, Second Sons “encourages its supporters to get firearms and carries out fitness training, practices mixed martial arts, and conducts military drills under the supervision of veterans. They see violence as necessary and inevitable to defend their movement, attack their opposition, and ethnically cleanse Canada.”

A witness reports the group as travelling in four vans, two of which are white and the other two black.

Further social media reports say the group then moved from the Tkʼemlúps reserve to the Battle Street area inside city limits.

The gathering comes just three days before National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Wednesday (Sept. 30).

This also coincides with several Indigenous events in Kamloops this weekend, including the McArthur/Cuthbert Memorial Pow Wow and Stseptékwles re Sk’elép (Coyote Stories) Indigenous Film Festival.

In a post on X, interim BC Conservative Party leader Lorne Doerkson condemned the gathering.

“The white nationalist gathering on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc land this morning was hateful and meant to intimidate,” reads Doerkson’s statement.

“It has no place in British Columbia, and BC Conservatives condemn it completely. We stand with the people of Tk’emlúps, and we expect the RCMP to investigate fully.”

CFJC Today has reached out to the Kamloops RCMP for details.