Tag Archives: First Nations

KAMLOOPS - Two local First Nations have received funding from the federal government to preserve their community history.Library and Archives Canada announced that the Upper Nicola Band will receive $...

TK'EMLUPS - With plenty of orange and purple shirts, drumming and songs, it was hard to miss the large group walking across the Red Bridge Friday morning (June 11) to begin 'Walking Our Spirits Home.'...

NANAIMO - A solemn vigil after the discovery of what's believed to be remains of 215 Indigenous children at a former residential school raised a considerable amount of money. The May 31 vigil in Maffe...

Editors note: This story contains graphic details which may not be suitable for some readersNANAIMO - A one year jail sentence was laid down to a Nanaimo man for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl...

KAMLOOPS - Over the course of three days, Adams Lake Indian Band members will walk from Kamloops to Chase to honour the Kamloops Indian Residential School survivors and the children who never made it ...

TK'EMLUPS - Out of the recent discovery of more than 200 burial sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School grounds, B.C.'s Mtis people are advocating for continued education about the scho...

CALGARY - Clarence Wolfleg remembers the day his mother took him to school. It was 1956 and for the next 5 1/2 years he attended the Old Sun Residential School outside Gleichen in southern Alberta. "M...

SALMON ARM - The Secwpemc Landmarks project partners announced the installation of the first of nearly 100 trailhead posts on trail systems throughout the Shuswap Lakes region. Shuswap Middle School h...

Indigenous leaders are expressing disappointment and frustration over comments from Pope Francis they say fell short of an apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. "It's just par...

KAMLOOPS - The discovery of hundreds of child-burial sites near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School has had a far-reaching impact - nationally, and mentally for residential school survivors,...