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This week, a judicial review is underway in Rossland Provincial Court about a magnesium mine, proposed by West High Yield Resources and the Osoyoos Indian Band.

Indigenous travellers crossing the border into the United States are being warned to exercise extreme caution amid an increasingly tense political climate.

The result paves the way for the community of roughly 2,700 to become a district municipality with its own mayor and council.

Penticton residents have voted against a proposed correctional centre in an opinion poll held by the city.

The Band hopes the hub will attract a new wave of commercial, light industrial and institutional businesses to the region.

Despite the scorching temperatures, Kelowna hasn’t opened any cooling centres or additional water stations.

Osoyoos Indian Band Chief Clarence Louie said after watching the apology, “he’s angry and disappointed.”

Over $1.9 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding will be distributed to communities across the province including in the Okanagan.

Projects in the South Okanagan are going ahead with the help of federal cash, including a new industrial park in Oliver, a reforestation initiative at a nursery in Princeton and arts career training in Penticton.

The Osoyoos Indian Band is building a new industrial park in the South Okanagan. The $5 million Senkulmen Enterprise Park is located on 207 acres of Band land at the north end of Oliver. Band Chief Clarence Louie says they hope to attract manufacturers and create hundreds of jobs for the entire community.

The company said it would install four universal chargers at the site and an additional four at another location for owners of other types of electric vehicles.

In emails to a chairperson with Squamish Nation, the AFN said all resolutions on child welfare were being bumped to a special chiefs assembly this fall.

The national leader of the Royal Canadian Legion has apologized for the actions of its branch in Cranbrook, B.C., for a joke it published about murdering two "Indians."

The fire is currently listed at 2,000 hectares, but BC Wildfire says smoky skies have prevented aerial crews from getting a true read on how big the blaze is.

From winning lottery tickets to a B.C. woman receiving Canada’s first bachelor’s degree of Indigenous language fluency, here are five good news stories from the week to share.

Vehicle fire destroys south Okanagan woman's ranching gear

The B.C. government is providing almost $9 million to help 89 local governments and First Nations conduct wildfire mitigation work.

FortisBC now owns and operates 23 stations across 14 communities in the southern interior, and there are 16 more stations under construction.

Louie was re-elected to his 14th term as Osoyoos Indian Band Chief, a position he was first elected to in 1984.

A Kelowna filmmaker is hoping to gain some recognition on an international scale.