Okanagan Nation Alliance

• Cross-border waterway forum returns to Osoyoos, B.C.

  Residents who live near Osoyoos Lake, on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, are in Osoyoos this week to discuss the health of the international waterway that connects them.

  Environment

  Oct 28, 2022
  
• Hundreds gather for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation walk

  For the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, the Syilx Okanagan Nation invited residents to step up and support victims of Indian Residential Schools.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2022
  
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• Okanagan Nation Alliance rides through region for overdose awareness

  "A few years ago we had a couple of youth who overdosed and it really put a fire under us...it's enough for us to create this movement."

  Canada

  Aug 30, 2022
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• Hundreds of salmon washing up on beaches in Osoyoos, B.C.

  Over 400,000 Okanagan salmon are destined for Osoyoos Lake and about 40 have been washing up each day this week. A senior biologist refers to it as “the squeeze.”

  Environment

  Aug 25, 2022
• Okanagan Nation Alliance run completed to raise suicide and violence awareness

  This is their 14th year hosting the Unity Run. The 288-kilometre run started on Friday and over the past few days, they've been making their way to Penticton.

  Lifestyle

  Jun 5, 2022
• Okanagan Nation Alliance hosting annual Spirit of Syilx Youth Unity Run this weekend

  The first run happened in 2008 and was initiated by Syilx youth to bring awareness of suicide and violence.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2022
• Quesnel, B.C. Ogopogo ice sculpture captures attention of people far and wide

  Quesnel, B.C., resident Vanessa Hildreth has brought a version of the watery lake creature to life in her front yard every winter for 12 years.

  Weather

  Jan 28, 2022
• City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations

  Vernon council members voted unanimously to transfer the Ogopogo copyright it has held for 65 years to the eight-member Okanagan Nation Alliance.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2021
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• Okanagan Nation Alliance expected to take over copyright of ‘Ogopogo’

  “Initially thought to be a straightforward assignment, the path soon became quite convoluted," the city of Vernon said in documents laying out the shift.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2021
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• Climate change makes Okanagan dam ‘inadequate for managing future floods’

  'It is inadequate for managing future floods in its current state, given the increased volume and frequency of floods as a result of climate change.'

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2021