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National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated in Cranbrook’s Rotary Park

Community R McCormack - June 19, 2025

With National Indigenous Peoples Day coming up on Saturday, the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Child and Family Service Society kicked off festivities with a celebration in Cranbrook's Rotary Park.

Ktunaxa Nation opens Regional Health Centre in Cranbrook

First Nations R McCormack - April 25, 2025

The Ktunaxa Nation has officially opened its new Regional Health Centre in Cranbrook, providing a new hub for health and wellness in the community. The...

ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation continues multi-year fuel treatment project

First Nations R McCormack - April 17, 2025

A multi-year fuel treatment project east of the ʔakisq̓nuk community and north of Fairmont Hot Springs will conclude this...

Ktunaxa Nation partners with feds to fund environmental projects

Environment R McCormack - March 21, 2025

The Ktunaxa Nations is partnering with the federal government to allocate $58 million to fund environmental projects around the...

RDEK receives provincial grant for Indigenous cultural training

First Nations R McCormack - February 12, 2025

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) has been given $25,000 from the B.C. government to undertake Indigenous cultural...

New Indigenous justice centre to open in Cranbrook

First Nations R McCormack - February 11, 2025

The B.C. government, working with the BC First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC), will open a new Indigenous justice centre...

Indigenous Nations to have more involvement in Fort Steele management

First Nations R McCormack - January 31, 2025

With Fort Steele Heritage Town soon to be under new management, the Ktunaxa and Shuswap Nations will have more...

Affordable housing development in Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it welcomes residents

First Nations R McCormack - January 28, 2025

Four new affordable duplexes in Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it (Tobacco Plains Band) have welcomed residents back to the community. Columbia Basin Trust...

ʔaq̓am hosts residential school survivor healing event

First Nations R McCormack - September 27, 2024

Kootenay Residential School survivors met in ʔaq̓am for a group healing event to address past traumas. Denise Birdstone, ʔaq̓am Language...

COVID-19, toxic drug crisis contributing to shortened lifespan for BC Indigenous residents

First Nations Kate Brown - August 24, 2024

A new study says the life expectancy of First Nations people in B-C declined precipitously between 2017 and 2021. A...

Ktunaxa Nation applauds progress on Columbia River Treaty

First Nations R McCormack - July 16, 2024

The Ktunaxa Nation Council is applauding the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) agreement-in-principle (AIP) between the Canadian and U.S. governments. The...

Local Indigenous story-tellers become filmmakers in five-day master class

First Nations R McCormack - June 4, 2024

The ʔaq'am community hosted Empowered Filmmaker as part of a five-day master class to teach residents the ins and...

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