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An independent school in Kelowna, B.C., has swapped out French as its second language of instruction and replaced it with an endangered language of the local Westbank First Nation. The switch happened earlier this month at Studio9 School of the Arts, a K-to-12 school that has Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. …
Read More »Interior Health’s slow progress on safe supply frustrates doctor, advocates
A doctor in Nelson, B.C., says after four years of trying to establish a safe supply program through conversations with the local health authority, he is making his frustrations public with hopes it will pressure officials into action. Michael Vance, a family physician who focuses on addictions, says he’s had multiple …
Read More »Over 300 properties in B.C. Interior ordered to evacuate as wildfire quintuples in size
Evacuation orders have now been issued for 324 properties in B.C.’s southern Interior following major growth of the Keremeos Creek wildfire over the last day. As of Monday at 2:30 p.m. PT, the fire to the southwest of Penticton was estimated at 22.6 square kilometres in size, more than five …
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