Tag: Lower Kootenay Band

Creston RCMP prepare for OneBC rally, town hall

RCMP Storrm Lennie -
Extra RCMP officers will be on hand in Creston Tuesday as a OneBC town hall and rally draw hundreds of people to the Creston Valley, though police do not anticipate major safety issues.

Lower Kootenay Band opposes OneBC town hall

Politics Storrm Lennie -
The Lower Kootenay Band is publicly opposing a town hall Thursday in Creston hosted by OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie, citing concerns about residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous rhetoric. 

Creston OneBC town hall cancelled at RDCK facility, new venue TBA

Politics Storrm Lennie -
A town hall planned by One BC Leader Dallas Brodie will no longer take place at the Creston and District Community Complex after the Regional District of Central Kootenay cancelled the booking, despite initially approving it. 

Prescribed Burn planned for the Sanca/Kuskonook area

Fire My Creston Now Staff -
A prescribed burn covering up to 4.8 hectares in the Sanca area, about 20 kilometres north west of Creston on the east side of Kootenay Lake, is expected to take place this week.

Ecosystem restoration burn planned for yaqan nu?kiy grasslands area

Environment My Creston Now Staff -
The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting the yaqan nu?kiy- Lower Kootenay Band in an ecosystem restoration prescribed burn...

All ‘hooks’ on deck: Kokanee salmon restocking project casts off

News Storrm Lennie -
The “fin”-tastic kokanee salmon restocking project has kicked off, with egg collections underway at three locations throughout the Kootenays....

Lower Kootenay Band election invalid, appellants say

News Sam Pike -
Last November’s Lower Kootenay Band election for chief and council is facing two appeals. One of the appellants, Rob Louie,...

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