Image Credit: Gar Lunney/ Library and Archives Of Canada collectionscanada.gc.ca April 10, 2021 - 6:00 PM Flags across the Thompson Okanagan are at half-mast as Canada marks the passing of Prince Phillip. Prince Phillip, the husband to Queen Elizabeth II, spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life. Buckingham Palace announced his death April 9. He was 99. The royal family has visited the Thompson Okanagan numerous times throughout the years. In 1959, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh toured all provinces in Canada including B.C. The latest visit from the royal family was when William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, visited Kelowna in 2016.
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Cassidy Marchand, a member of the Okanagan Indian Band, started a community clean-up initiative as a student and itâs grown into an annual event.
Image Credit: Kelsie Kilawna April 08, 2021 - 12:00 PM Cassidy Marchand is lining up industrial-sized garbage bags, recycling bags and hi-vis vests in preparation for the fourth annual Community Clean-Up, which will take place on April 17 in Syilx territory on the Okanagan Indian Band. Marchand, who is Syilx, Secwepemc and a member of OKIB, launched the annual clean-up in 2016 when she was a student at Okanagan College. In an Indigenous Studies class, she was asked to create a project that would contribute to her community.
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