Photograph By KTW (file) ACKNOWLEDGING FIRST NATIONS LAND The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has approved a territorial land acknowledgement, which will be recited at future board and committee meetings. Tthe board approved wording of the acknowledgement, following consultation, which states: “The TNRD would like to acknowledge it connects with many First Nation Communities across our vast regional district and today are located on the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc territory, situated within the unceded ancestral lands of the Secwépemc Nation. The TNRD appreciates the partnership that we have with Tk’emlups te Secwépemc and respect the territory and land on which we gather here today.” TNRD director Arjun Singh, a Kamloops councillor, called it an “important step.”