People living in Okanagan Indian Band IR #1 have been under an evacuation order since Aug 6, and that order was expanded on Sunday to include the northern end of the OKIB community. Today the order was partially rescinded for the Head of the Lake and Round Lake areas. Byron Louis is Chief of the Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB), which includes over 2,000 members. During the meeting, community leadership shared heartbreaking news of the losses sustained by the community while workers from the band’s Emergency Operations Centre made themselves available for questions. “I’m [also] affected,” says the Chief, who’s been working from a hotel room in Vernon, on his syilx home territory.

Source: thestar August 18, 2021 00:11 UTC