Author: Osoyoos Times

RUN PROMOTING SAFETY AND HEALTH IN LOCAL FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES PASSES THROUGH OSOYOOS

A sea of orange T-shirts greeted four runners carrying an eagle’s feather down Hwy. 3 from the Richter Pass on the afternoon of Aug. 13.
Cheers went up from the crowd of young members of the Okanagan Nation Alliance as they welcomed the runners into the Osoyoos Visitor Centre as the foursome completed yet another leg of a two-day long relay meant to bring attention to violence and suicide within local First Nations communities.

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RUN PROMOTING SAFETY AND HEALTH IN LOCAL FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES PASSES THROUGH OSOYOOS

A sea of orange T-shirts greeted four runners carrying an eagle’s feather down Hwy. 3 from the Richter Pass on the afternoon of Aug. 13.
Cheers went up from the crowd of young members of the Okanagan Nation Alliance as they welcomed the runners into the Osoyoos Visitor Centre as the foursome completed yet another leg of a two-day long relay meant to bring attention to violence and suicide within local First Nations communities.

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OSOYOOS RESIDENTS ON FRONT LINES OF FOREST-FIRE-FIGHTING EFFORTS

He might look like a mild-mannered real estate agent but beneath that everyday exterior, Luke Pierlet is one of more than a dozen Osoyoos residents working to keep communities safe during fire season.
“I hate sitting around doing nothing and real estate has been a bit on the slow side,” Pierlet said about his recent work fighting forest fires.

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OSOYOOS RESIDENTS ON FRONT LINES OF FOREST-FIRE-FIGHTING EFFORTS

He might look like a mild-mannered real estate agent but beneath that everyday exterior, Luke Pierlet is one of more than a dozen Osoyoos residents working to keep communities safe during fire season.
“I hate sitting around doing nothing and real estate has been a bit on the slow side,” Pierlet said about his recent work fighting forest fires.

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