Our Community

Check out WFN's latest business e-newsletter!

WFN has recently noted the hillside adjacent to its Member Beachlots and below the Bluffs is slipping and people are being asked to stay away.

There’s a new opportunity available for Indigenous artists across Canada. The Okanagan Indigenous Music and Arts Society (OIMAS) has launched the “Honouring our Stories” Artistic Mural and Beautification Project, in partnership with Kelowna’s Gospel Mission and Sncewips Heritage Museum.

Statistics Canada is hiring to support the upcoming 2021 Census. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply online at www.census.gc.ca

To help keep our community safe, please note the following preventative health measures regarding our Government offices, Sensisyusten School, and Westbank Child Development Centre.

Westbank First Nation (WFN) has honoured Okanagan College President Jim Hamilton for his efforts to support the access of Indigenous students to higher learning and Indigenization of the post-secondary system, as well as strengthening ties between WFN and the College.

West Kelowna Fire Rescue will continue their 23rd Annual Holiday Food Drive in support of local food banks. This year due to Provincial health guidelines, the fire stations will be drop off sites for residents to leave their non-perishable food donations from December 1 to 15th, 2020.

The Child Advocacy Centre is collaborating with Westbank First Nation to be the fifth partner of the organization. Launched on Jan. 1, 2020, the centre is a child-friendly facility that supports children and families impacted by child abuse and neglect.

BC Housing has rescheduled their Virtual Neighbourhood Information Session for November 25, 2020 from 6:30pm – 8:00pm for a Land Use Amendment / Rezoning application and proposed supportive housing unit located at 3235 Cougar Road.

Please be advised that there will be intersection improvement works from beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday November 5 to Thursday November 19, 2020 that will result in road closure at the Carrington/Butt Road intersection.

Please be advised of the following advisory for Kelowna Regional Transit System - Route 25 (25 East Boundary Detour). Carrington Road will be closed for the day due to road construction. The 25 East Boundary route will be on detour for October 22, 2020, and all bus stops on Carrington Road will be closed for the duration of the road closure.

In accordance with Westbank First Nation (WFN) Advisory Council Law 2017-10, October 15, 2020, saw a new Advisory Council voted in for a three-year term by WFN residents. The 2020 – 2023 Advisory Council includes new representatives Steven Gilroy (Lakeridge District) and Michael Trenn (Lakeshore District), and returning representatives Ludwig Teichgraber (East Boundary District), John Cole (Prairie District) and Rick Ould (Old Okanagan District).

Each year, WFN completes an annual report highlighting various departmental, community, and organization accomplishments, projects, and future initiatives.

The West Kelowna Urgent and Primary Care Centre (WK UPCC) will open October 5, 2020. The centre is designed to improve the quality of primary care services for people living in West Kelowna, Westbank First Nation and Peachland, by improving the access to primary care that includes urgent primary care services required within 12-24 hours, and by providing ongoing longitudinal primary care for underserved populations in the area.

On Saturday October 3, 2020, from 7:30 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m., paving will occur on Spland Road.

When the pandemic struck, organizers of the popular Youth Exhibition Powwow at Okanagan College (OC) in Kelowna knew they would have to adapt. Each year, for the past 11 years, the event has drawn crowds of hundreds – sometimes more than a thousand – to OC’s courtyard for a day of celebrating, learning about and engaging with Indigenous knowledge and culture.

Andrea Alexander, a Councillor with the Westbank First Nation, and JoAnn Fowler, an Enderby resident who is a mentor for new social workers with the Ministry of Children and Family Development, have been appointed for one-year terms to the Board.

In recognition of the continued easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, effective September 8, 2020, Westbank First Nation (WFN) Council has rescinded their June 29, 2020 resolution related to landlord and tenant relief.

There will be ongoing road improvement works beginning Friday, September 18 and continuing to the end of November 2020. Identified works include the completion of a roundabout at the Carrington and Butt Road intersection, implementation of sidewalk and bike lanes, improved street lighting, and utility upgrades.

Sneena Road will be closed to all traffic, including cyclists and pedestrians, between Bayview Court access road and the Sneena Road underpass from Wednesday, September 9, 2020 to Friday, September 11, 2020 for planned road repair works

In recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day, Westbank First Nation (WFN) staff and community members gathered together to raise awareness to this epidemic. Staff hosted a Drive/Walk-Thru BBQ to support discussion and awareness, as well as made harm reduction kits available for those in need.

Westbank First Nation (WFN) has been distributing salmon to its Members in mid-August for the last five years to ensure they receive traditional food sources, and so younger generations can keep learning about how to process their own harvest.

A 900 pound log gifted to the Westbank First Nation (WFN) is about to become a beautiful canoe in the next few weeks.

Despite a spike in recent COVID-19 cases in the Okanagan, Westbank First Nation (WFN) is cautiously hopeful about the community’s reopening.

Twenty-five Westbank First Nation (WFN) Member graduates, high school and post-secondary, were celebrated and honoured today at an intimate BBQ hosted by WFN Chief and Council.