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Contact: Public Works | T 250 707 0493
Parks, cemeteries, roads, and other public facilities are maintained by the public works department, who ensures safe and efficient operations.
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If empty, there are no road or park-related notices at this time.
WFN’s Landscaping and Parks department designs, installs, and maintains landscaping. Plants are selected for their ecological compatibility and suitability to the site conditions and context. Where possible, drought-tolerant and indigenous plants are used to support local wildlife and draw less on limited water resources.
+ Indigenous shrubs x Indigenous shrubs Latin name Common name Traditional uses Acer glabrum var. Douglasii Douglas Maple snowshoes, rattles, masks, headdresses Amelanchier alnofolia Interior Saskatoon berries Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Kinnikinnick smoking material, tea Artemisia tridentata Big Sagebrush clothing, medicinal, ceremonial Ceanothus sanguineus Redstem Ceanothus poultice to heal burns, to smoke deer meat Ceonothus velutinus Snowbrush medicinal uses Comus stolonifera Red-Osier Dogwood branches used to construct traps and tools Chrysothamnus nauseosus Common Rabbit-Brush medicinal uses, hide curing Eleagnus commutata Wolf Willow bark used to make baskets and rope Juniperus communis Common Juniper fumigant, cleanser, medicinal tea Mahonia aquifolium Tall Oregon Grape yellow pigment, berries Philadelphus lewisii Interior Mock-Orange used to make arrows and soap Pushia tridentata Antelope-Brush wildlife forage Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac medicinal uses Ribes cereum Waxy Currant berries Rosa acicularis Prickly Rose berries Rosa Woodsii Woods Rose thorns used to make fish lures Shepherdia canadensis Russet Buffaloberry berries, medicinal uses, trade item Symphoricarpos Common Snowberry pipe stems
+ Indigenous coniferous trees x Indigenous coniferous trees Latin name Common name Traditional uses Pinus Ponderosa Ponderosa Pine chewing gum, smokeless fires Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca Interior Douglas Fir seeds, tea, medicinal and ceremonial purposes, curing buckskin
+ Indigenous deciduous trees x Indigenous deciduous trees Latin name Common name Traditional uses Betula occidentalis Water Birch firewood Populus tremuloides Trembling Aspen tent poles and drying racks Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa Black cottonwood Pillow stuffing, soap, medicinal tea, glue