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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.

Report a problem area

Public Notices

If empty, there are no road or park-related notices at this time.

 

Ground Maintenance

  • Mowing and weeding
  • Pruning
  • Small landscape projects
  • Irrigation and sprinkler Projects
  • Placement of flower barrels for Community in Bloom
  • Annual spring and fall clean-ups
  • Cleaning of the creeks within WFN lands
  • Mowing of the ditches along the roadways within the community
  • Maintenance of the Lakeshore Heritage Site
  • Maintenance of Medicine Creek - IR#12 and Medicine Hall - IR#11 and Mission Creek - IR#8


Road Maintenance

  • Regular collection of garbage from WFN sites
  • Road signage installation
  • Cold patching roads
  • Coordinating line painting
  • Coordinating installation of speed bumps/humps
  • Re-ditching roadways

 

Landscaping and parks 

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
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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
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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
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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

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