TteS Honours and Celebrates Pride Week 2022
After a two-year hiatus from the Kamloops Pride Week Celebrations due to COVID, TteS is honoured to be celebrating Kamloops Pride Week 2022. The Pride Week activities are being held on the direct ancestral lands of Tk’emlúpsemc. As an organization, we are committed to...
Congratulations to TteS Grads 2022
From the Office of the Chief – On behalf of Tk̓emlúps Council, I would just like to say Yerí7 re sxexé7 (congrats) to all the TteS graduates of 2022. We would like to pay tribute to your hard work and dedication that you have had to get you to this very important...
Statement in Support of TteS Members
Statement from Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc Chief and Council In consideration of events that have recently taken place, this is a reminder to guests of TteS, that by entering onto our lands, you agree to refrain from disrespecting staff, community members and visitors,...
Freshet Response Update
As a precautionary measure to support freshet preparedness Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc has activated its Emergency Operations Centre to level 1. This allows TteS to actively monitor dike levels and to begin select protection operations including the stockpiling of sandbags...
LLTD Office Closure for 2022 Property Tax Run
Please be advised, that the Lands, Leasing & Tax Department (“LLTD”) is scheduled to do the 2022 Property Tax Run, therefore, they will be unavailable for regular day-to-day operations on the following dates: June 22 – 24, 2022 June 27 – 30, 2022...
Kamloops and the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Receive BC Reconciliation Award
Kamloops, BC — Today, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, in partnership with the BC Achievement Foundation, announced in a news release that the City of Kamloops and the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc have been honored with a British Columbia...
Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc fully supports the appointment of the Special Interlocutor
PRESS RELEASE – Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc, June 7, 2022 On behalf of the Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc, we are very pleased to learn of the appointment and mandate of Kimberly Murray to the position of Special Interlocutor for Canada, in relation to unmarked burials. Since we...
Media Release | Secwépemc cultural protocol
MEDIA RELEASE Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc May 26, 2022 On Monday May 23, 2022, Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc held a memorial commemorating the anniversary of the confirmation of the finding of Le Estcwicwéy̓ (The Missing) near the Kamloops Indian Residential School. “For those...
Ammonia Leak in Mount Paul Industrial Site
~ from the Office of the Chief On behalf of Council, I wanted to reach out to membership regarding the emergency vehicles within the Mt Paul Industrial Park. Currently there is an ammonia leak at one of the businesses in the area of East Sarcee Street and Mount Paul...
Latest Round Of Ground Penetrating Radar
Trigger Warning: Unmarked Graves From: TteS Le Estcwicwéy̓ Date: May 19, 2022 NOTICE: LATEST ROUND OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR The latest round of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) at Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc is set to begin later this week. Under the direction of Doctor...