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‘Water is sacred’: Women and water celebrated in first of its kind event in Peachland

‘Water is sacred’: Women and water celebrated in first of its kind event in Peachland

“When settlers arrived, you could drink the water from our creeks. Now, in 50 years, you can’t drink the water from our lakes or creeks or eat the vegetation on our lakeshore.” Today, the women who attended the first annual tea and bannock celebration in Peachland, are trying to do something about it, with a Syilx water declaration that they hope will inspire other communities to do the same.