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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca MOBERLY LAKE, B.C. \u2014 Despite some wet conditions which hampered its beginning, West Moberly First Nations\u2019 (WMFN) annual Indigenous culture event went off without delay this weekend. West Mo Days celebrated its 37th annual event, showcasing different aspects of Indigenous culture during the last weekend of July. After months of preparation, WMFN events coordinator Daniel Desjarlais told Energeticcity.ca he was exhausted after all the work to put on the event. \u201cI\u2019m tired but ready to go,\u201d said Desjarlais. \u201cIt\u2019s not as good [a crowd] as we might normally have, but there\u2019s actually still quite a few people here. I threw up as [many] tents as I could to fight the rain and laid tarps everywhere.\u201d To the north of the West Mo… <\/p>\n

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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca MOBERLY LAKE, B.C. \u2014 Despite some wet conditions which hampered its beginning, West Moberly First Nations\u2019 (WMFN) annual Indigenous culture event went off without delay this weekend. West Mo Days celebrated its 37th annual event, showcasing different aspects of Indigenous culture during the last weekend of July. After months of preparation, WMFN events coordinator Daniel Desjarlais told Energeticcity.ca he was exhausted after all the work to put on the event. \u201cI\u2019m tired but ready to go,\u201d said Desjarlais. \u201cIt\u2019s not as good [a crowd] as we might normally have, but there\u2019s actually still quite a few people here. I threw up as [many] tents as I could to fight the rain and laid tarps everywhere.\u201d To the north of the West Mo... <\/p>\n

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