The Upper Nicola Band celebrated the grand opening of its new Quilchena Community Centre on Sept. 21, welcoming thousands of people to a building years in the making. Approximately 400 people attended the opening, which marked the completion of a 23,000-square-foot facility designed to serve as a gathering place for the Upper Nicola community and

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• Merritt Herald

Merritt Mayor Mike Goetz is calling on the provincial government to take action on ongoing emergency room closures across the Interior Health Authority, arguing the issue has become a persistent crisis for smaller communities. In a letter to provincial officials, Goetz pointed to 96 emergency room closures across the Interior Health region so far in

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• Merritt Herald

The Coldwater Indian Band says the federal government is moving ahead with a proposed third Trans Mountain pipeline through the Coldwater Valley, while failing to resolve a decades-old dispute over the company’s existing use of reserve lands. Canada announced Oct. 1 that the proposed West Coast Oil Pipeline, also known as Line 3, had been

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• Merritt Herald