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MINE CULTURE + SAFETY
RCMP APPRECIATION DAY
A recent report on the Highland Valley Copper Mine found a long list of health and safety concerns.
See inside for local profiles, updates, and more of our local detachment for RCMP Appreciation Day.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2026
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Close to 200 signatures have been collected to present to the school board. JAKE COURTEPATTE
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A concerned group of parents have banded together in a last-ditch effort for an alternate solution to closing a local school. The Nicola-Similkameen School District (SD58) has been conducting information sessions, presentations and question and answer periods throughout the district’s catchment since the fall to determine how best to save the millions of dollars needed to balance the budget in the coming decade. Chief among these discussions is the closure of either Merritt Central Elementary or Collettville Elementary, with redisbursement amongst the other SD58 schools. But for Chelsea Werrun and the other SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL: continued on page 3 JUMP TO: continued on pageX
Celebrating each life like no other
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A HORROR CLASSIC REIMAGINED: Merritt Secondary School arts students put on their own rendition of ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ at the end-of-semester showcase on Jan. 26 titled ‘Artscape 3’.
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