Merritt flags to fly at half-mast for next 215 hours

The City of Merritt has announced the flags in the municipality will be flown at half-mast for the next 215 hours, one hour for each child found buried near the former Kamloops Residential School.

That will keep flags at half-mast until June 7, 2021

“We often think of tragedy as happening somewhere else, somewhere distant. We must confront reality and acknowledge that atrocities related to residential schools have been committed in the communities we know and love,” said Mayor Linda Brown. “Many individuals and families in our community still carry the scars of residential school history. We mourn with you and invite all residents of Nicola Valley to do the same.”