Starting immediately, the City of Merritt will hold its flags at half-mast until June 7th, 2021, one hour for each child found buried in a
mass grave at a former residential school site in Kamloops.
“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.”