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2021 Annual General Meeting
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL Interior Health is advising about Family Literacyfor
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Climate change
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250-378-3763.
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Get up, get out, get into dance!
378-5575 made BC floods at
Emergency Support Services since Nov. to fill executive positions, in order to
Spring Dance Camp for Young ones
(250) 250-378-5575 15, 2021. Personalized recovery support keep the society going. All the current Interested individuals should submit their
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recovery supports. Creature Comforts: We Love Our Pets
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and Animals The NV Community
In November, BC saw 3 events come hunger. Arts
struggling with homelessness, hurt and
Council community
To date, 28 show themeinis9our
walkers pets
teams
and animals. This past year has challenged our
together to create unprecedented flood- have registered. To register your team, Nicola Valley community in so many
ways.AAnd
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so-called recurring challenges
“atmospheric river” has go been the care of our creatures-
to cnoy/nicolavalley. The localthe pets
fund-
and animals we care for.
brought two days of drenching rain. It raising goal is $20,000.
February
Feb 26th,26,
2022 2022 fell During the forest fires
on already-sodden
move, losses, lost, found,
soilandthatduring
rescues,
couldn’t the river flooding the stories of animals on the
'Hell or High Water' fundraiser
and the stories of comfort that our animals have
absorb much more and was augmented EH Canada Travel, Kenny Hess, the
walk / donate
The Nicola/Valley
volunteer
Food Bank is / share brought
by to us…all thethat
high temperatures stories
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hosting the Coldest Night of Citxw Nlaka’pamux Assembly repre-
cnoy.org/nicolavalley present
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bedslives,
withas snowlivelihood,
melt. as companions, as family.
the Year, a 2 or 5 km walk to
senting the Nooaitch, Coldwater, Shack-
raise awareness for those We invited
Gillett and his the community
colleagues wanted to submit
to es- their stories, photos, and art that show the
Fundraising benefits Nicola Valley Food Bank an, and Cook’s Ferry Indian Bands,
struggling with homelessness,
challenges
timate and comfortof
the contribution that our animals
climate change bring to us. And we hope to share the stories
hurt, and hunger. For more Tourism Nicola Valley, Experience Nico-
of our creatures during our challenging
to the disaster while it was still fresh in la Valley year of forest fires and floods. Come and
info visit Cnoy.org/nicolavalley
& the Rotary Club of Mer-ritt's
share your
public memory. stories They of yourturned petstoand the animals
sci- Hell with our volunteers and workers at the
or High Water Fundraiser has had a
Arts Centre.
ence of climate attribution, which uses date change. The 2-part online fund-rais-
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A COVID-19 test is not recommended
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are a close contact now there’s three.”
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maintain
symptoms and can
services
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and expand
manage
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days. Notify
your transportation
illness at home. Self-iso-
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change, andAries
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All Board members are expected to participate in closer look, you made the right- this week. You need to replen- self. Don't let anyone
Miriam Loken,
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taste; or difficulty breathing. Cassandra
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that transit services are supplied to the community
If you feel unwell and are unsure about your symptoms, Sept Nov 21
and surrounding “It’s important to consider when we’re rebuilding infrastructure how the risks of
contact your healthareas
care via the Society,
provider whereas BC
or call 8-1-1. You deserve praise & acknowl- 'You can't judge a book by This week, a silly situation is You may think that that nothing
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challenged you much is changing in your life.
Rapid COVID-19 tests will be available at Interior Health
in the remainder of the Province.
scenes helpfulness. Your con- about books. This week brings mentally & emotionally. Your — Yet
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