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2015 THURSDAY, Dec 31, 2015 • MERRITT NEWSPAPERS
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From fires to land disputes, the past year saw a flurry of newsworthy activity in the Nicola Valley — here are the stories that caught your attention.
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They've been flipped through, clicked on and seen by more eyes than any of the other stories printed this year.
DRAMA ON CORBETT LAKE AS PROTESTERS ARRESTED (DEC.) Back in January of this year, fishermen, including a few from the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club were arrested for trespassing when they crossed over what is said to be private land to get to Corbett Lake to ice fish. The charges were subsequently blocked, but later this year once the lake froze over, six fishermen chose
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to walk onto the lake yet again, this time in an act of defiance. “If they’re out there and they’re going to go out on the lake, then they’re going to get arrested,” Sgt. Norm Flemming, of the Merritt RCMP told the Herald on the morning of the protest. “They are the masters of their own destiny.” The lake is said to be surrounded
by private property, owned by three different groups — the Corbett Lake Lodge, the Douglas Lake Cattle Company, and the Nicola Ranch. The club has been arguing for years that since lakes in British Columbia are public, the privately owned land surrounding it illegally restricts access.
RCMP BUST MARIJUANA GROW-OP (OCT.)
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of charges being pressed due to the circumstantial evidence of the case. On Oct. 9 Merritt RCMP found, seized and began destroying approximately 14,000 ready to be harvested
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