Category: Personal Stories

Greg Dixon has started a project to capture and publish personal, family, business and community stories for Merritt, British Columbia.

See https://www.merrittstories.ca/

Merritt is a town of around seven thousand people three hours north-east of Vancouver that was the home of a large county-music festival. There are murals of county stars on buildings downtown.

The town has many families with a long history in Merritt including a family from the Basque region of Spain who arrived over fifty years ago.

There are also many First Nations groups doing amazing things with health and friendship centres.

Greg and his Doug drive elders from remote communities to meetings, medical appointments, and dental appointments in facilities that they created. The also help drive children to the library, pool, and other evens in the region.

Greg will conduct video and audio interviews and assemble photos to tell the stories.

Learn more at https://www.merrittstories.ca/