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Emergency room services will now be available at Nicola Valley Memorial Hospital
Interior Health has announced that they were able to locate nursing staff to cover the emergency room at the Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, so that means the temporary closure has been quashed. Shortly after 4 p.m., Interior Health announce that there would be an emergency room closure this evening until Saturday m...
Oct 12, 2024
Indigenous-led STUWI(x) Naturalization Project begins restoration work in flood-damaged area of Merritt
Community tour groups were given a walk-through this week of what will eventually be a restored nature area at the end of Pine Street in Merritt. The STUWI(x) Naturalization Project is a new floodplain restoration plan led by local community members and the six area First Nations, with funding and resources pitched in ...
Oct 11, 2024
Talking Cents: Progress made, as Cents snap five game winless skid on Sunday
The Merritt Centennials winless drought is over. The expansion KIJHL hockey team needed a shootout on Sunday to defeat the Kelowna Chiefs 2-1 for their first win in five games, since the Cents opened the regular season in Quesnel on September 20. "Each and every game we are seeing improvements," said Cents He...
Oct 07, 2024
One dead following single vehicle incident outside of Merritt on Saturday
One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash that took place on Saturday (Oct. 5) afternoon on Highway 5 north of Juliet Road, according to a Merritt RCMP media release. Merritt RCMP were called to the site of a serious single motor vehicle at approximately 3:50 pm on Saturday after a four-door sedan travelling...
Oct 07, 2024
Wind farm proposed along Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Merritt
A wind farm is being pitched for a portion of land that straddles the Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Merritt. The 'Mount Mabel Wind Project' is proposed to have a nameplate capacity of up to 140 megawatts and include nearly 35 wind turbines, a project substation, access roads, an interconnection transmission l...
Oct 04, 2024
