Every weekend Q101 publishes the ‘Week That Was’ highlighting some of the most interesting news stories of the week.

This week Merritt was talking about a commercial truck ban on highway 5a, an infrastructure agreement between Merritt and Trans Mountain, vaccines for teachers, and the freshet season.

Battle brewing over big rigs on Highway 5A between Kamloops and Merritt

Last week, the TNRD Board of Directors voted in favour of writing a letter in support of a call from local residents to ban commercial truck traffic along Highway 5A between Kamloops and Merritt. Ranchers and residents along that stretch are concerned for their safety, saying the road was never meant to handle a large volume of big trucks.

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Merritt enters infrastructure funding agreement with Trans Mountain

Following a unanimous vote by City Council, Merritt has entered into a funding agreement with Trans Mountain to construct a bulk water and sanitary dump location.

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Local teachers union president questions vaccination timeline for teachers

As the third wave of the pandemic continues across BC, the local teachers union is questioning when teachers will receive vaccines.

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Little risk of flooding; City of Merritt

As the BC River Forecast Centre has issued the first high stream flow advisory of the season for the region, the City of Merritt is providing a freshet update.

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