Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
KIJHL issues statement regarding "new" league
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has issued a statement regarding an announcement by eight clubs to leave the KIJHL and operate a league outside the sanctioning of Hockey Canada...
Apr 03, 2026 (KIJHL website)
FRAUD FRIDAYS: Service Scams
As the number of frauds and scams continues to grow in the Nicola Valley, Merritt & Nicola Valley Crime Stoppers, and Q101 are teaming up to present Fraud Fridays, a feature designed to inform tho...
Apr 03, 2026
Music In The Park Series Looking for Performers
Even though summer is a few months away, Janet Allsopp is busy reaching out to artists and entertainers hoping to perform for the City of Merritt's "Music In The Park" concert series, beginning in Jul...
Apr 02, 2026 Paisley Groove, one of the many acts who performed last year at Music In The Park. (Photo: Facebook)
Easter Eggstravaganza returns to Merritt
The City of Merritt will once again be welcoming the Easter Bunny to the Nicola Valley on Saturday for the annual Easter Eggstravaganza celebration. This year's event will be held at Central Park begi...
Apr 02, 2026 (Q101 file photo)
Eight junior hockey teams to leave KIJHL, form independent league
Eight junior hockey teams have announced intentions to break away from the Hockey Canada-affiliated Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) and form their own independent league. The Weste...
Apr 02, 2026 (Image Credit: WIJHL)
B.C. Wildlife Federation building artificial beaver dams in Thompson-Nicola
The B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) is working to maintain existing and build new beaver dam analogues and post-assisted log structures as part of wetland conservation efforts in the Thompson-Nicola r...
Mar 27, 2026 Human-made beaver dam analogue. (Image Credit: B.C. Wildlife Federation)
RCMP nap drugs, cash, and firearms following exectution of warrant
Multiple arrests were made and a quality of suspected drugs, cash, firearms and items consistent with drug trafficking were complicated following the execution of a search warrant in Merritt on Friday...
Mar 27, 2026 (Q101 File Photo)
FRAUD FRIDAYS: Job or Employment Scams
As the number of frauds and scams continues to grow in the Nicola Valley, Merritt & Nicola Valley Crime Stoppers, and Q101 are teaming up to present Fraud Fridays, a feature designed to inform tho...
Mar 27, 2026 Scam Alert | Pattison Media
RCMP call Monday evening fire "intentional" as the investigation continues
The Merritt detachment of the RCMP are looking for the publics help in their investigation into a suspicious fire on Monday night in the city.. Firefighters were called to the scene of a fire in the 2...
Mar 26, 2026
Coquihalla closure caused by 'non-compliant commercial vehicles' as Environment Canada revises snowfall warning
The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt remains closed this morning, and DriveBC is pointing the blame at "non-compliant commercial vehicles" that did not chain up. The highway has been closed...
Mar 26, 2026 Some semis parked at the Box Canyon Chain Up on the Coquihalla as heavy snow falls on the major thoroughfare. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
