Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
19th closure for Nicola Valley Hospital ER
MERRITT - Right after the announcement of $ 7.5 million in funds for emergency services, the Nicola Valley Hospital's emergency department will be closed today (Oct 20) due to staffing shortages. Inte...
Oct 20, 2023 Nicola Valley Hospital | Zach Amin Photography
Interior Savings and Gulf & Fraser Collaborate to Accelerate Wildfire Relief
BRITISH COLUMBIA - As communities across BC continue to face the devastating impacts of the wildfires, two long-serving credit unions have come together to bring about hope and relief for many. The co...
Oct 19, 2023 File photo: Q101 News
$7.5M funding announced for Merritt, Salmon Arm and Oliver hospitals.
MERRITT - Some good news for Merrittonians after the Nicola Valley Hospital's emergency department closed for the eighteenth time this year due to "staffing shortages." The closure meant the Nicola Va...
Oct 19, 2023 Nicola Valley Hospital | Zach Amin Photography
Merritt Hospital has now been shutdown for "6 % of 2023" after 18th closure
MERRITT, B.C. - Merrittonians awoke to familiar news as the hospital was closed for the 18th time this year. That makes up 6 % of 2023 with 74 days left in the calendar year. That averages out to a cl...
Oct 18, 2023
Application Period Open for Fall 2023 TNRD Regional Grants and Sponsorship Program
THOMPSON-NICOLA - Non-profits and registered charities within the Thompson-Nicola Regional District can apply for the Fall 2023 intake of the Regional Grants and Sponsorship program. Applications for ...
Oct 18, 2023 TNRD logo
CNA to host 2023 Language & Culture Gathering
MERRITT - This month marks the return of the Citxw Nlaka'pamux Assembly's language and culture conference, called the Language & Culture moqix (phonetics: mo-qw-eehx) gathering. The moqix will tak...
Oct 17, 2023 NVIT.ca
Merritt Centennials host autograph signing session after Saturday's game
MERRITT - Captain Aiden Lindblad, Timothy Kim, and Assistant Captain Ryan Spinale all stuck around after Saturday's tough 6-4 loss to the West Kelowna Warriors. Despite arriving at 5 a.m the night pri...
Oct 16, 2023 Lindblad, Spinale and Kim signing autographs.
Game Day: West Kelowna Warriors (5-2-0-0) at Merritt Centennials (4-4-0-0)
Merritt Centennials - 4-4-0 They were dominated on the shot clock in the first two periods last night in Trail. Merritt has been a consistently good team except for two games. Penticton and Trail. The...
Oct 14, 2023
Game Day: @ Merritt Centennials (4-3-0-0) Trail Smoke Eaters (2-1-3-0)
Merritt Centennials - 4-3-0 The Centennials are looking for their first four game winning streak in four years. That season the Cents won four in a row on the road, the Cents will try to win three awa...
Oct 12, 2023 Cents Win | Zach Amin Photography
Merritt RCMP bust Marijuana Grow-Op by Iron Mountain
MERRITT - On October 5th,2023 the Merritt RCMP General Investigation Section, with support from Front Line and B.C Highway Patrol officers, executed a search warrant on a rural property located on Pan...
Oct 12, 2023 Merritt RCMP
