Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Centennials will play Victoria and Chilliwack at the BCHL Showcase.
SEATTLE - The Merritt Centennials will play the Victoria Grizzlies and Chilliwack Chiefs at this year's BCHL Showcase. The tournament will take place October 22nd to 26th with the Centennials playing ...
Aug 14, 2023 (Image credit: Merritt Centennials)
Centennials sign veteran playmaker Tim Kim
MERRITT - Some exciting news for Centennials fans as 19 year old Vancouver native Tim Kim was signed Thursday. Kim is a veteran player, known for his speed and playmaking abilities. he scored 13 goals...
Aug 11, 2023
CNA Purchase Merritt Courthouse
MERRITT - The CNA is pleased to announce the purchase of the historic City of Merritt Courthouse located at 1840 Nicola Avenue. Plans to restore the old building are in place. The building will be use...
Aug 09, 2023 Merritt B.C. / istockphoto
City of Merritt Now Entering LEVEL FOUR Watering Restrictions
The City of Merritt has entered Level Four Watering Restrictions. In a press release, the City of Merritt's Communications Manager Kim Mullins wrote that following information provided by the Province...
Aug 03, 2023 (Image credit: Q101 File)
Two fires ignite near Merritt
MERRITT - A pair of wildfires have sparked close to the community of Merritt. One fire is located North of the city at the tip of Nicola Lake, the other is to the South, at the old Tolko site. The Bea...
Jul 29, 2023 Tolko site fire (image credit - Jared Thomas)
AMBER ALERT UPDATE: Boltons May Be In Another Vehicle
Surrey RCMP have released new information in connection to an Amber Alert issued on July 20th as the search for 10-year-old Joshuah Bolton and 8-year-old Aurora Bolton. RCMP say Verity Bolton, the kid...
Jul 28, 2023 Surrey RCMP say Verity Bolton and her children may now be driving a green Mitsubishi Delica. (Photo:Surrey RCMP)
City of Kamloops rescinds evacuation alert; hundreds of TNRD residents impacted by large wildfire can return home
The impending safety risk for residents affected by the Ross Moore Lake wildfire south of Kamloops is dwindling. In a news release issued Friday (July 28) morning, the City of Kamloops says it rescind...
Jul 28, 2023
Family Of Missing Children Issue Statement
The family of two British Columbia children who are the subject of an Amber Alert says their disappearance has had a ``devastating'' affect on their big sisters and brother. Surrey R-C-M-P say the whe...
Jul 26, 2023 (From Surrey RCMP)Eight-year-old Aurora Bolton and her ten-year-old brother Joshuah were not returned to their father on July 17th and have been the subject of a province wide Amber Alert.
Police watchdog to probe fatal weekend crash near Logan Lake
B.C.'s police watchdog is looking into a crash that killed three people near Logan Lake Sunday (July 23). The collision took place just before 11:30 a.m. Sunday, on Highway 97D just outside the commun...
Jul 26, 2023
AMBER ALERT: Family Spotted In Merritt July 7th
Police involved in an Amber Alert for two B-C children allegedly abducted by their mother say the three were last spotted together, with two other people, on July 7th, Merritt. Eight-year-old Aurora a...
Jul 21, 2023 Photo from a Merritt gas bar showing 10-year-old Joshuah leading his sister into the store. These are the last known photos of the children taken om July 7th. The Amber Alert was issued on July 19.
