Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Elvis Fans "All Shook Up" As Blue Moon Festival Returns To Merritt This Week
Hot on the heels of another sold out and successful Bass Coast Festival, organizers of the 9th Canadian Blue Moon Elvis Festival are looking forward to bringing many of the finest Elvis Presley Tribut...
Jul 10, 2023 DJ Dodge (Darryl Dudek) of Kelowna will be one of the many Elvis Tribute Artists taking part in the 9th Canadian Blue Moon Elvis Festival. Photo by Trudy Taphorn, TCB Photography
ALL ABOUT THE BASS COAST THIS WEEKEND
The 2023 Bass Coast Music Festival is in the books and according to revelers and organizers alike it was a huge success. The event was under constant threat of thunderstorms and severe weather watches...
Jul 10, 2023 (Photo by Gavin Anshelm Q101)
New Look Centennials Extend Early Bird Ticket Sale
Even though the weather in the Nicola Valley shows temperatures in the mid-thirties for the next week, things are heating up even more for those involved with the Merritt Centennials as off season pre...
Jul 06, 2023 (Image credit: Merritt Centennials)
Jeep Cherokee Sought In Newman Hit and Run Death
Valemount RCMP are hoping to speak with the owner of a Jeep Cherokee in connection with a fatal crash that claimed the life of a Merritt City Councillor Claire Newman on Wednesday. In a news release, ...
Jul 06, 2023 Adorned with flowers and messages of condolences, a memorial for Councillor Claire Newman following her death by a hit and run driver on July 4, 2023. (Photo by Roger White Q101)
Merritt City Councillor Killed
The City of Merritt is saddened to announce the death of Councillor Claire Newman on July 5, 2023. Claire was travelling yesterday to see family and was struck and killed by a vehicle outside of Valem...
Jul 05, 2023 (Photo courtesy of the City of Merritt).
Business As Usual at Lower Nicola Eco Depot
After a brief interruption in services, the TNRD is informing residents that recyclable paper and packaging depot collection has resumed at all solid waste facilities impacted by a temporary service i...
Jul 05, 2023 (Image credit: The Thompson-Nicola Regional District)
Campfire Ban Reinstated On Friday July 7
As the sweltering temperatures continue into the weekend, the Kamloops Fire Centre has announced that effective at noon Friday July 7th, caterogy 1 campfires will be prohibited throughout the region i...
Jul 05, 2023 File Photo (Image Credit: Roger White)
Vehicle Accident Ties Up Highway 5A for Hours Wednesday
The investigation is underway to find the cause of an accident that closed a stretch of Highway 5A, near the Coyote Valley Road on Wednesday morning. No word yet as to what caused a commercial vehicle...
Jul 05, 2023 Work crews are busy cleaning up a stretch of Hwy 5A today as a commercial vehicle overturned near the Coyote Valley Rd. (Photo courtesy of Ken Dunn)
RCMP investigation into Lytton fire continues on two-year anniversary
The BC RCMP investigation into the devastating fire that impacted the Village of Lytton and neighboring Indigenous communities on June 30, 2021, remains active. The Village of Lytton voted to stop ren...
Jul 04, 2023 Haunting images of the June 30th fire that ravaged the community of Lytton - 2 Rivers Remix Society
RCMP Caution Motorists About Playground and School Speedzones
With school now officially done for the summer, Merritt RCMP want to remind motorists that just because school are closed, you should still use caution when driving near school zones. Cpl. Brock Hedri...
Jul 04, 2023 (Photo: Q101 File)
