Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Environment Canada Issues a Snowfall Warning for Coquihalla Merritt to Hope
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning on the Coquihalla between Merritt and Hope for today. The weather agency has issued a yellow alert for Highway 5 as a moist frontal system will bring c...
Dec 06, 2025
Merritt RCMP "Stuff The Cruiser" Toy Drive to benefit less fortunate
Members of the Merritt detachment of the RCMP will be at Walmart in Merritt this Saturday, collecting toys for those less fortunate in the Nicola Valley. The "Stuff the Cruiser" toy drive returns to t...
Dec 05, 2025 Cst. Danielle Orr of the Merritt RCMP alongside the RCMP cruiser she hopes will be stuffed during their Toy Drive on Saturday at Walmart from 12-4 p.m.
No new drug toxicity deaths in Merritt for October: B.C. Coroner
The number of drug toxicity deaths in the province dropped in October from September; however, there is still cause for alarm, according to the B.C. Coroners Service. New data released on Wednesday sh...
Dec 03, 2025 Interior Health again warning of Down being sold with concentrations of fentanyl and other high powered chemicals. (File photo Q101)
Local businesses beware; counterfeit money circulating in community
A Merritt business is warning others in the community that counterfeit money is circulating in the region. Sonya and Bobby Garcia, proprietors of Yaki Joe's Pizzeria in Merritt and Kamloops, said Tues...
Dec 03, 2025 Real $50 bills on top. Bogus $50 bills (bottom) recently passed off at Kekuli Cafe in Merritt as local businesses see an increase in counterfeit currency. (Phot credit: Debra Jewel Eisinga)
Merritt mother and daughter making Christmas brighter for those in need
A Merritt mother and her daughter are once again doing their part to ensure those who are less fortunate experience a bit of Christmas magic themselves. For the past nine years, Colleen Moore and her ...
Dec 02, 2025 Colleen Moore and daughter Sienna in front of the many backpacks they organized last year. (Photo: Colleen Moore)
Charges considered following trucks - power pole collision
Merritt RCMP confirm that charges are being considered after a lengthy power outage caused by a motor vehicle hitting a power pole in Merritt on Sunday. Staff Sgt. Josh Roda confirmed and B.C. Hydro c...
Dec 02, 2025
Merritt Centennials off this weekend but busy in community
It was a quiet weekend for the Merritt Centennials on the ice, but not when it came to community events. The Centennials had the weekend off from KIJHL action, preparing for a stretch of five consecut...
Dec 01, 2025 The Merritt Centennials were out in full force on Friday taking part in the Christmas Light-Up Parade. (Photo courtesy Merritt Centennials)
Merritt Country Christmas wraps up with Giant Light Up Parade
Mother Nature cooperated with near-perfect weather conditions on Friday as hundreds of spectators, young and old alike, gathered throughout downtown Merritt to witness the music, lights, and holiday m...
Dec 01, 2025
Investigation underway as CFIA reports avian flu detection in TNRD
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says avian flu has been detected somewhere in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD), though it hasn't said where yet. According to the CFIA, the outbr...
Dec 01, 2025 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa. (File Photo via The Canadian Press)
Light Up Parade highlights today's Christmas Week Activities
It's day five of the 2025 Merritt Country Christmas activities. Beginning this afternoon, it's the first day of the giant Christmas Craft Sale at the Merritt Civic Centre, beginning at 2 p.m., with ve...
Nov 28, 2025
