Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
TNRD issues evacuation order as Nohomin Creek fire near Lytton grows
LYTTON, B.C. -UPDATE (5:50 a.m.): According to the BCWS dashboard online, the Nohomin Creek wildfire has grown to 500 hectares in size as of Friday (July 15) morning. Additionally, the TNRD issued a l...
Jul 14, 2022
Wildfire breaks out just west of Lytton
LYTTON - UPDATE (4:35 p.m.): The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) has confirmed that the fire ignited at 12:45 pm (July 14), and has now grown to 25 hectares. Rob Schweitzer, director, Fire Centre Operati...
Jul 14, 2022
Category Two open fire prohibition to begin in Kamloops Fire Centre
MERRITT - Effective at noon on Friday (July 15), Category Two open fire will be prohibited throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre. In a news release from BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) Tuesday (July 12), the...
Jul 12, 2022
Councillor Melvina White announces she will be seeking re-election
MERRITT - Councillor Melvina White has announced her intentions to seek re-election in October. "I care about Merritt and I love Merritt or else I wouldn't be here trying to make things better and mov...
Jul 12, 2022
RCMP say missing Mission woman may be in Merritt
MERRITT - Mission RCMP is asking for assistance in locating a missing person. According to police, Brittany Ledger Murray has been missing for three weeks, since June 25. "She had mentioned to some fr...
Jul 11, 2022
Fire prevention projects carried out around near the city
MERRITT - With the support of close to $250,000 in funding from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC), the Lower Nicola Indian Band (LNIB) completed a couple of fire prevention projects. "The i...
Jul 11, 2022 Daniela / CC
Industry organization raising funds for Nicola Valley abattoir project
MERRITT - The Small-Scale Meat Producers Association (SSMPA) is launching a fundraising push to help build a meat processing facility in the Nicola Valley. The province doled out $1 million for an aba...
Jul 11, 2022
Bass Coast returning to Merritt
MERRITT - Bass Coast is returning for the 14th year, the 9th in Merritt,and the first in three years. "It's going to have been almost 3 years by the time we open the gate we were closed for the last t...
Jul 08, 2022 Organizers happy to announce that the 2022 Bass Coast Music Festival is once again sold out. (Photo courtesy of Bass Coast Facebook)
Merritt RCMP seize weapons and arrest one man during search warrant
MERRITT - A local man is facing charges after prohibited guns and other weapons were found in a Merritt apartment. In a news release, Sgt. Josh Roda said Merritt RCMP were called last Thursday (June 3...
Jul 07, 2022
Merritt teenager facing 30 charges after arrest
MERRITT - A Merritt teenager, wanted on an outstanding warrant, was arrested after a major police response in downtown Merritt Tuesday (July 5). Sgt. Josh Roda said the boy had been the subject of a s...
Jul 06, 2022
