Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Civic Center to open as temporary cooling centre amid heat warning
MERRITT - The City of Merritt has announced it will open the Civic Center to give residents temporary relief from predicted record-breaking temperatures this week. "Attendees to the cooling center can...
Jul 25, 2022
'Deplorable evil': Full text of the Pope's residential school apology
MASKWACIS, ALTA. - Pope Francis delivered an apology to Indigenous residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alta., after a visit to the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School on Mon...
Jul 25, 2022
Environment Canada issues heat warning for most of B.C.
MERRITT - A heat wave is going to impact B.C. this week. In a public alert issued Monday (July 25) morning, Environment Canada says B.C. will reach daytime high temperatures between 35 to 40 degrees C...
Jul 25, 2022 (Image credit: CFJC Today/File photo)
Daniel Meeker has been missing for over a month
MERRITT - After crashing into Nicola Lake on June 19, Daniel Meeker has now been missing for over a month now. "We are at a stand still right now and there is no closure," Jen Alexander, mother of thr...
Jul 21, 2022
Drug advisory issued throughout Interior Health
MERRITT - A drug advisory has been put in place throughout the entire Interior Health region. Interior Health (IH) officials said Xylazine, or "Tranq", is very prevalent in the drug supply in the east...
Jul 21, 2022
Vehicle recovery on Highway 5A near Knutsford to start Wednesday morning: DriveBC
KAMLOOPS - Drivers travelling on Highway 5A south of Kamloops may need to give themselves more time to arrive to their destination. DriveBC, the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure's tr...
Jul 20, 2022
Sprinklers installed to protect heritage park from wildfire near Lytton
LYTTON - The British Columbia Wildfire Service says crews have made "great progress" in establishing a sprinkler system along a walking path in a provincial park northwest of Lytton, where a wildfire ...
Jul 20, 2022
Block watch and business watch ramping up in the city
MERRITT - The Merritt RCMP Community Policing Office is encouraging local residents and business owners to consider joining Block Watch and Business Watch. First when it comes to block watch Marlene J...
Jul 19, 2022
Four small wildfires have broken out near Nooaitch
MERRITT - Since late last night (July 17) and so far this morning (July 18) four small wildfires have been sparked near Nooaitch. The BC Wildfire Service says all four of the Speous Creek, Cummings Ro...
Jul 18, 2022
Bus 2 cancelled July 18 morning
MERRITT - UPDATE (July 18, 12:11 p.m.) BC Transit said the Bus 2 routes are back to full service starting at 12:00 p.m.. ORIGINAL (July 18, 9:47 a.m.) Two routes for Bus 2 in the Merritt Region...
Jul 18, 2022 Q101- File photo
