Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Bass Coast Music Festival Another Sell Out
Organizers of the Bass Coast Music Festival which happens in Merritt, July 8-11th are announcing that the event is sold out. However, Merritt residents who want to go to the three day extravaganza can...
May 03, 2022 Organizers happy to announce that the 2022 Bass Coast Music Festival is once again sold out. (Photo courtesy of Bass Coast Facebook)
RCMP Warn Motorists To Slow Down On Highways
It was a busy Sunday for members of the Merritt Highway Patrol. Officers report that they took eight excessive speeders off the highway including one driver clocked at 187 km/h in a 110 km/h zone. It ...
May 03, 2022 It was a busy Sunday for members of the Merritt Highway Patrol as officers report that they took eight excessive speeders off the highway including one driver clocked at 187 km/h in a 110 km/h zone.
( Photo credit: Cst. Jerry Davey, BC Highway Patrol)
Grant To Assist LNIB With Fire Prevention
With the wildfire season just a few weeks old, one local First Nation is being proactive so their community is better prepared in case of an emergency. Members of the Lower Nicola Indian Band like oth...
Apr 25, 2022 Ominous skies overlooking Johnny's On The Rez last year in Lower Nicola (Photo: Q101 File)
Flood Debris Removal Program Ending May 31st
The City of Merritt and the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) are reminding residents cleaning up from the November floods that time is running out to dispose of flood related debris free of ch...
Apr 25, 2022 The debris from the November floods keeps rolling into the Lower Nicola Eco Depot. (Photo: Roger White Q101.)
Community Clean-Up Brings Help To Many
People helping people was the theme of the day Saturday as dozens of volunteers, local organizations and businesses gathered together for the Community Clean-Up to help property owners recovering from...
Apr 25, 2022 Volunteers, service groups and more showed up at Rotary park Saturday to help with the community clean up in Merritt. (Photo: Roger White Q101 News)
Fehr Not Re-offering For Merritt Council
While the civic elections for the City of Merritt may be more than six months away, there seems to be a lot of interest as to who is and is not running for the six council seats and for the mayor posi...
Apr 20, 2022 Popular Merritt City Councilor Travis Fehr has announced he will not be seeking re-election when the Civic Elections are help in October. (Photo from www.merritt.ca)
Full Graduation Exercises for Students in 2022
Huge excitement for graduating students in the Nicola Valley. For the first time since 2019, grads within School District 58 will have traditional graduation ceremonies with all the pomp and pageantry...
Apr 20, 2022 SD 58 announced that graduation ceremonies will resume this year as they were before the Covid-19 pandemic began. (Photo: Stacey Krajci)
Merritt Receives $24.2M For Flood Recovery: Province
The City of Merritt along with nine other communities affected by the November 2021 floods will be sharing $53.6 million in provincial funding to support recovery work and get people back into their c...
Apr 14, 2022 Nov. 16 , 2021 (Image Credit: City of Merritt )
Late Night Fire Destroys Home
Merritt RCMP and Merritt Fire Rescue are continuing their investigation into late night fire at a trailer in the Diamond Vale Trailer Park on Wednesday. Sgt. Josh Roda of the Merritt detachment of the...
Apr 14, 2022 CHARRED TRAILER: All that remains of a trailer in the DiamondVale Trailer Park after a fire on Wednesday. (Photo credit: Roger White Q101 News)
New Signage Proposal For Merritt Entrances
Travelers coming into the City of Merritt may soon be greeted in both English and First Nations languages. Calling it a dream she has had for years, Mary Angus made a presentation to Merritt City Coun...
Apr 13, 2022 If Mary Angus has her way, the entrances to Merritt would have a completely different look. (Photo from Mary Angus)
