Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Interior Health staffing challenges lead to postponed surgeries, frustrated patients
KAMLOOPS - Hugh McLennan - longtime radio host, cowboy, musician and transplant recipient - has become part of another group in the Interior. He's among the many people who have had a surgical procedu...
Feb 11, 2022 CFJC file image
B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations drop again Thursday
VICTORIA - B.C. is continuing a downward trend in hospitalizations due to COVID-19. In a news release issued Thursday (Feb. 10), the province's Ministry of Health says hospitalizations are down 26 to ...
Feb 11, 2022
Council approves early capital project at NVMA
The City relies on a 19-year-old condensing tower to create the ice surfaces at the NVMA and the curling rink. City Staff had identified the project and planned to replace it in 2023, however addition...
Feb 10, 2022 (Image credit: Zachary Stewart/Q101)
Local libraries to supply radon detector kits
Your local library now has a tool to assess a potential health hazard in your home. The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) has made radon detector kits available to borrow from all library facili...
Feb 10, 2022
B.C. government provides Lytton with $8 million for village operations and wildfire recovery
LYTTON, B.C. - The Village of Lytton will receive more than $8.3 million in funding from the B.C. government to support ongoing village operations and recovery. In a news release Wednesday (Feb. 9) af...
Feb 10, 2022 Q101/CFJC File Photo
COVID-19 hospitalizations down by nearly 100 in B.C. Wednesday
VICTORIA - B.C.'s COVID-19 hospitalizations saw a substantial decrease Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health, B.C. reports 893 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Wednesday (Feb. 10), a decrease of ...
Feb 10, 2022
Merritt records 15 illicit drug deaths in 2021
The B.C Coroners Service has released the end of year illicit drug toxicity deaths for 2021. In 2021, there were 2,224 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths, the most ever recorded in a year. This re...
Feb 09, 2022
Petition garners support from City Council
On Tuesday (Feb. 8), Merritt City Council was presented with a petition from residents living above the Coldwater River clay-banks. The petition was asking for support from Council to ensure the area ...
Feb 09, 2022
MLA Tegart honoured to be selected Assistant Deputy Speaker by colleagues
Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart will be serving as the Assistant Deputy Speaker in the B.C. Legislature as she was selected by her peers in the Liberal Caucus. The move means Tegart will no longer be ...
Feb 09, 2022
Nicola Valley ranchers worried about flood support delays as freshet approaches
KAMLOOPS - The $228 million dollars in provincial and federal funding promised to farmers and ranchers is the largest agriculture disaster support in BC's history. Farmers impacted by November's flood...
Feb 09, 2022 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
