Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Special weather statement issued for Coquihalla and Nicola Valley
Special weather statement in effect for: Nicola Coquihalla Highway - Hope to Merritt Coquihalla Highway - Merritt to Kamloops Okanagan Connector - Merritt to Kelowna Potential for heavy snow Wednesday...
Jan 04, 2022
All Merritt bus routes resume
Update- Regular service has been restored. The Merritt Transit System is reporting that due to mechanical problems all bus routes in the City are cancelled until further notice. The cancellation began...
Jan 04, 2022 Q101- File photo
Work progressing along Highway 8
The BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has been working along Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge since the flooding in mid-November. In an update, the team working on the stret...
Jan 04, 2022 Two damaged locations on Highway 8, about seven kilometres east of Spences Bridge (Image Credit: Flickr / Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure)
B.C. reports more than 9,000 new COVID-19 cases over weekend
VICTORIA - The B.C. Ministry of Health is reporting 9,332 new cases of COVID-19 over the New Year's weekend. The province released the preliminary figures Monday afternoon in a news release. From Frid...
Jan 04, 2022
Community mourns loss of broadcaster
A longtime radio station owner who used her business to champion industry, tourism and non-profit organizations has died after a valiant effort to overcome cancer. Elizabeth Ann Laird (nee Futter) pas...
Jan 03, 2022 Elizabeth Laird (1948-2021)
Both Ward brothers score, Cents win 3-2 in OT
The Cranbrook Bucks made their first ever visit to the NVMA on Sunday afternoon, riding a five game win streak. It didn't take long for the Bucks to find the back of the net with AJ Vasko finding the ...
Jan 02, 2022 graphic - Jared Thomas/Q101
Cents Game Day - Merritt vs Cranbrook - Jan 2/22
Date - Sunday, January 2, 2022 Game Time - Puck drop 2:00 pm Location - Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, Merritt B.C. Broadcast -Q101 & BCHLTV Cranbrook Bucks - 15-10-1-0 Merritt Centennials - 1-21-1...
Jan 01, 2022
Floods, Fires, COVID-19, and Unmarked Graves; The stories of 2021
Four major stories dominated the headlines in 2021, both across Canada and B.C. But also locally in Merritt. The biggest story in Canada, as voted by the CP, was the discovery of 215 unmarked graves o...
Dec 31, 2021 Greg Lowis/City of Merritt
Home sales drop in November
As Merritt residents were forced from their homes for large parts of November, it's not surprising to see home sales drop in the region. According to the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association,...
Dec 30, 2021 credit - CFJC
Return to school delayed, new measures introduced
A full return to school for students in kindergarten to Grade 12 will be delayed until Monday, Jan. 10, in order to give public health and B.C. schools additional time to adapt to the impacts of the O...
Dec 30, 2021
