Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Extreme cold weather warning issued for Nicola
Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: Nicola A period of very cold wind chills is expected. Time Span: Tonight to Wednesday morning. A very cold airmass combined with moderate winds will give wind chill...
Dec 28, 2021
Elijah and family preparing for fifth year of giving back on Christmas
Over the past four years, a Christmas tradition has begun at Kekuli Cafe in Merritt. Following a year in the midst of a pandemic, with wildfires and floods, the importance of giving back isn't lost on...
Dec 24, 2021 Elijah and Cella Mack on Christmas Day 2019.
Credit - Michael Reeve/Q101
B.C. records new daily case record with 2,046 cases, active case count up by 1,486
VICTORIA - The province recorded a new daily case count record for COVID-19 today (Dec. 23), with 2,046 new cases in B.C. Active cases also shot up in B.C, and the Ministry of Health says there are no...
Dec 24, 2021
Municipal facilities see minor impacts from new COVID-19 restrictions
The City of Merritt is announcing that in accordance with the new public health restrictions, the Aquatic Centre Fitness Room will be closed, but the pool will remain open. Merritt's Director of Corpo...
Dec 23, 2021
Merritt records three new cases of COVID-19
The BC Centre for Disease Control has released the latest Local Health Area (LHA) COVID-19 data, covering the week of December 12-18. The Merritt area recorded three new cases of the virus, an increas...
Dec 23, 2021 credit - BC CDC
City of Merritt talks rebuild plans, asks government for more funds
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt says it has made significant progress in rebuilding parts of the community. "Canford Avenue, the sewer system and the water system there - that's been reconstructed...
Dec 23, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. reports another daily high in COVID-19 cases; active cases decrease in Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - B.C. reports 1,474 new COVID-19 cases for Wednesday (Dec. 22) - another provincial daily high - with only 113 of them in Interior Health. Active cases spiked again in the provinces to 7,253...
Dec 23, 2021
Cents fire Chyzowski, hire Toneff as new head coach
The Merritt Centennials are making some changes to their coaching staff after a disappointing first half of the BCHL season. Head Coach and GM Dave Chyzowski has been relieved of his duties with the t...
Dec 22, 2021
B.C. reports 1,308 new COVID-19 cases, 138 in Interior Health
KAMLOOPS - B.C. reports 1,308 new COVID-19 cases for Tuesday (Dec. 21) with only 138 of them in Interior Health. Active cases spiked again to 6,348 in the province (up by 913 since Monday) and increas...
Dec 22, 2021
'Those things, they're gone': Merritt flood evacuees face uncertainty about their future
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt is announcing it will keep 266 properties on evacuation order after the Coldwater River Flood because they are considered unhabitable. Roger Robichaud spends his da...
Dec 22, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today
