Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

Cents Game Day - Merritt at West Kelowna - Dec 10/21
Date - Friday, December 10, 2021 Game Time - Puck drop 7:00 pm Location - Royal LePage Place, West Kelowna BC Broadcast -Q101 & BCHLTV West Kelowna Warriors - 13-8-0-0 Merritt Centennials - 1-15-1...
Vern Strecheniuk Dec 10, 2021 graphic - Jared Thomas/Q101

Mayor Brown gives Deputy Premier Farnworth tour of Merritt
On Thursday, B.C.'s Deputy Premier and Public Safety Minister, Mike Farnworth visited Merritt to see first-hand the devastating impacts of the November 15th flood. Mayor Linda Brown was able to take t...
Vern Strecheniuk Dec 10, 2021 photo credit - City of Merritt

Sun Life advisors band together to provide Christmas trees to those in need
Sun Life advisors from around the Interior of B.C., have coming together to help Merritt families in need following the devastating flood of November 15th. The advisors donated money to buy 150 local ...
Vern Strecheniuk Dec 10, 2021

Merritt extending bill payments and grant applications
The City of Merritt is extending the deadline to pay utility bills, while also pushing back the grant-in-aid process and business license renewals. Merritt residents now have until December 31st to pa...
Vern Strecheniuk Dec 10, 2021 Merritt Nov. 28 (credit - Michael Reeve/Q101)

Merritt offering bus service to and from Kamloops and Kelowna
The City of Merritt is now offering a bus service for residents who are not yet able to live in their homes. Merrittonians who are in Kamloops or Kelowna and routinely traveling back to Merritt to wor...
Vern Strecheniuk Dec 10, 2021

BC Care Providers Association suffering from staffing crisis, desperate for nurses
KAMLOOPS - The BC Care Providers Association is calling its staffing shortage a crisis. Care Providers CEO, Terry Lake, says it's a province-wide problem, but the Interior region is suffering the most...
Dec 10, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today

BC reports 341 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, nine new virus-related deaths
VICTORIA - The BC Government says the numbers are provisional, but the province recorded 341 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and nine new deaths. In an emailed update today (Dec. 9), the M...
Dylana Kneeshaw Dec 10, 2021

Over 200 lives lost in October to illicit drugs
An increasingly toxic and volatile illicit drug supply has claimed at least 201 lives in October and 1,782 lives in the first 10 months of 2021, according to the latest preliminary data released by th...
Vern Strecheniuk Dec 09, 2021

Lower Nicola Band School providing bag lunches for flood victims
Today (Thursday, Dec. 9), the Lower Nicola Band School will be providing 500 bag lunches to the community and those in need after the devastating flood on November 15. The free bagged lunches will be ...
Vern Strecheniuk Dec 09, 2021

Merritt lifts boil water advisory
The City of Merritt was able to finally lift the boil water advisory for the town Wednesday evening. "Interior Health confirmed today (Wednesday December 8th) that the drinking water was of sufficient...
Vern Strecheniuk Dec 09, 2021
