Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Cents Game Day - Prince George @ Merritt - Oct 8/21
Date - Friday, October 8, 2021 Game Time - Puck drop 7:00 pm, Pregame show 6:45 pm Location - Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, Merritt BC Broadcast - CKMQ-FM Q101 & BCHLTV Prince George Spruce...
Oct 08, 2021 Q101/Jared Thomas
Work to do for Sloan at Shriner's Open
Roger Sloan has a hard days work ahead of himself at the Shriner's Open Friday. The Merritt golfer had an up and down day on Thursday, carding four bogeys and four birdies, for a level par 71. It was ...
Oct 08, 2021 Credit: Roger Sloan / Facebook
Opposition Liberals grill New Democrat responses to wildfire recovery, heat wave
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberals say the lives and livelihoods of communities, citizens and businesses devastated by summer wildfires are being kept needlessly on hold.Fraser Nicola L...
Oct 08, 2021
October is Drive Relative to Conditions Month; RCMP
As summer and autumn fade from our rear view mirrors, BC Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to be prepared for the changing driving conditions as the winter months near. October is Drive Relative to ...
Oct 08, 2021
B.C. sees 624 new COVID-19 cases, spike in hospitalizations Thursday
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting another 624 cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Oct. 7) - and a concerning spike in hospitalized patients. According to the province's health ministry, 118 of the new cases found ...
Oct 08, 2021
Validated election results see down ballot swing
Elections Canada has validated the election results for September's Federal Election. The final results had 466 ballots rejected and a big swing in votes for Conservative Dan Albas, Liberal Sarah Eves...
Oct 07, 2021 credit - Elections Canada
B.C. Care Providers responds to Office of the Seniors Advocate report
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Seniors Advocate released a report reviewing COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes during the first and second wave in British Columbia. The report found that health authorities who gav...
Oct 07, 2021 credit - CFJC Today
Merritt records 43 new COVID-19 cases
The BC Centre for Disease Control has released the latest COVID-19 data, covering the week of September 26 - October 2, 2021. The Merritt Local Health Area registered 43 new cases of the virus over th...
Oct 07, 2021 credit - BC CDC
B.C. reports 752 new COVID-19 cases, nine more deaths
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting 752 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Oct. 6), with 164 of them in Interior Health. B.C.'s active caseload increased slightly to 5,945 while Interior Health's slightly decr...
Oct 07, 2021
Coldwater Band receiving provincial funding
Six First Nations communities in the Thompson Okanagan will be supported so they can complete well-being and poverty-reduction plans and projects in their communities, thanks to a grant from the First...
Oct 06, 2021 credit - Coldwater Band
