Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Dead in the water: high court dismisses appeal for public access to Merritt-area lakes
KAMLOOPS - For the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club, it's the one that got away. Club spokesman Rick McGowan says, after years of fighting for access to a pair of Merritt-area lakes, the Supreme Court...
Sep 30, 2021 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen)
Missing Surrey hunter found dead near Stump Lake
MERRITT, B.C. - RCMP say a Surrey hunter reported missing in the Merritt area has been found dead. Shi Liu, 47, travelled to the Merritt area on a hunting trip last week. Friends and family called RCM...
Sep 29, 2021 credit - RCMP
Illicit drugs claim 184 lives in July; 32 in the Interior
More than 1,200 people have died as a result of toxic drugs in the first seven months of 2021, according to the latest preliminary reporting from the BC Coroners Service. "The deaths of another 184 of...
Sep 29, 2021
"A government making a little noise regarding Truth and Reconciliation week"; Residential School Survivor
On Monday, the BC Government announced $1.5 million to address the urgent need for culturally safe and trauma-informed mental health and wellness supports for residential school survivors and Indigeno...
Sep 29, 2021 Credit: CFJC Today
RCMP searching for missing hunter
KAMLOOPS - RCMP in Surrey are looking for a missing 47-year old man who apparently went on a hunting trip last week, possibly to the Merritt area. Police say Shi Liu was reported missing after he fail...
Sep 29, 2021 credit - RCMP
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in Royal Inland Hospital's Six North ward. The declaration was made late Tuesday (Sept. 28). In a news release, IH says there are only ...
Sep 29, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 case count at 652 Tuesday; 162 new cases in Interior Health
VICTORIA - There are 652 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Tuesday (Sept. 28), with 162 of them found in Interior Health. The totals are included in an update to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC...
Sep 29, 2021
Merritt RCMP Files - September 28, 2021
Merritt Woman charged with Mischief A Merritt woman has been charged with mischief after spray painting a deck in July. "Merritt RCMP received a report of a female spray painting a deck in the 2300 bl...
Sep 28, 2021
'Alleviate some crime fears through volunteering'; Merritt RCMP
Recently, a group of Merrittonains held a crime rally outside of City Hall to try and bring more attention to the crime issues around the City. Following the rally, Merritt City Council held a Police ...
Sep 28, 2021
BC announces funding to support residential school survivors
Indigenous service providers are receiving $1.5 million in provincial funding to address the urgent need for culturally safe and trauma-informed mental health and wellness supports for residential sch...
Sep 28, 2021 Credit: CFJC Today
