Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
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
Potential COVID-19 exposure at Diamond Vale continues to expand
The Interior Health Authority has expanded the potential COVID-19 exposure at Diamond Vale Elementary School in Merritt now two days in a row. The initial statement from Interior Health had the exposu...
Oct 06, 2021
Many B.C. lakes still accessible to general public: Douglas Lake lawyer
KAMLOOPS - It's been a long journey for the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club. Director Rick McGowan started battling for public access to Minnie and Stoney Lakes near Merritt in the 1980s. In December...
Oct 06, 2021 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen)
Province enacts COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare visitors, considers mandate for teachers
VICTORIA - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix made a series of announcements and statements related to the COVID-19 pandemic at a news conference Tuesday afterno...
Oct 06, 2021
BC records 593 new COVID-19 cases, with no new virus-related deaths Tuesday
VICTORIA - Health officials are reporting 593 new COVID-19 cases around B.C Tuesday (Oct. 5), with no new virus-related fatalities. According to latest data from the BC Centre for Disease Control, 128...
Oct 06, 2021
BC launches Virtual Indigenous Justice Centre
Indigenous peoples throughout B.C. will now have access to legal services and supports online through a new Virtual Indigenous Justice Centre (VIJC), which will make it easier to navigate the justice ...
Oct 05, 2021
