Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
RCMP, volunteers in full force for Halloween festivities in Merritt
With trick-or-treaters just hours from hitting the streets of the Nicola Valley in search of candy, members of the Merritt RCMP, along with other community partners, are planning to ensure everybody h...
Oct 31, 2025 Young Emma and many of her friends will out searching for treats again tonight (Photo Facebook)
Merritt Mountie faces multiple gun charges in case spanning three years
A Merritt RCMP officer is facing a series of firearms-related charges, including possessing firearms obtained through the commission of a crime. A statement from the BC Prosecution Service says charge...
Oct 31, 2025 Merritt RCMP officer David Feller (RCMP File Photo)
One person taken to hospital after air ambulance lands at Coquihalla crash scene
One person was taken to hospital by air ambulance in a stable condition after a crash on the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt. BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) says it was called around...
Oct 30, 2025 Image: TK Coleman via Facebook
Green takes over as Merritt's new Chief Administrative Officer
It didn't take long for the City of Merritt to find its new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). The City of Merritt, Mayor and members of council announced on Thursday that Rick Green has assumed the ...
Oct 30, 2025 Picture courtesy of City of Merritt.
B.C. keeps auto insurance rates low for drivers through 2027
Drivers throughout British Columbia will see no increase to basic rates for auto insurance through to the spring of 2027, marking seven consecutive years without a rate increase. "Keeping basic insura...
Oct 29, 2025
Smoke from pile burning in Lindley Creek Road area will be visible to nearby communities
The BC Wildfire Service will be conducting a fuel management project located near Lindley Creek Road, approximately five kilometres northwest of the City of Merritt. BC Wildfire Service crews will be ...
Oct 29, 2025 File photo
5A north of Merritt reopens after Semi-truck rollover closes highway
Highway 5A has been reopened after a semi-truck rolled over early Wednesday morning, closed the stretch of highway in both directions on the north end of Nicola Lake. DriveBC first reported a vehicle ...
Oct 29, 2025 Image credit: Facebook/Skilled Truckers Canada
Woman left seriously injured after motorcycle crash on Highway 97C; police looking for video
Police are looking for witnesses to help figure out what led to a single-motorcycle crash on Highway 97C between Logan Lake and Merritt. According to BC Highway Patrol, a blue Harley Davidson motorcyc...
Oct 29, 2025 Image credit: BC Highway Patrol
Morrow, Loewen five point nights each as the Posse beat Cents
It was the Bryton Morrow and Justice Loewen show on Friday night as the 20-year-old forwards combined for ten scoring points as the Princeton Posse downed the Merritt Centennials 5-2 on Friday night a...
Oct 26, 2025 Photo Credit: KIJHL
Snowfall warning issued for Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Hope to Merritt section of the Coquihalla highway. The weather agency says there could be between 15 and 20 centimetres of moderate to heavy sn...
Oct 26, 2025 CFJC Today File Photo
