Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
With breakthrough COVID-19 cases on the rise, BC Care Providers calls for booster shot for seniors
KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops care homes are battling COVID-19 outbreaks. Overlander Residential Care, Kamloops Seniors Village and The Hamlets all have positive cases of the virus along with ten other ca...
Sep 24, 2021 Credit: CFJC Today
Highway 5A-area residents feeling 'cautiously hopeful' after meeting with transportation minister
KAMLOOPS - After a meeting with the Minister of Transportation, Highway 5A-area residents are feeling 'cautiously hopeful' that the province will implement changes to make the highway safer. It comes ...
Sep 24, 2021 Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. COVID-19 case count hits 832 Thursday; active cases down in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded 832 new cases of COVID-19, including 153 cases in Interior Health. In a news release, the provincial health ministry reports active cases up to 5,697 in B.C., but down to ...
Sep 24, 2021
Mayor Brown thanks local health care workers and encourages vaccination
At the conclusion of Tuesday's (Sept. 21) council meeting, Mayor Linda Brown took a minute to thank health care workers and encourage citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19. "I want to say thank ...
Sep 23, 2021 photo credit - City of Merritt
Open burning permitted in Kamloops Fire Centre as weather conditions cool
KAMLOOPS - All Category Two and Three open burning, as well as other equipment and activities, will once again be permitted throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre's jurisdiction. The open burning prohibi...
Sep 23, 2021 file photo
Merritt records 21 new COVID-19 cases
The BC Centre for Disease Control has released the latest local health area COVID-19 data, covering the week of September 12-18. The Merritt area recorded 21 new cases of the virus, almost double the ...
Sep 23, 2021 credit - BC CDC
Pregnant women worry about getting vaccinated; Interior Health reassures them it's safe
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government is urging women who are trying to get pregnant breast-feeding moms and expectant mothers to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but one Kamloops woman is hesitant. "Up to 20 weeks...
Sep 23, 2021 Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. records 759 new COVID-19 cases, ten more deaths
VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded another 759 new cases of COVID-19, including 233 in Interior Health - the most of any health authority in the province. In a news release, the province's health ministry r...
Sep 23, 2021
Cents Fall Short In Exhibition Debut
The Merritt Centennials got some offense, but not enough to take their first exhibition test as they fell by a score of 5-1 to the Coquitlam Express. The first period saw the teams testing each other ...
Sep 22, 2021
RCMP Files - September 22, 2021
Merritt Driver convicted of Impaired Driving A Merritt driver has been convicted of impaired driving following a collision on highway 8 in April of 2021. "Despite failing to remain at the scene, our o...
Sep 22, 2021
