Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Cents vs Eagles - October 1, 2021
Date - Friday, October 1, 2021 Game Time - 7:00 pm Location - Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, Merritt BC Broadcast - HockeyTV ONLY Surrey Eagles 0-4-1 Merritt Centennials 1-2-0 The Merritt Centen...
Oct 01, 2021 Q101/Jared Thomas
Sloan starts strong at Sanderson
Roger Sloan is off to a strong start at his second PGA Tour event of the season. The Merrittonian fired matching 33's on the front and back nine at the Sanderson Farm Championship to open the weekend ...
Oct 01, 2021 Credit: Roger Sloan / Facebook
Council approves elevator retrofit ahead of hockey season
With the BCHL's regular season on the horizon and minor hockey in full swing, Merritt City Council is ensuring the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena will be accessible for all spectators. "The elevator at ...
Oct 01, 2021 (Image credit: Zachary Stewart/Q101)
Merritt records 23 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 19-25. The Merritt area recorded 23 new cases of the virus, a slight increase ...
Oct 01, 2021 credit - BC CDC
Diamond Vale posted on COVID-19 exposure list
The Interior Health Authority has placed Diamond Vale Elementary School on the COVID-19 potential exposure list. The exposure at the school is stated to have occurred between September 21 and 24th. St...
Sep 30, 2021
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
