Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
RCMP report an increase of phone scams in Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt has seen an increase in phone scams to residents over the past few weeks. Merritt RCMP say scammers are pretending to be the police and are soliciting funds from th...
Sep 16, 2021 Scam Alert | Pattison Media
People's Party to be represented by Kathryn McDonald
The People's Party of Canada debuted on the Federal stage in 2019, failing to win a single seat in the House of Commons. In Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola, the PPC candidate Alan Duncan finished ...
Sep 15, 2021 L-R Sean Taylor - South Okanagan West Kootenay, Max Bernier, Kathryn McDonald - Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola / Credit - PPC COSN
Merritt RCMP and Major Crimes investigating suspicious death
The Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) has been called to assist the Merritt RCMP following the discovery of a body in a rural area of Merritt. Just before 8 a.m. on September 14, frontline...
Sep 15, 2021
Healthcare and aging in place; COSN Votes 2021
*Over the course of the next week leading into the Federal Election, Q101 will be showcasing the five local candidates' thoughts and positions on proof of vaccination, support for health care and agin...
Sep 15, 2021 credit - Elections Canada
B.C. records 677 more cases of COVID-19, but numbers lower in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. has recorded another 677 cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Sept. 14), including 153 within Interior Health. The numbers are contained in a release from B.C.'s Ministry of Health. There are 28...
Sep 15, 2021
'Some nurses are already starting to resign': BC Nurses Union doesn't support mandatory vaccines for healthcare workers
KAMLOOPS - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced in a news conference on Monday (Sep. 13) that as of Oct. 26, it will be mandatory for anyone working in a healthcare facility to be vacc...
Sep 15, 2021 Credit: CFJC Today
Phillip taking second shot at Federal Office
The ballot in Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola has two returnees from the 2019 vote, the incumbent Dan Albas, and the NDP's Joan Phillip. Phillip finished third on the ballot in 2019 with 10,904 vo...
Sep 14, 2021 L-R, Jagmeet Singh, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Joan Phillip, Chief Stu Jackson, Chief Lee Spahan / Credit Michael Reeve Q101
Merritt Police Files - September 14, 2021
The Merritt RCMP's weekly report highlights a pair of men being formally charged, and one sentenced to time served. Merritt Man charged with multiple offences stemming from an assault Bradley McIssac-...
Sep 14, 2021
Housing Affordability; COSN Votes 2021
*Over the course of the next week leading into the Federal Election, Q101 will be showcasing the five local candidates' thoughts and positions on proof of vaccination, support for health care and agin...
Sep 14, 2021 credit - Elections Canada
Wildfire state of emergency to end
Based on advice from emergency management and wildfire officials, British Columbia's provincial state of emergency, enacted to support provincial wildfire response, will expire at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesda...
Sep 14, 2021 Hwy 5 at Larson Hill, 36 km south of Merritt, looking south. (Image Credit: Drive BC)
