Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

Every weekend Q101 publishes the 'Week That Was' highlighting some of the most interesting news stories of the week. This week Merritt was talking about the Federal Election, regulations around cannab...

A frontline officer from the Merritt RCMP was threatened with a weapon while trying to evict an unwelcome patron at a local shelter yesterday afternoon. On September 23, 2021, frontline Merritt RCMP o...

The Interior Health Authority has issued a drug alert for both Merritt and Kamloops. The teal coloured drug is being sold as 'down' and may contain Fentanyl and possible synthetic cannabinoid. The ris...

The Merritt Centennials welcome their pod rival Prince George Spruce Kings to the NVMA tonight. During the league's abbreviated pod season last year, the Spruce Kings were crowned pod champions while ...

Merritt City Council is looking to take better stock of the aging infrastructure around town and better plan for replacement and repair. On Tuesday (Sept. 21), Council voted unanimously to approve app...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...