Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

KAMLOOPS - Just a few weeks ago, this would have seemed unthinkable. A campfire ban in place for the Kamloops Fire Centre will be lifted as of noon Friday (Sept. 10). In a news release, the B.C. Wildf...

KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s health minister says a woman's death in a waiting area outside of the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) emergency room this week will be reviewed, but offered little optimism for exhausted...

All five national political parties in Canada will be represented in Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola (COSN) as the Green Party has acclaimed Brennan Wauters. This won't be Wauters' first foray int...

Recently, Merritt City Council adopted a new strategic planning focus areas document. The new document addresses seven key focus areas for council. Economic Prosperity Sound Government Practice First ...

In 2020, the Pacific Forest Rally was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the devastating wildfire season has caused the event to once again cancel. "This summer has seen record w...

The BC Centre for Disease Control has released the latest local health area (LHA) COVID-19 data, covering the week of August 29 - September 4. The Merritt area recorded 21 new cases of the virus, an i...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health accounted for more than a quarter of B.C.'s new COVID-19 cases. On Wednesday (Sept. 8), the B.C. government reported 814 new cases of COVID-19, with 272 of them in Interior ...

After the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled Merritt's Country Christmas in 2020, the winter festivities are set to return this November. Country Christmas Co-chair Carrie Ware joined Q101 to confirm the wee...

B.C.'s maximum allowable rent increase amount for 2022 is being set at 1.5%, based on inflation. This increase cannot take effect prior to Jan. 1, 2022. If landlords choose to increase rent, they must...

As the new semester begins students are returning to life on campus at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. While face to face instructions will be returning, NVIT President Ken Tourand tells Q1...