Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Major Crimes release Merritt victim's name and confirm his death as a homicide
Investigators from the Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) are now identifying the man whose death was previously characterized as suspicious and confirming he was the victim of homicide. Ju...
Sep 16, 2021
Sloan back on course at season opener
After making a summer charge up the rankings, Merritt's Roger Sloan secured his tour card with a T-2 finish at the Wyndham Championship just over a month ago. That event saw Sloan compete in a rare si...
Sep 16, 2021 Credit: Roger Sloan / Facebook
Climate Change; 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 16, 2021 credit - Elections Canada
Merritt records 11 new cases of COVID-19
The BC Centre of Disease Control has released the latest local health area COVID-19 data covering the week of September 5-11. The Merritt area saw 11 new cases of the virus, an almost 50% cut from the...
Sep 16, 2021 credit - BC CDC
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
