Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Race to End Hunger Food Drive at Merritt Speedway
The Race to End Hunger Food Drive will be featured at this weekend's stock car racing event at the Merritt Speedway in Shulus. Drivers from throughout the region will be competing for valuable points ...
Aug 21, 2025 (Photo Merritt Speedway Facebook)
Final Music In The Park of the Season Tonight
It's a sure sign that summer is coming to an end as the final Music in the Park concert happens tonight at Rotary Park with the popular Coquihalla Coyotes taking to the Bandshell. It's from 6 until 8 ...
Aug 21, 2025 Coquihalla Coyotes (Photo from Facebook)
Merritt Fire Rescue lends voice to support mental health initiatives
Merritt Fire Rescue is lending it's voice to raise the alarm about the profound mental crisis within the ambulance service in the province, that has lead to a record number of paramedic suicides in th...
Aug 13, 2025 File photo
Empowering Indigenous Youth Entrepreneurs: IYE Workshop Coming to Nicola Valley
Indigenous youth in the Nicola Valley will have the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship, develop business skills, and access funding through an upcoming Indigenous Youth Entrepreneurs (IYE) worksh...
Aug 13, 2025 from Keante Joe, CFDC of
CIFN.
New Principal for Merritt Secondary School Announced
Merritt Secondary School has a new Principal to start the 2025-26 school year and it's someone very familiar with the institution. After serving the past three years as Vice Principal of Merritt Secon...
Aug 10, 2025 New Principal of Merritt Secondary School: David Andersen. Photo from MSS webpage.
Heat Warnings Issued for Interior Health Region
Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings for multiple areas in the Interior Health region even though the province has not declared an extreme heat emergency for this region. The...
Aug 10, 2025 titoOnz / Depositphotos.com
Into Thin Air - Dean Morrison, Luke Neville, and Ben Tyner | missing men around BC's Interior
BC's Interior region has been the location of interest for a handful of missing persons investigations, all within a few years of each other, though none have ever been officially linked. In this epis...
Aug 10, 2025 Missing Men (L to R) Dean Morrison, Luke Neville, & Ben Tyner.
Wildfire smoke brings 'low risk' air quality warning
An Air Quality Warning has been issued by the Ministry of Environment for several areas across the province. The Regions of BC highlighted on the map - including the Okanagan- are being impacted or ar...
Aug 05, 2025 Kelowna’s skies will have wildfire smoke over the coming days/Vernon Matters
City of Merritt host a Water Meter Open House
Merritt residents wanting to learn more about proposed water meters in the city are invited to an Open House at the Merritt Civic Centre on Thursday. Back in February, the City of Merritt initiated a ...
Aug 05, 2025 Civic Centre - City of Merritt
No local deaths to report as the province releases new drug toxicity death numbers
While the provincial drug toxicity numbers released by the British Columbia Coroner Service (BCCS) continues to rise, the Nicola Valley region remains unscathed with zero fatalities in 2025. According...
Aug 05, 2025 (Image credit: Interior Health)
