Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Illicit Drug Deaths Tops 150 in BC for Ninth Consecutive Month
It was not the way Lisa Lapointe wanted to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day on Tuesday. The provinces chief coroner says January to June saw the highest-ever death toll from illicit drug...
Aug 31, 2021
Henry, Dix Roll Out Latest Covid Modelling; Focusing on Children
Dr. Bonnie Henry and B. C. Health Minister Adrian Dix rolled out the provinces latest Covid-19 modelling on Tuesday with a strong emphasis on children under 12-years of age. With students expected bac...
Aug 31, 2021
Foot Pursuit Nabs Suspected Thief in Merritt
A RCMP officer is never really off duty. This morning in Merritt, an alleged thief found that out the hard way when he interrupted the Mountie's breakfast by setting off a car alarm and a foot chase e...
Aug 31, 2021
Brookmere Evacuation Order Rescinding to Alert
Great news for those residents forced to evacuate their properties in the Brookmere -Coldwater Rd area, south of Merritt. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District partially downgraded an evacuation order...
Aug 31, 2021
Murray Church Arsonist In More Trouble
The Merritt man who pleaded guiltly to three counts of arson including the fire that gutted the historic Murray Church is once again in trouble with the law. August David Caprian has been arrested aft...
Aug 31, 2021 The historic Murray Church before arson destroyed the structure in 2019.
Motorists Asked to Watch for Wildlife on Coquihalla
Highway officials are asking motorists to please be wary while travelling on the Coquihalla over the next few days particularly between Exit 238: Juliet Rd and Exit 256: Coldwater Rd. Official say tha...
Aug 30, 2021
RCMP Desperate to Locate 75-Year-Old Lillooet Man
Ashcroft RCMP is hoping the public can help them in their search for a missing 75-year old man. Joseph Zabotel, \went missing from near his residence in the 177-block of Highway 99, between Lillooet a...
Aug 30, 2021
Interior Health Region Continue to Lead Province in New Cases of Covid
It was a strong reminder that the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is upon us as the provincial Health Ministry released it's latest numbers of those infected on Friday. The release on Friday note...
Aug 30, 2021
Food Bank Grateful for Staff and Volunteers During Wildfire Threat
The Executive Director of the Nicola Valley Food Bank has high praise for the local community for stepping up in recent weeks during the wildfire tragedies that have shaken the region. Derlanda Hewton...
Aug 30, 2021 Just some of the massive donations that were available at the Merritt Elks Hall for those forced to flee their homes over the past few weeks following the July Mt and Lytton Creek fires.
Logan Lake Health Centre Re-Opens After Evacuation Order
Here's another sign that life is getting back to normal in Logan Lake today, as the Health Centre in that community is has re-opened following the community being evacuated just a few weeks ago. On Au...
Aug 26, 2021 The Logan Lake Health Centre is once again open after the Aug. 19th Evacuation order was rescinded. (File photo CFJC News).
