Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

KAMLOOPS - Four major fires surrounding Kamloops have calmed after significant rainfall in the northern Interior region on Monday and overnight into Tuesday (Aug. 17) morning. "What we saw overnight w...

Thanks to last night's rainfall and lower temperatures, fire crews are expecting minimal activity on the Lytton Creek fire today (Aug 17). "An incoming cold front brought cooler temperatures and rain ...

KAMLOOPS - The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt re-opened at noon on Tuesday (Aug. 17). DriveBC says there is still limited visibility due to smoke. Highway 5 was closed Sunday due to the J...

The Merritt RCMP have confirmed to Q101 News that they're investigating a drowning at Nicola Lake on August 15, 2021. Sgt. Josh Roda stated no further details would be released by the Mounties at this...

The regularly scheduled Merritt City Council meeting on August 24, 2021 has been postponed. "The Council meeting on August 24th has been cancelled due to the Evacuation Alert; staff are occupied in th...

On Monday, the BC Wildfire Service confirmed that the July Mountain wildfire had jumped the Coquihalla highway and merged with the Brooks Creek fire. At that time the July Mountain fire was estimated ...

On Sunday night, the BC Wildfire Service estimated that the Lytton Creek fire was approximately 56,000 hectares, as of Monday night, it's now over 71,000 hectares. "Today (Aug 16), crews will direct a...

LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - The District of Logan Lake's evacuation update Monday (Aug. 16) afternoon says the Tremont Creek wildfire has moved past the community and continues to move in a south to northeast ...

MERRITT - Three major fires are headed in the direction of Merritt and residents are getting ready to leave at a moment's notice. "I could hear the wind blowing outside my door. I could smell it insid...

BC Health Officials are reporting 1,434 new cases of COVID-19 over the course of the weekend. * Aug. 13-14: 532 new cases * Aug. 14-15: 441 new cases * Aug. 15-16: 461 new cases Of the new cases over ...