Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Report: Trudeau planning to call election for September
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to send Canadians to the polls September 20. According to a Reuters news agency report, Trudeau will make the announcement Sunday. An election call...
Aug 12, 2021 Trudeau | CFJC Today
COSN Liberal candidate not looking for early election call
It's widely speculated that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering dropping the writ and sending Canadians to the polls this Fall. In Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola (COSN) the parties have ...
Aug 12, 2021 credit - Sarah Eves
Elective surgeries postponed in Interior Health hospitals as B.C. prepares for heatwave response
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government says all hands are on deck to prepare for the heat warning issued by Environment Canada that could last as late as Sunday (Aug. 15). During an availability on Wednesday ...
Aug 12, 2021 Credit - Environment Canada
United Way accepting B.C. wildfire relief funding applications
KAMLOOPS - United Way B.C. (UWBC) says applications are now open for agencies and organizations helping with wildfire relief. In early July, UWBC re-launched its United For BC Wildfire Recovery Fund t...
Aug 12, 2021 (CFJC Today/File photo)
B.C records 536 new COVID-19 cases, with 258 identified in Interior Health region
VICTORIA - The Interior Health (IH) region continues to lead the way with new COVID-19 cases and active infections in B.C. The province is reporting 536 new virus cases today (Aug. 11), 258 of which f...
Aug 12, 2021
Merritt records first COVID-19 cases in weeks
The BC Centre for Disease Control has released their latest local health area COVID-19 data, covering the week of August 1-7. Following four straight weeks of zero new cases, the count has gone up to ...
Aug 12, 2021 credit - BC CDC
Cents Commit To Younger Brother
The Merritt Centennials are pleased to announce that they've committed to defenseman Sam Ward (05) for the upcoming season from the Delta Wild Hockey Academy of the CSSHL. The Ward name will ring fami...
Aug 11, 2021
Coldwater Band still under evacuation alert
The July Mountain wildfire is currently estimated at 6,567 hectares and classified as 'out of control'. On Tuesday a number of property owners were allowed to return home as an evacuation order was do...
Aug 11, 2021 credit - Coldwater Band
NDP to acclaim Joan Phillip tonight
Another candidate is set to officially join the fray in Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola (COSN) tonight as the New Democrats are set to acclaim Joan Phillip. This will be Phillip's second campaign ...
Aug 11, 2021 L-R, Jagmeet Singh, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Joan Phillip, Chief Stu Jackson, Chief Lee Spahan / Credit Michael Reeve Q101
COVID virtual Town Hall set for Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health residents will get a chance Wednesday (August 11) to discuss the latest on the COVID-19 situation at an interactive town hall meeting later today. Health Minister Adrian Dix...
Aug 11, 2021
