Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has rescinded an August 6 Evacuation Order prompted by the expansion of the July Mountain wildfire. The following properties are no longer under an Eva...

VICTORIA - The province is reporting 395 new cases of COVID-19 around B.C today, with nearly half of the new cases identified in Interior Health (IH). In today's update (Aug. 10), the B.C. Government ...

Trans Mountain and the City of Merritt have entered into a funding agreement that will see more than $950,000 invested into developing Merritt's municipal bulk water and sanitary wastewater disposal s...

Special weather statement in effect for: Nicola A building ridge of high pressure with rising temperatures is forecast to arrive at the end of this week. Daytime temperatures near or above 35 degrees ...

The Thompson Nicola Regional District is sending their mobile resiliency centre to Merritt on Thursday (Aug 12). The resiliency centre provides a variety of support services and resources for evacuees...

To help combat the rising cases of COVID-19 in BC, health officials are reducing the number of days between vaccine doses. Currently, invitations for the second dose go to people 49 days after their f...

KAMLOOPS - According to the latest update from health officials, Interior Health accounted for more than half of B.C.'s new COVID-19 cases over a three-day period. Between Aug. 6 and 9, the province i...

VICTORIA - Bus fares are being lifted for children 12 and under in British Columbia this fall. The B.C. government announced that starting Sept. 1, children can board B.C. Transit for free. Families t...

The July Mountain wildfire is now estimated at 6,306 hectares, and considered 'out of control'. "The fire saw growth yesterday through out the night and jumped across Highway 5. Helicopters responded ...

The top names in golf were competing elsewhere at the World Golf Championship St. Jude Invitational, and Roger Sloan took advantage over the weekend. The Merritt golfer was in the field at the Barracu...