Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
New wildfires spark both north and south of Merritt
The BC Wildfire Service is currently fighting over 300 active fires in our province, 107 of those fires are currently burning within the Kamloops Fire Centre. On Tuesday, a number of new fire starts s...
Jul 14, 2021 credit - BC Wildfire Service
MLA Tegart calling on Horgan to ensure supports are in place for Lytton residents
Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart has written to Premier John Horgan to ensure the correct supports are put in place for those displaced by the Lytton fire. "My constituents suffered great trauma as the...
Jul 13, 2021 credit - CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
Support for evacuees in Merritt extended to 30 days
Any evacuees currently finding shelter in Merritt are now able to receive support for up to 30 days. When the EOC in Merritt first opened on June 30th, evacuees from Lytton were being given 72 hours o...
Jul 13, 2021 Q101/CFJC File Photo
Evacuation alerts lifted around Napier Lake, Deka Lake fires
KAMLOOPS AND 100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - There is some good news on the wildfire front, as tensions around a pair of Interior wildfires have eased. On Monday afternoon (July 12), the Thompson-Nicola Region...
Jul 13, 2021 credit - CFJC
RCMP update Lytton fire investigation, cause not yet determined
The BC RCMP has released a statement into the ongoing investigation of the Lytton fire that devastated the Village on June 30, 2021. A cause of the fire has not yet been confirmed. "The investigations...
Jul 12, 2021 Haunting images of the June 30th fire that ravaged the community of Lytton - 2 Rivers Remix Society
Merritt increases fire remuneration
Recently the City of Merritt approved changes to the Fire Remuneration bylaw to increase the pay for firefighters in the city. The most recent update to the bylaw occurred back in 2017. "This Bylaw ha...
Jul 12, 2021
Date set for 3350 Voght Street public hearing
The proposed development at 3350 Voght Street (Voght and Grimmett) is headed back to a public hearing after City Council approved first and second reading of a zoning bylaw amendment back in May. The ...
Jul 12, 2021
Nine wildfires reported on Friday already extinguished
On Friday afternoon, the BC Wildfire Service was reporting a number of new fire starts in the Merritt area, likely stemming from the lightning activity on Thursday night. The BC Wildfire Dashboard sho...
Jul 12, 2021 credit - BC Wildfire Service. Map as of July 12
Smoky Skies Belletin issued for Nicola Valley - July 12, 2021
Special air quality statement in effect for: Nicola Smoky Skies Bulletin Several regions in the BC Interior are being impacted or are likely to be impacted by wildfire smoke over the next 24-48 hours....
Jul 12, 2021
The Week That Was - July 5 - 9, 2021
Every weekend Q101 publishes the 'Week That Was' highlighting some of the most interesting news stories of the week. This week Merritt was talking about the Lytton evacuation, overwhelming donations, ...
Jul 10, 2021 file photo
