Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Wildfire near Brenda Mine triggers evacuation alert
Update 10:45 am Thursday The Brenda Creek Wildfire is now considered a 'Wildfire of Note' by the BC Wildfire Service. As last reported, the blaze has increased to 400 hectares. An evacuation alert rem...
Jul 15, 2021 credit - BC Wildfire Service
Recovery funding improves roads in Merritt
People living in British Columbia's Thompson Okanagan region are benefiting from more than $9 million in transportation investments made to support the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through Str...
Jul 14, 2021
Drought conditions worsen in the Nicola Valley
In the latest drought condition update from the BC River Forecast Centre both the Coldwater and Nicola watersheds jumped from level 1 to level 3 drought. (The scale runs from 1-5) Drought level 3 is c...
Jul 14, 2021 credit - River Forecast Centre
Service Canada sets up dedicated line for Lytton Evacuees
As evacuees from Lytton were forced from their homes in a matter of minutes on June 30 as a fire swept through the Village, many left with just the shirts on their back. To assist with those needing t...
Jul 14, 2021 credit - CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
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
