Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC. (Previous numbers in brackets) New Cases - 145 *Day 1-57, Day 2-50, Day 3-38 Total Cases - 147,549 (147,418) Active Cases - 930 (1,096)...

The City of Merritt has announced that Canada Day fireworks are cancelled due to the dry conditions in the Valley. Mayor Linda Brown said: "The Nicola Valley is tinder-dry - we had very little rain th...

The City of Merritt's cooling centre will remain open through the beginning of this week. "Residents should be able to expect it to be available until at least the middle of the week based on the fore...

Update - Power has been restored as of 8:40 am Monday. --- BC Hydro has confirmed that the power is currently out for 99 customers in Merritt The outage is listed as South of Garcia, North-West of Nic...

Environment Canada is confirming that the Merritt area recorded a new record high on Sunday. The weather agency states that temperatures in Merritt hit 42.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday afternoon. That c...

The City of Merritt is utilizing a unique grant to build a nine-hole disc golf course at Bench Park. The City received funding from the filming company that recently filmed 'The Good Doctor' in Merrit...

School District 58 Nicola Similkameen has cancelled bus service across the district on Monday and Tuesday. The cancellation will affect both the Merritt and Princeton sides of the district as extreme ...

MERRITT - With temperatures in Merritt expected to hit the mid-40s today and tomorrow, residents are being reminded to keep themselves and their pets safe. Excessive heat exposure can lead to weakness...

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 another discovery of unmarked graves, a rollove...

Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia: "Today...