Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Category 2 open fire prohibition taking effect in Kamloops Fire Centre
Another layer of fire prohibitions has been placed over the Kamloops Fire Centre amid drier and warmer conditions. Effective noon Friday (June 13), the BC Wildfire Service says Category 2 open fires w...
Jun 12, 2025 Image credit: BC Wildfire Service
Merritt, Kelowna RCMP nab high speed motorcyclist
A man is facing several charges after leading RCMP on a dangerous journey on Friday afternoon. The incident began Friday, when Merritt Highway Patrol observed a motorcycle travelling at a high rate of...
Jun 08, 2025
BREAKING: Early Season Heat Warning in Effect
Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for the Nicola Valley which is expected to be in effect until next week. Elevated temperatures in the region have prompted the agency to issue...
Jun 06, 2025 File photo (Pattison media)
Coquihalla closed northbound between Hope and Merritt for 'urgent' sink hole repairs
The northbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt were closed overnight Thursday (June 5) because of a washout near the Box Canyon Chain-Up. DriveBC says crews are working on "ur...
Jun 06, 2025 Highway 5 near the Box Canyon Chain Up, looking north, pictured at 8:34 p.m. on June 5. (Image Credit: DriveBC)
Missing Merritt man's remains found in April; suspicious death investigation ongoing: RCMP
The BC RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) says the body of a man reported missing from Merritt two years ago was recovered in April. SED MCU is conducting a suspicious death investigat...
Jun 05, 2025 Miguel Mack (Image credit: Elijah Mack-Stirling/Facebook)
CMHA Kamloops to Offer Free Mental Health Training in Merritt
In response to the lasting impacts of the 2021 floods in Merritt and the surrounding region, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Kamloops is launching a new initiative to provide free mental...
Jun 03, 2025 Merritt after the flood of 2021
Body of missing Merritt man found: family
The body of a Merritt man who is believed to be the victim of a homicide has been found more than two years after he went missing. Miguel Mack's brother Elijah made the announcement in a post to socia...
Jun 03, 2025 Miguel Mack was 24 years old at the time he went missing on Feb. 27, 2023 (Image credit: Facebook/Elijah Mack-Stirling).
Arnie Narcisse details 11-year survival of residential school system in new book
Arnie Narcisse, an 11-year survivor of Canada's Indian Residential School system, has published a new book with the help of his community. Launching it at NVIT Wednesday (May 28), Narcisse had members...
Jun 01, 2025 Well known local author Arnie Narcisse with his new book Hard To Be A Good Indian launched on Wednesday (Roger White photo)
Merritt, Kamloops to benefit with Bell AI Fabric
Bell Canada is rolling out 'Bell AI Fabric', what the company is calling a major investment to create Canada's largest artificial intelligence project. The first fabric facility will open next month i...
May 30, 2025 Groq data units in the new Kamloops Bell Fabric AI facility (image credit - CFJC Today)
Power outage affects more than 1700 area residents
A downed power line left over 1700 people without power in the Nicola Valley area early Thursday evening. (May 29). Intense winds are being blamed for toppling a tree onto power lines affecting those ...
May 30, 2025 Area affected by may 30 power outage. (Map courtesy of BC Hydro.)
