Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
New process for Home Owner Grant applications
KAMLOOPS - There is an important procedure change for B.C. property taxpayers this summer. As property tax notices are distributed this week, homeowners will notice they can no longer apply for the Ho...
May 21, 2021 Merritt | Q101 File photo
Merritt applying for two awards from UBCM
The City of Merritt is applying for two awards this year from the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM). "Staff have reviewed the award categories and program guide and recommend applying for two awards; ...
May 21, 2021
SD58 receives $1.65 million in provincial maintenance grants
Better ventilation, electric buses and increasing energy efficiency are some of the benefits for B.C. K-12 students and staff from $240.5 million in maintenance grants this year - a 10.5% increase ove...
May 21, 2021
Lumber prices expected to level off in fall, home builders adjusting practices to cope with high costs, lack of product
KAMLOOPS - With the price of lumber at record highs - selling for four times its value from the beginning of the pandemic - home builders are in a difficult spot. They are trying to keep up with explo...
May 21, 2021 Credit: CFJC Today
Interior Health region on track to surpass 60 per cent vaccination mark before May long weekend
KAMLOOPS - May long weekend festivities will be subdued, but Interior Health is celebrating positive news on the immunization front. The region will surpass its vaccination goal ahead of the holiday w...
May 21, 2021
Vaccination appointments open for children 12-17
More than 300,000 young people between 12 and 17 years old (born in 2009 or earlier) can register and get vaccinated against COVID-19, as B.C. takes the next step to protect more people from the virus...
May 20, 2021 Credit: CFJC Today
BC COVID-19 Update - May 20, 2021
Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC. (Previous numbers in brackets) New Cases - 357 Total Cases - 140,953 (140,596) Active Cases - 4,636 (4,815) Patients in Hospital - 331 ...
May 20, 2021
RCMP increasing COVID-19 road checks this weekend
The BC RCMP is set to increase COVID-19 road checks for the long weekend. The road checks will be set up along four highways including South of Merritt along the Coquihalla, in the old toll booth area...
May 20, 2021
BDO provides update on forensic audit of TNRD
During the most recent Thompson Nicola Regional District board meeting, Simon Padgett from BDO provided a brief update into the ongoing forensic audit of the TNRD's books. "We commenced on May 5th; I ...
May 20, 2021
CMHA Kamloops: B.C. government's suicide statistics 'not reflective' of what is being seen in groundwork
KAMLOOPS - A statement earlier this week from the B.C. Coroners Service said suicide deaths in the province decreased by 12 per cent between April 2020 and February 2021 compared to the same time the ...
May 20, 2021 CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
