Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

In February, the Merritt RCMP General Investigation Section arrested a male who was unlawfully at large. "A search following his arrest, led police to find and seize amounts of cocaine and methampheta...

The Merritt Centennials (3-15) get set for their final match of the pod season against the Prince George Spruce Kings (12-5-1) tonight. On Wednesday night, the Cents got into penalty trouble early and...

Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC. (Previous numbers in brackets) New Cases - 684 Total Cases - 133,619 (132,925) Active Cases - 6,802 (6,877) Patients in Hospital - 457 ...

KAMLOOPS - The investigation into potential criminal irregularities in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District's (TNRD) financial books has been taken over by a federal unit of the RCMP. In March, the T...

Merritt's Roger Sloan will look to regain his previous form this weekend at the Wells Fargo Championship. After a stretch of three consecutive top-25 finishes, the PGA Tour Pro has missed the cut at t...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission (TNFC) is seeing an increase in regional independent film production. Screen Siren Pictures announced it's on schedule to shoot a feature film about a fa...

The Merritt Centennials got into penalty trouble early and Prince George capitalized en route to a 5-1 loss for the boys in white. The first period saw the teams skate fairly even for the first 7 minu...

The Merritt local health area continues to keep COVID-19 cases low as the BC CDC reports two new cases in the region. The latest data covers the week of April 25- May 1. Over the past two months, the ...

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...

The operator of the Nicola Lake Dam has informed the City that a gate change will be made today to increase Nicola River flows from ~13m^3/s to approximately 20m^3/s. The Nicola river as it flows thro...