Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says transmission of COVID-19 is happening in a variety of environments. Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Albert de Villiers says COVID-19 is being spread in the Interior in...

Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC. (Previous numbers in brackets) New Cases - 1,205 Total Cases - 116,075 (114,870) Active Cases - 10,052 (9,821) Patients in Hospital - 4...

Tonight, Merritt City Council is hosting a townhall style meeting to discuss the upcoming freshet. City Staff and stakeholders in the region are expected to provide an update on the potential flood ri...

For a second consecutive year, School District 58 Nicola-Similkameen is headed towards a socially distanced graduation ceremony. Last year, Merritt Secondary School's Principal and Vice-Principals wen...

KAMLOOPS - A week into a mandatory 14-day quarantine, Tyson Galloway is running out of ideas to keep him busy. He has an exercise bike to help stay in shape leading up to the Calgary Hitmen's return n...

Merritt's 'yo-yo' like tendencies have finally come to an end, as the BC CDC is reporting seven new cases of COVID-19 in the Merritt Health Area for the week of April 4-10. This is the first time in o...

The Merritt Centennials didn't struggle to find the back of the net on Wednesday night as 5 different goal scorers tallied and the Cents hung on to edge the Chiefs in a 5-4 victory. The opening frame ...

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 Merritt RCMP is informing the public about recent increases in the number of calls for service by police and emergency medical responders to potential overdoses. "In a recent case, our responding ...

LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - B.C. Hydro is reporting a large power outage caused by a fire in Logan Lake. The utility notes the outage began at about 11:12 p.m. Tuesday (Apr. 13) and affects 1,616 customers in ...