Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

While the COVID-19 outbreak at the Florentine in Merritt hasn't been declared over yet, more good news was released on Monday. The Interior Health Authority confirmed that the case count at the assist...

Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC. (Previous numbers in brackets) New Cases - 1,462 *Day 1- 545, Day 2- 532, Day 3-385 Total Cases - 84,569 (83,107) Active Cases - 4,854 ...

The final decision on the 2021 BCHL regular season was expected to come down on Friday afternoon. However, following a BCHL Board of Governor meeting the choice was made to push the decision to early ...

March 8 is International Women's day. In 2021, the theme is 'choose to challenge.' In the Nicola Valley, the Women in Action Board is once again preparing to honour a group of local difference makers....

Local governments and First Nations in 28 communities have been approved to receive their share of more than $1 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding to support evacuation route plannin...

Interior Health will open 49 COVID-19 vaccine clinics across the health authority. On Monday, seniors aged 90 and over, and Indigenous peoples aged 65 and over, can begin booking appointments by calli...

Every weekend Q101 publishes the 'Week That Was' highlighting some of the most interesting news stories of the week. COVID-19 related stories will be mostly excluded from these articles (for the lates...

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...

MERRITT, B.C. - The Douglas Lake Cattle Company, owner of the Douglas Lake Ranch, has successfully appealed a court decision allowing public access to Minnie and Stoney Lakes near Merritt. In 2018, Ju...

KAMLOOPS - Health Canada is to announce approval of the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson and Johnson today. The federal regulator has found the evidence shows the vaccine is both safe and effective again...