Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
The Week That Was – February 16-19, 2021
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...
Feb 20, 2021 image Credit: BCLC
BC COVID-19 Update - February 19, 2021
Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC. (Previous numbers in brackets) New Cases - 508 Total Cases - 75,835 (75,327) Active Cases - 4,486 (4,348) Patients in Hospital - 217 (2...
Feb 19, 2021
Coldest Night of the Year walkers fundraising for the Nicola Valley Food Bank
Saturday (Feb 20) will be the coldest night of the year, but thankfully not literally. The coldest night of the year is a national fundraising effort in support of charities serving people experiencin...
Feb 19, 2021 (Photo Courtesy of CNOY.org)
Royal Inland Hospital outbreak down to ten active cases
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the four COVID-19 outbreaks in Kamloops remain stable and are winding down. In a Zoom conference with media Thursday afternoon (Feb. 18), Chief Medical Health Officer D...
Feb 19, 2021
CAO Smith pens open letter on perceived water shortages
Merritt's CAO Sean Smith has penned an open letter to the community about perceived water shortages. "I want to state in the clearest possible terms that Merritt is not running out of water. We draw f...
Feb 18, 2021 image credit - City of Merritt
BC COVID-19 Update - February 18, 2021
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...
Feb 18, 2021
Shock of million-dollar lotto win shakes up Merritt woman’s Saturday night
MERRITT, B.C. - It was a non-descript Saturday night for Natalie Jylha - watching TV and scrolling through Facbook when the Merritt woman's life changed. Seeing there was winning Lotto 6/49 ticket pur...
Feb 18, 2021 image Credit: BCLC
Mounties confirm fatal crash on Coquihalla
The southbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway, between Merritt and Hope, re-opened earlier this morning following a deadly crash late yesterday afternoon that prompted the overnight closure south of ...
Feb 18, 2021
Updated - Positive case of COVID-19 confirmed at the Florentine in Merritt
The Florentine in Merritt has confirmed a positive case of COVID-19 within their assisted living facility. "It is unfortunate that despite all our effort for almost a year , we have been advised that ...
Feb 18, 2021
Drug sold as Percocet on Kamloops streets actually contains fentanyl
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has issued an alert about a drug being sold in Kamloops that is not what it appears. According to an alert issued Wednesday (Feb. 17), the drug is sold as Percocet - a ...
Feb 18, 2021 Image Credit - Interior Health
