Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

This afternoon, Merritt City Council is holding a committee of the whole meeting to further discuss the ongoing Official Community Plan (OCP) update. In February of 2020, Council approved a motion to ...

Merritt City Council is considering an extensive list of changes to the procedure bylaw to help modernize the document. "Staff are proposing a revised Procedure Bylaw which should serve to more clearl...

In 2020, the City of Merritt received applications for $72,492 in grant and aid funding. That led to Council denying a number of requests to bring to total under the $50,000 cap. This year, denials we...

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 has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC. (Previous numbers in brackets) New Cases - 445 Total Cases - 72,750 (72,305) Active Cases - 4,347 (4,317) Patients in Hospital - 226 (2...

Highway 5A between Merritt and Kamloops is set to receive some upgrades as the BC Government has announced several projects receiving funding to address the effects of climate change. The Thompson are...

The City of Merritt is set to apply for grant funding to help complete a masterplan around upgrades to the City's wastewater treatment plant. "The City's Wastewater Treatment Plant is an Activated Slu...

The Nicola Valley Institute of Technology has elected a new chair of the board of governors. "Sashia Leung is a proud Wet'suwet'en, Chinese woman from the Witset First Nation. She was initially appoin...

School District 58 Nicola-Similkameen is informing parents of a positive case of COVID-19 among the community at Merritt Central Elementary. The exposure is stated to have occurred on February 8 and 9...

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...