Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

Winter storm warning in effect for: Coquihalla Highway - Hope to Merritt Hazardous winter conditions are expected. An approaching frontal system will move inland tonight and across the B.C. interior o...

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...

School District 58 Nicola Similkameen is informing parents that a positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed among the school community at Collettville Elementary School. The exposure is stated to h...

On Monday, MP's in Canada voted 266-0 in favour of recognizing the ongoing atrocities against the Uyghur people in China as a genocide. Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola Conservative MP Dan Albas ad...

On Tuesday night, Mayor Linda Brown made a notice of motion to have Council consider the creation of two scholarships. "That council direct staff to include two scholarships worth $2,000 for students ...

Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC. (Previous numbers in brackets) New Cases - 559 Total Cases - 77,822 (77,263) Active Cases - 4,677 (4,560) Patients in Hospital - 238 (2...

Wanted Merritt man found in Alberta A man wanted for nearly a decade was finally arrested in Alberta. "On October 25, 2011, Jesse Cyr was charged for impaired driving causing bodily harm, causing an a...

This evening Merritt City Council will consider signing an agreement with the Fall Fair and Nicola Rodeo Associations, and the TNRD to build a proposed washroom facility on the grounds. "The proposal ...

Last week the Federal Government introduced legislation that if passed would allow individual municipalities to ban the possession, storage, and transportation of handguns. Mayors in Surrey and Vancou...

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...