Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

The Interior Health Authority has confirmed that the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at the Florentine in Merritt remained stable on Monday with two confirmed cases. Both confirmed cases are among residents...

KAMLOOPS - An outbreak of COVID-19 at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops has been declared over. In a news release Monday (Feb. 22), Interior Health (IH) says the outbreak, which was first declar...

Committees are once again up and running at City Hall. The COVID-19 pandemic forced several City Committees to halt last year, but this month a trio of groups began meeting again. Mayor Linda Brown wa...

The Florentine in Merritt has confirmed a second case of COVID-19 at their facility in a Facebook post to the community. "As was indicated IHA carried out testing of residents and staff this week and ...

Merritt Fire Crews are battling an overnight blaze at Aspen Planers in downtown Merritt. Reports from the scene confirmed that all mill workers were able to evacuate the area safely as the fire broke ...

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 - 508 Total Cases - 75,835 (75,327) Active Cases - 4,486 (4,348) Patients in Hospital - 217 (2...

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...

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...

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...