Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
River Forecast Centre predicting high flows through Nicola Lake
The BC River Forecast Centre has released the latest snowpack figures for the region, calculated on February 1, 2021. Results from the Nicola region are still scarce with more stations set to begin re...
Feb 17, 2021
BC State of Emergency extended - February 16, 2021
The Province of British Columbia has formally extended the provincial state of emergency, allowing health and emergency management officials to continue to use extraordinary powers under the Emergency...
Feb 17, 2021
Delivering COVID-19 vaccine to B.C. First Nations by goal still possible: officials
VANCOUVER - The top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says active cases of COVID-19 are down after a "significant spike" in early January, and delivering the vaccine to all I...
Feb 17, 2021
Royal Inland Hospital COVID-19 outbreak stable
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) says three of the four active COVID-19 outbreaks in Kamloops grew marginally over the long weekend, the largest stayed stable. In an email update, IH says the Royal Inl...
Feb 17, 2021
BC COVID-19 Update - February 16, 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 16, 2021
Feds would allow municipalities to ban handguns under new bill
OTTAWA - Newly tabled gun legislation would allow municipalities to ban handguns through bylaws restricting their possession, storage and transportation. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says today the m...
Feb 16, 2021
Council developing OCP policies
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 ...
Feb 16, 2021
Council considers 6:00 pm meetings
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...
Feb 16, 2021
All Grant and Aid requests approved
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...
Feb 16, 2021
The Week That Was – February 8-12, 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 13, 2021 Fire at Aspen Planers (Feb 9/21)
