Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

KAMLOOPS - The COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital continues to see steady growth over the weekend - with three new cases identified Sunday (Jan. 31). Interior Health (IH) says as of Sunday the...

BC Transit will continue to service the area. Merritt City Council approved a resolution last week to renew the operating agreement with BC Transit for the coming year. "The 2020/2021 transit budget i...

School District 58 Nicola-Similkameen has confirmed a positive case of COVID-19 within the community at Nicola-Canford Elementary School. The exposure is stated to have occurred on January 25, 2021. "...

Snowfall warning in effect for: Coquihalla Highway - Hope to Merritt Snowfall with total amounts of about 15 cm is expected. Snowfall amounts of 15 cm expected tonight. A frontal system over the south...

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 - 514 Total Cases - 66,779 (66,265) Active Cases - 4,557 (4,455) Patients in Hospital - 292 (2...

Overall criminal code occurrences in Merritt BC appear to be down 20 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, the largest per capita drop within the entire RCMP Southeast District. Merritt RCMP investigated ...

The Baillie House, Merritt's visitor centre, has posted their fourth quarter figures and unsurprisingly COVID-19 travel restrictions continued to reduce the number of visitors coming to town. In the f...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced all Canadian travellers returning from overseas will have to take a COVID-19 test at the airport when they land and quarantine in a designated hote...

The City of Merritt is applying for $25,000 to help modernize emergency support services (ESS). "The team currently trains for emergency events and the response required to those in need during those ...