Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

The Upper Nicola Band has been dealing with several positive COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks. With the First Nations Health Authority confirming another positive case in the community on Monday...

The BC Centre for Disease Control has released the latest Merritt specific COVID-19 figures, covering the week of January 24-30, announcing 24 new cases of the virus. The surge in COVID numbers in the...

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has updated totals for three ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks in Kamloops. Royal Inland Hospital's outbreak has grown by five cases Wednesday (Feb. 3) to 91 cases, including 32 pa...

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...

Merritt City Council has set a preliminary mill rate for the 2021 tax season. During a lengthy budget presentation on Friday, the council agreed with the recommendation from city staff to institute a ...

The Nicola Valley Institute of Technology has made the move to continue teaching the spring semester in an online format only. The post-secondary school has been strictly online since November, and pr...

ICBC customers will receive one-time rebates averaging $190 this spring - their part of $600 million that was saved due to a major decrease in crashes and costs as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. "Ou...

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...

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...

KAMLOOPS - One person has died in an industrial accident at the New Gold owned New Afton Mine just west of Kamloops. The company says the person was killed in a mud rush incident. Three people were in...