Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

Last week it was announced that the delivery of the Pfizer vaccine to Canada would be dramatically slowed over the coming weeks. The reduction of vaccines coming into Canada and British Columbia have ...

Merritt City Council will be holding a committee of the whole meeting Tuesday (Jan 19) afternoon focused on the new Official Community Plan. City Staff along with the contracted team at WSP have been ...

The City of Merritt is set to apply to join the Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention. The group is a network of communities across Canada who describe themselves as seeking to share best pra...

Dr. Bonnie Henry has provided the latest COVID-19 figures in BC. (Previous numbers in brackets) New Cases - 1,330 *Day 1-584 , Day 2-445 , Day 3-301 Total Cases - 61,447 (60,117) Active Cases - 4,326 ...

There have been three confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Merritt Secondary School (MSS). SD58 Nicola-Similkameen Superintendent Steve McNiven joined Q101 News Monday Morning to provide clarity into the si...

The City of Merritt is informing Merrittonians of a water leak affecting residents on Priest Avenue and Parcel Street. "Please note water has been turned off to citizens in this area. A City of Merrit...

Merritt City Council has approved a grant application to fund the repairs to the KVR pedestrian bridge west of town. If successful, the grant application will fund 100 per cent of the project which wi...

School District 58 Nicola-Similkameen is once again informing parents of a positive case of COVID-19 among the community at Merritt Secondary School. This is the third letter distributed by the school...

The BC Centre for Disease Control has released the latest Merritt specific COVID-19 data, covering the week of January 3-9, 2021. The data was delayed due to a lack of information for some areas in th...

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 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in Brit...