Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

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 ...

The City of Merritt is applying to the Canada Infrastructure program - COVID-19 Resilience infrastructure Stream - to help fund the West Merritt Active Transportation Path. "Staff is recommending that...

KAMLOOPS - Another five cases of COVID-19 have been connected to the outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital. According to Interior Health (IH), the outbreak has grown Thursday (Jan. 28) to include 46 staff...

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...

A proposed development along Spring Bank is headed to a public hearing after city council narrowly approved the first and second reading by a 4-3 vote. Councillors Adam Etchart, Melvina White, and Mik...