Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News

For the second time in four days, Merritt residents will be without emergency room services at the Nicola Valley Hospital beginning Monday morning. Unlike Saturday's 13-hour closure, Monday's closure ...

A new solar-energy project is coming to the Logan Lake area. The B.C. government announced the ShTSaQU Solar Project near Logan Lake will provide nearly 104 megawatts of capacity once operational. The...

Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital. Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 p.m. this evening to 8 a.m., Saturday...

The recent resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and the fall fiscal update which was almost $22 billion dollars more than forecast, the member of Parliament for the riding of Central Okan...

If you are heading out of the city this morning ( Dec. 20 ), Drive BC warning that many of the highways surrounding Merritt will be slippery such as Highway 5 and 5A to Kamloops. If Kelowna is in your...

Sam Giangulano's overtime goal completed the comeback as the Merritt Centennials edged division rival the Princeton Posse 7-6 Wednesday night in the Cents final game before the holiday break. The Cent...

Some residents of Lower Nicola say Wednesday's power outage could have been avoided had B.C. Hydro take action sooner when locals contacted them about the tree that toppled onto a powerline leaving mo...

A logging trucker is dead after an incident near Logan Lake Monday (Dec. 16). In an alert with preliminary information, the BC Forest Safety Council (BCSFC) says the driver was killed during an attemp...

More than 12-hundred customers are without power this afternoon after a tree fell across power lines this morning in the Shulus, Nooaitch area. BC Hydro workers remain at the scene of the incident whi...

DriveBC says the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt reopened at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday morning. The highway was closed overnight following multiple vehicle accidents due to the slippery conditions a...