Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
(UPDATED)BREAKING NEWS: Evacuation Alert Expanded - Botanie Valley - Shetland Creek Wildfire
The TNRD has announced that the evacuation alert in the Spences Bridge area has been EXPANDED due to the Botanie Valley - Shetland Creek Wildfire. In a press release, it was noted approximately 54 add...
Aug 03, 2024 BC Wildfire Service
BREAKING NEWS: EMERGENCY ROOM WILL NOW BE OPEN IN MERRITT SUNDAY AUG 4
UPDATE: (4:25 p.m.) Interior Health has secured a physician to work at the Nicola Valley Hospital for Sunday Aug. 4. Early Sunday afternoon, the Health Authority reported that no physician would be av...
Aug 03, 2024 The Nicola Valley Hospital will not be one of the hospitals taking part in a IH pilot project where patients receive care from a physician working virtually (Q101 File Photo)
Hot time in the ole town tonight with the Downtown Merritt Night Market
No shortage of events this warm hot weekend here in the Nicola Valley and it starts tonight as the Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce host their fourth Friday Night Market in downtown Merritt. Y...
Aug 02, 2024 Q101 File Photo
BREAKING NEWS: Interior Health plans for flood-related client transport in Lillooet
Interior Health (IH) is responding to the potential for flood-related impacts to health facilities and clients in Lillooet due to the landslide into the Chilcotin River southwest of Williams Lake. As ...
Aug 01, 2024
Desert Daze Organizers Keeping Watch on Shetland Creek Wildfires
While it may be more than a month away, organizers of the 2024 Desert Days Music Festival are keeping an eye on the wildfire situation as it pertains to Shetland Creek Wildfire. The annual two-day fes...
Aug 01, 2024 www.desertdaze.ca
Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant reportedly seen in Kamloops and Merritt while traveling to Vancouver
A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant was reportedly seen in Kamloops and Merritt while en route to Vancouver. In a news release issued Wednesday (July 31), Kamloops RCMP say 65-year-old David Glenn T...
Aug 01, 2024 Kamloops RCMP
BREAKING NEWS: Chilcotin River Landslide closes Big Bar and Lytton Ferry service
The TNRD has been informed by BC Transportation and Infrastructure about precautionary ferry closures on the Fraser River in response to the Chilcotin River landslide, due to the risk of high water an...
Jul 31, 2024 Courtesy: TNRD
No new drug toxicity deaths in June for Merritt, provincial numbers down as well
There were no reported new deaths in the Merritt area, due to toxic illicit drugs in the month of June. The B.C. Coroner Service released its monthly report for June 2024 on Tuesday which shows the ra...
Jul 31, 2024 Q101 File Photo
Merritt's flood recovery takes step forward with first new dike section underway
It was a day of celebration and forward progress for the city of Merritt on Monday (July 29), in their long rebuild from the devastating 2021 floods. City representatives and community members gathere...
Jul 31, 2024 Global News
RCMP presence will be noticed this long holiday weekend
The B.C. Day long weekend is just days away and that means lots of heavy traffic on provincial highways. To ensure safety, the Merritt Detachment of the RCMP, the Province and the BC Highway Patrol ad...
Jul 31, 2024 DriveBC
