Category Archives: Merritt’s Local News
Nearly 15 centimetres of heavy wet snow expected for Coquihalla Summit Monday night
MERRITT, B.C. - It may be spring, but old man winter is breathing one final gasp over the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt.Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for the stretch of Highwa...
Apr 08, 2024 Aaron Schulze — CFJC Today
GAME TWO PREVIEW: (6) Merritt Centennials at (3) Salmon Arm Silverbacks (Salmon Arm leads series 1-0)
Merritt Centennials - (22-26-5-1) The Cents let it all slip away in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Backs last night. This team has had their struggles all season long hanging onto leads and playing full 6...
Apr 06, 2024
Vehicle incident impacts northbound traffic on Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Merritt
KAMLOOPS - A vehicle incident has halted northbound traffic on a stretch of the Coquihalla Highway from Merritt to Kamloops. DriveBC first reported of a vehicle incident on Highway 5 north of Helmer R...
Apr 05, 2024 Accident Scene | CFJC Today
Audi and Porsche caught going over 200 km/hr near Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Two luxury vehicles were caught going over 200 km/hr near Chilliwack. Vancouver and area has struggled to keep up with illegal street racing for decades as the risk continues for regular ...
Apr 05, 2024 Photo Credit: Upper Fraser Valley, BC Highway Patrol
BC Amber Alert activated for 3-month-old Tyler Durocher
MERRITT - A province wide Amber Alert has been activated in the search for three-month-old Tyler Durocher On Thursday, April 4th the Langley RCMP received a report of a parental abduction involving a ...
Apr 05, 2024 Brianne Ford | Tyler Durocher | RCMP File Photo
GAME ONE PREVIEW: Merritt Centennials (22-26-5-1) at Salmon Arm Silverbacks (34-17-0-3)
Merritt Centennials - (22-26-5-1) The Cents are the team of destiny in the postseason. It's literally do or die for this group as the players know this their last run together with the off-ice news of...
Apr 05, 2024
'Continue that tradition'; New Centennials ownership excited to keep junior hockey in Merritt
MERRITT B.C. - 'Bittersweet' is a word closely affiliated with the Merritt Centennials folding after 51 years, but as one door closes, another opens as Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJ...
Apr 05, 2024 Credit KIJHL | Michael Reeve
Merritt's by-election candidates engage with locals at Merritt Civic Centre forum
MERRITT - Merritt held a forum last night (April 3rd, 2024) for the four candidates looking to get a seat on City Council in the upcoming by-election. Yvette Baxter, Peter Coghill, Michael "MJ" Philli...
Apr 04, 2024 Yvette Baxter at public forum | Q 101 News
'The well is dry'; As the BCHL postseason begins, the Cents prepare for one final ride
MERRITT B.C. - The longest continually operating franchise in the BCHL. It's a moniker and title that the Centennials have proudly held for a vast majority of their tenure in Merritt. However, in the ...
Apr 04, 2024 Merritt Centennials practice on April 3 (image credit - CFJC Today)
Merritt Centennials Jaxson Murray and Charles Thomas Larochelle named BCHL Stars of the Week
MERRITT - Two veterans in their last season of junior hockey ended the regular season with a bang. Jaxson Murray was named second star of the week while Charles-Thomas Larochelle got an honorable ment...
Apr 04, 2024
