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Rainy forecast bodes well for the Nicola Valley as British Columbia combats early Wildfire season
MERRITT - As British Columbia faces its first wildfire evacuation of the year, Merritt will be getting lots of much needed rain this week. For the Nicola Valley a rainy forecast is exactly what the doctor ordered as locals can expect rainfall well into the latter stages of April (2024.) Merritt was lucky last year as m...
7h ago
Thousands without power in Merritt and the North Shuswap Friday morning
UPDATE (7:30 a.m.): A power outage is also impacting multiple BC Hydro customers in Merritt Friday morning. BC Hydro says 1,707 customers in an area covering nearly half of Merritt, Aspen Grove and Brookmere have been without power since around 5:30 a.m. Friday. BC Hydro states the outage is due to equipment failure. C...
7h ago
Port Moody donates rescue truck to Lytton Fire & Rescue
LYTTON - A gracious donation will bolster Lytton's response to emergencies this year. Lytton Fire & Rescue is now in possession of a rescue truck, graciously donated by the City of Port Moody. Not having a dedicated rescue truck to service their large road rescue boundary has meant that Lytton Fire & Rescue has...
9h ago
Category 3 fire prohibitions will commence in Merritt Fire Centre in early May
MERRITT - Fire prohibitions are set to commence in Merritt starting in early May (2024.) The fire ban will remain in effect until 12:00 (noon) Oct. 11, 2024, or until the order is rescinded. Anyone conducting Category 3 open fires within the Kamloops Fire Centre's jurisdiction must extinguish those fires by the noon, M...
Apr 25, 2024
Shirley Bond addresses Interior Health and NDP over Merritt's $90K bill for ER closures
MERRITT/VICTORIA - Mayor Mike Goetz says the B-C government owes the city 90-thousand dollars for shutting down its lone emergency room last year for several days. part of that amount is tied to services not rendered for the 19-day shutdown of the Nicola Valley Hospital's E-R. He says 55-thousand dollars of that should...
Apr 25, 2024
