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Emergency department at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, to close temporarily Monday morning
MERRITT - Merritt area residents will have to deal with another temporary closure of the Nicola Valley Hospital's Emergency department Monday (Mar. 13).In a news release Sunday evening, Interior Healt...
Mar 12, 2023
Coquihalla highway expecting 10 to 20 centimeters of snowfall
KAMLOOPS - Travelers who are planning to take the Coquihalla highway should drive with caution as snowfall is expected to begin late Sunday afternoon (Mar.12).Environment Canada says 10 to 20 cm of sn...
Mar 12, 2023
Local siblings' bracelet company catches attention of Prime Minister
KAMLOOPS - The siblings' entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to their craft have paid off. Recently, one of their key chains caught the attention of none other than the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Mar 11, 2023
Former Councillor Bhangu looking to get back on his feet after acquittal
Merritt - "It knocked me on my back. Got to get a job, get my finances right, get back on my feet," said Mike Bhangu. This week, former Merritt city councillor Bhangu was acquitted in a Kamloops court...
Mar 11, 2023
With no walk-in clinics and few family doctors, RIH emergency room the centre of primary care in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Walk-in clinics are a thing of the past for Kamloops, but with so many living without a general practitioner, many residents don't know what to do when they need more minor medical attentio...
Mar 10, 2023
'Centralization hasn't helped at all': Merritt mayor working with Interior Health after sixth ER closure this year
MERRITT - Merritt residents are without their emergency department Friday (March 10) as the Nicola Valley Hospital is closed until Saturday morning. It's the eighth time since Christmas and the sixth ...
Mar 10, 2023
Police renew call for information in 2019 100 Mile House homicide
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - RCMP are still looking to the public for help in solving a homicide that took place four years ago in 100 Mile House.In a news release, 100 Mile House RCMP say Danny McCollom wa...
Mar 10, 2023
Emergency department at Merritt's Nicola Valley Hospital closed Friday
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt residents will be without their emergency department Friday (Mar. 10).In a news release, Interior Health says the ER at Nicola Valley Hospital will be closed from 8:00 a.m. Fri...
Mar 09, 2023
Salmon Arm driving incident escalates to assault
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Mounties in Salmon Arm say some sort of driving incident led to an assault.Officers were called to the scene on 80th St. SW at approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 8.The RCMP say an...
Mar 09, 2023
RCMP watchdog investigates force how B.C. unit handles resource project protests
OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog has launched a systemic investigation of the national police force's British Columbia unit that deals with protests against logging and pipeline projects. Civilian Review an...
Mar 09, 2023
