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Voght Street Bridge lost, no timeline for return to Merritt
MERRITT - The devastating flood in Merritt has completely wiped out the Middlesborough Bridge. The bridge located at the southern end of Voght Street may have also damaged the bridges further down str...
Nov 16, 2021
Entire City of Merritt placed on evacuation order as flooding spreads
UPDATE (3:30 p.m.): As of 4 p.m. Monday (Nov. 15), access into the City of Merritt will be prohibited. Barricades will be erected on Voght Street at the city's northern junction of Highway 5, on Coldw...
Nov 15, 2021
'Dynamic situation': 2,000 Merritt residents evacuated, no estimated time for Coquihalla's re-opening
MERRITT - During Monday's (Nov. 15) snap news conference, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said the B.C. government doesn't know if the recent atmospheric river is the largest storm in the provin...
Nov 15, 2021
Coldwater River breaches banks, City of Merritt issues flooding evacuation orders
MERRITT - UPDATE 8:20 a.m: According to the City of Merritt, the area's wastewater system has now failed. All residents are asked to immediately cease all water consumption, and halt drain use. Flushi...
Nov 15, 2021
Mudslide closes Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt
UPDATE (5:30 p.m.): DriveBC says the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope is closed until noon on Monday (Nov. 15). Additionally, a rock slide south of Spuzzum has closed the Trans Canada Highw...
Nov 14, 2021
Around 60 to 90 millimetres of rain expected for Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt due to an atmospheric river event.Around 60 to 90 millimetres of rain is expected as heavy rain ...
Nov 14, 2021
Green groups greet climate deal with hope, frustration after last-minute compromise
Environmental groups and politicians in Canada are reacting with a mix of discouragement and determination to a last-minute deal reached at the United Nations climate talks. Almost 200 countries have ...
Nov 13, 2021
'How does someone vanish? It's frightening': Friends of Shannon White just want her home safe
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP say Shannon White's Jeep left town on Nov. 1, the day the 32-year-old Kamloops woman went missing. "It was travelling west, and it was gone for a 45-minute period outside ...
Nov 12, 2021
Woman robbed inside her car in Sahali; Kamloops RCMP searching for witnesses
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are investigating after a woman returned to her vehicle on the 1500-block of Summit Drive and was met by an intruder hiding inside.Police attended a business on Wednesday (Nov...
Nov 12, 2021
Canada could authorize vaccine for kids 5-11 in "one to two weeks"
Health Canada says a decision on whether to authorize a COVID-19 vaccine for children will come "in the next one to two weeks," leaving open the possibility that some kids could be at least partially ...
Nov 12, 2021
