Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
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
Interior Health evacuates Merritt care home residents, Nicola Valley Hospital patients
MERRITT - In response to flooding related evacuation orders in Merritt, Interior Health says it has evacuated care home residents and patients in the Nicola Valley Hospital. In a release, the health a...
Nov 16, 2021
Brookmere evacuated; Lytton, Spences Bridge and other TNRD areas on evacuation alert
MERRITT, B.C. - Some properties in the Beautiful Nicola Valley - South electoral area, including Brookmere, are on evacuation order as part of the Thompson Nicola Regional District's (TNRD) local stat...
Nov 15, 2021
Icy roads expected in the Interior after flooding caused by B.C.'s 'atmospheric river event'
MERRITT, B.C. - Southern British Columbia continues to experience a "significant atmospheric river event" - which has been a big contributor to the Coldwater River Flood in Merritt.The atmospheric sys...
Nov 15, 2021
Merritt residents wake up to flooding, don't know when they can return
MERRITT, B.C. - A mobile home could be seen floating down the Coldwater River in Merritt on Monday morning (Nov. 15).The Coldwater River broke its banks overnight, flooding streets downtown and people...
Nov 15, 2021
City of Kamloops prepared to receive flooding evacuees from Merritt and area
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has mobilized its Emergency Social Services department to receive evacuees fleeing floodwaters in Merritt.The City announced that all non-essential activities at McArth...
Nov 15, 2021
Canada Post temporarily suspends service in Merritt; Western Canadian customers told to expect delays
MERRITT - Canada Post is suspending delivery service in Merritt, and will resume once conditions improve. A release from Canada Post Monday (Nov. 15) afternoon says the flooding in Merritt have made c...
Nov 15, 2021
Shannon White's Jeep spotted driving past Rayleigh the evening she went missing: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP investigators learned over the weekend that on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, the day Shannon White went missing, her Jeep was spotted traveling north on the Yellowhead Highway.Accordi...
Nov 15, 2021
Tourism Kamloops CEO Bev DeSantis to retire in 2022
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops announced its CEO Beverley DeSantis has given the Board of Directors notice of her pending retirement effective Jan. 1, 2022. In a news release Monday (Nov. 15) afternoon, ...
Nov 15, 2021
Mudslide closes Highway 99 south of Lillooet
KAMLOOPS - The last highway connecting Interior B.C. to the coast is now closed.A mudslide has closed Highway 99 just over 40 kilometres south of Lillooet.Drive B.C. says an assessment and another upd...
Nov 15, 2021
