Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Reopening of Coquihalla Highway could take ‘weeks or months’ due to flood damage
MERRITT, B.C. - Several major highways remained closed Tuesday morning, after a storm moved through southern B.C. Sunday and Monday causing traffic confusion across the province.Many of the routes in ...
Nov 16, 2021
RAW VIDEO: Drone footage shows extent of catastrophic Merritt flooding
MERRITT, B.C. - Newly available drone footage shows the terrible situation Merritt residents are encountering with the massive flooding of the Coldwater River.Rainfall caused by an atmospheric river s...
Nov 16, 2021
Evacuation order likely to last at least a week: Merritt official
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt says it will take more than a week to assess and restart their critical infrastructure including the wastewater treatment plant that is underwater and inoperable.Th...
Nov 16, 2021
People in Motion receives new vehicle from Toyota Cars For Good program
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops and District Society for People in Motion is one of the three main recipients of its national Toyota Cars For Good program.People in Motion were selected by a panel of judges t...
Nov 16, 2021
Pedestrian killed in Sunday night collision in Valleyview
MERRITT, B.C. - RCMP say a pedestrian was killed after being hit by a vehicle along the East Trans Canada Highway in Kamloops Sunday night (Nov. 14).In a news release, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cst. ...
Nov 16, 2021
Merritt RCMP working to save those still in town
MERRITT - While most Merritt residents evacuated the town Monday (Nov. 15), many chose to stay behind and now some are in need of help.The Merritt RCMP remains in full force in the municipality and Sg...
Nov 16, 2021
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
