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Merritt RCMP officer helping reunite pets with owners
If you have pets that were left behind in Merritt, chances are you're reached out a police officer who's on the ground. Const. David Feller, Merritt's own pet detective, has been working double-duty t...
Nov 24, 2021 Const. Dave Feller holding two cats in animal crates, standing beside a police truck. (Photo via Merritt RCMP)
Some Highway 8 residents may not be able to go home for 'years,' TNRD Spences Bridge-area director says
The TNRD area director in Spences Bridge says some residents who lived along Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge will likely not be able to go home for years. Steven Rice says most residents ...
Nov 24, 2021 A look at Highway 8 damage about eight km east of Spences Bridge. (Photo via TranBC)
TRU investigating two senior managers following complaints
Thompson Rivers University says it's investigating after complaints were levelled against two seniors executives. The university says in a statement that an independent sub-committee was created to in...
Nov 24, 2021 Campus Activity Centre at Thompson Rivers University/via TRU
RCMP still searching for woman missing after home along Highway 8 washed away
RCMP say a woman is missing, after her home along Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge was washed away by floodwaters while she was inside. Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet tells NL News the woman w...
Nov 23, 2021 Photo via TranBC
B.C. flood evacuees to get $2,000 in additional financial support from Red Cross
The B.C. government is teaming up with the Canadian Red Cross to provide additional financial assistance for people affected by the recent flooding and landslides in the province. On Tuesday, the gove...
Nov 23, 2021 (Photo via BC Hydro)
Three Merritt schools damaged by floods as district works on remote learning options
The Superintendent of the Nicola-Similkameen School District says there are three schools in Merritt that have been damaged by floods. Stephen McNiven says those are Diamond Vale Elementary, Merritt C...
Nov 23, 2021
Merritt Mayor says residents returning home to 'a city that has changed'
The Mayor of Merritt says it exciting to see some residents returning home today, just over a week after they were forced to evacuate when the Coldwater River burst its banks and overwhelmed the city'...
Nov 23, 2021 Merritt Mayor Linda Brown speaks to residents on Nov. 22. (Photo via City of Merritt)
TNRD lifts evacuation orders for most of Brookmere; one property remains on order
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has rescinded an evacuation order for 51 properties in the Brookmere area, near the Coquihalla. The orders were brought in last Monday, Nov. 15, just a few hours ...
Nov 23, 2021 Photo via TNRD
Domtar Kamloops mill bracing for temporary curtailment due to ongoing washouts to rail lines and highways
There may have to be a temporary curtailment at the Domtar Mill in Kamloops, because of ongoing washouts to rail lines and highways. That is according to Rene Pellerin, the President of Unifor Local 1...
Nov 23, 2021
CN Rail to reopen Wednesday between Kamloops and Vancouver
With CP Rail set to reopen its track through the Fraser Canyon this afternoon, CN Rail now says it's not far behind. CN says it's on pace to reopen its track between Kamloops and Vancouver early Wedne...
Nov 23, 2021 Progress being made on railway reconstruction at Tank Hill in the Fraser Canyon, between Lytton and Spences Bridge, on Nov. 22, 2021. (Photo: TranBC)
