NICOLA VALLEY TOP 5: Merritt’s top stories of 2023
The Herald counts down the top five stories that affected Merritt and the Nicola Valley in 2023.
by Merritt Herald | Dec 29, 2023
The Herald counts down the top five stories that affected Merritt and the Nicola Valley in 2023.
by Jake Courtepatte | Nov 15, 2023
The reconstruction of the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt is now complete, two years after the devastating November 2021 floods.
by Laísa Condé | Nov 1, 2023
The City of Merritt is receiving $2,000,000 to help fund a 200-metre dike along the Coldwater River near Claybanks RV Park.
by Laísa Condé | Oct 18, 2023
The British Columbia government has announced a $2.9 million fund to four organizations to start on climate and disaster risk-reduction projects.
by Morgan Hampton | Feb 16, 2022
Residents who remain displaced and reliant on Red Cross supports following November’s flooding event have raised concerns about the uncertain nature of continued funding.
by Morgan Hampton | Feb 9, 2022
Quilters from Huntsville, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba are sending 50 handmade quilts and eight knitted blankets to students of Merritt Central Elementary School, one of the institutions hardest hit by the raging Coldwater River.
by Merritt Herald | Feb 8, 2022
Rev. Isabel Healy-Morrow would like the public to know that grants are available for flood victims through St. Michael’s Anglican Church.
by Jake Courtepatte | Feb 3, 2022
A Resiliency Centre will be open weekly in Spences Bridge and Cache Creek for those that have been greatly affected by the November flood events.
by Morgan Hampton | Jan 14, 2022
Steve Haller and his mother Laurie have been battling insurance on what they deem to be ‘flood coverage.’
by Merritt Herald | Jan 13, 2022
Samaritan’s Purse has finished their work in Merritt, and wanted to give one last thank you to the community.
by Morgan Hampton | Jan 12, 2022
A resiliency centre has opened in Cache Creek for residents affected by flooding along Hwy. 8.
by Jake Courtepatte | Dec 16, 2021
Transportation Minister Rob Fleming called the work “one of the most remarkable engineering feats in recent memory in British Columbia.”
by Morgan Hampton | Dec 7, 2021
Diamond Vale Elementary StrongStart Coordinator Ewa Olguin was able to gather students and their families throughout the evacuation, with the help of the kindness of others.
by Morgan Hampton | Dec 1, 2021
Those who wish to donate can do so at the following link: www.gofundme.com/f/helping-merritt-bc .
by Jake Courtepatte | Dec 1, 2021
The Empty Keg Brew House is making use of some of their beer kettles that are currently sitting empty by helping the community.
by Jake Courtepatte | Nov 29, 2021
Favourable weather patterns and steady river levels will allow Phase 3 residents to return to day access for their homes again today, between 10a.m.-3p.m.
by Jake Courtepatte | Nov 19, 2021
Trained inspectors are being brought in by the City of Merritt to perform a Rapid Damage Assessment of the properties that have been directly affected by the flooding.
by Jake Courtepatte | Nov 19, 2021
In a community chock full of livestock and farms, the historic flooding of the City of Merritt is affecting more than just the human population.
by Jake Courtepatte | Nov 16, 2021
“The entire city of Merritt in my riding has been ordered to evacuate, parts of Princeton are underwater, and nearly every major highway in and out of the Lower Mainland has been closed due to landslides and flooding — this is an emergency?, and one that government should have been better prepared for,” said Jackie Tegart, MLA for Fraser-Nicola.
by Jake Courtepatte | Nov 16, 2021
The Florentine has completed its evacuation of its residents out of the City of Merritt.