Frustration grows as residents rally against repeated ER closures
Merrittonians gathered on the streets to protest against the temporary closure of their only emergency room once again.
by Laísa Condé | Jul 14, 2023
Merrittonians gathered on the streets to protest against the temporary closure of their only emergency room once again.
by Marius Auer | May 3, 2023
In the third display of what organizers have unofficially dubbed as Rallies for Healthcare, over 200 Nicola Valley residents gathered at Central Park to show their support and call for action on ongoing service disruptions at the Nicola Valley Hospital’s emergency department.
by Marius Auer | Apr 18, 2023
In a display that evoked essences of the biosolids protest that took place in 2015, nearly 300 residents of the Nicola Valley took to Central Park on Saturday (April 15) to protest ongoing service disruptions at the Nicola Valley Hospital’s emergency department.
by Marius Auer | Apr 14, 2023
Merritt deserves consistent healthcare, along with all other rural locations, and more effort must be made to find concrete and permanent solutions.
by Marius Auer | Feb 24, 2023
Two weeks after their first demonstration and no new cutting permits later, Aspen Planers employees and local forestry contractors gathered once again today to deliver their message to the Ministry of Forest: “free the permits!”
by Marius Auer | Feb 10, 2023
Employees of Aspen Planers in Merritt, along with local forestry contractors, are gathering at the Ministry of Forests’ Cascades Natural Resource District office on Airport Road, protesting what they see as a lack of action by the provincial government on the approval of local cutting permits.
by Morgan Hampton | Dec 21, 2020
This past Saturday and Sunday, a peaceful protest took place at the intersection of Voght St. and Nicola Ave.
by Merritt Herald | Jun 4, 2020
The move towards race equality has reached Merritt.
by Merritt Herald | Jan 10, 2019
Years of coughing up big bucks at local pumps has left a group of Merrittonians feeling out...
by Merritt Herald | Jan 4, 2019
A handful of locals frustrated with the federal government took to the streets of Merritt...
by Merritt Herald | Jun 22, 2016
Mischief charges against local fishermen who went ice fishing on Corbett Lake last December will...
by Merritt Herald | Jun 23, 2015
While the Ministry of Environment begins a scientific review of biosolids in the Nicola Valley,...
by Merritt Herald | May 21, 2015
With anti-biosolids signs in hand and passing cars supplying a few honks of encouragement, eight...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 23, 2015
A high-level meeting between the five chiefs of the area First Nations and Premier Christy Clark’s...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 21, 2015
MLA Jackie Tegart said the biosolids protesters needed to end their occupation of Premier Christy...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 16, 2015
Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart could be ousted from the provincial legislature if she doesn’t...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 16, 2015
The five chiefs of Nicola Valley First Nations have taken their protest against biosolids to...
by Merritt Herald | Mar 26, 2015
A standoff between protesters and a Timbro Contracting truck driver attempting to breach a...
by Merritt Herald | Mar 19, 2015
Dear Editor, My waste should not be going to Merritt. Not only do I live in West Kelowna, but I...
by Merritt Herald | Mar 17, 2015
Faced with a roadblock on either end of Highway 8, the biosolids processing company BioCentral has...