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Wildfire Smoke Forces Cancellation of the RCMP Musical Ride
2+ day, 39+ min ago (198+ words) The RCMP is calling off its Musical Ride event in Merritt this week due to the wildfire situation in the province. The event was initially scheduled for Thursday evening (Aug. 26), but the RCMP decided to call the event off because…...
Menacing ‘perfect storm’ forecast has implications for TNRD evacuees, Ainslie Creek, Pear Lake wildfires
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (676+ words) Wildfire worries. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service) Thompson-Nicola Regional District communications manager Colton Davies is asking for more vigilance and patience from residents on evacuation orders and alerts, with an ominous forecast threatening the region. Gord Robinson, BC Wildfire Service…...
Interior Health issues Toxic Drug Alert for Merritt area
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (143+ words) credit - Interior Health Interior Health has issued a toxic drug alert for the city of Merritt and surrounding area. The health authority is warning those who use that a certain strain of the substance known as “down”, “dope”, tranquil” and…...
Faulty semi-truck taken out of service after speeding through Merritt construction zone
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (286+ words) An auto transport tractor failed safety inspections after the driver was stopped for excessive speeding. (Image Credit: BC Highway Patrol) A semi-truck was taken out of service after its driver sped through a construction zone near Exit 286 in Merritt. BC…...
Wildfire smoke to impact Merritt,Kamloops, and Shuswap areas into the weekend
1+ week, 2+ day ago (218+ words) A yellow air quality warning remains for the Kamloops, Shuswap and Merritt areas heading into the weekend. Most of southern B.C. is under the same warning as smoke from wildfires wafts across the province. According to the BC Wildfire Service’s smoke…...
FRAUD FRIDAY: Subscription Renewal Email Scams (Antivirus, Streaming)
1+ week, 3+ day ago (299+ words) (Image from BC Crime Stoppers) As the number of frauds and scams continues to grow in the Nicola Valley, Merritt & Nicola Valley Crime Stoppers, and Q101 are teaming up to present Fraud Fridays, a feature designed to inform those in the…...
RCMP arrests a person for starting a fire in Princeton
1+ week, 3+ day ago (225+ words) q101.ca RCMP arrests a person for starting a fire in Princeton As much of the province continues to suffer from drought conditions, prompting municipalities to place fire bans in most communities; RCMP have been vigilant keeping an eye on those…...
Massive Ainslie Creek wildfire may close Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge
1+ week, 6+ day ago (386+ words) Fire activity in the Prospect area of the Ainslie Creek wildfire on Aug. 8. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service) The massive Ainslie Creek wildfire burning within the Brunswick Complex may cause the closure of Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge. The…...
BREAKING: Evacuation Alert Expanded – South of Comstock Road, South of Brookmere, and North of Juliet Drive – Ainslie Creek Wildfire
1+ week, 6+ day ago (162+ words) Ainslie Creek wildfire on Aug. 4, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service) An Evacuation Alert has been issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, effective August 10, 2026, at 1930hrs due to the Ainslie Wildfire Wildfire Approximately 118 address properties have been put on Alert in Electoral…...
Death confirmed in the Bald Range wildfire
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (159+ words) Penticton RCMP confirm an 80-year-old woman has died as a result of the Summerland (Bald Range) wildfire. On Friday, August 7, 2026, at approximately 5:15 pm, a fast-moving wildfire (Bald Range) was reported to the Summerland RCMP. Approximately eight hours later, officers also…...