Yvette Baxter Sworn Into City Council
The newest civic official in the City of Merritt has now taken her position at the council table. Yvette Baxter, was sworn in by Provincial Court Judge Greg Koturbash on Tuesday May 7 in council chambers in front of family, friends, Mayor Mike Goetz and the rest of council in attendance. Baxter, was elected in a byelec...
May 08, 2024
Merrittonians invited to UBC Community Salmon Dialogue
MERRITT - Merrittonians are urged to come on out and share their ideas regarding Salmon restoration. The dialogue will take place in Merritt on May 9th in Comfort Inn & Suites from 9am to 12pm. University of British Columbia Institute for Oceans and Fisheries will conduct 14 Community Salmon Dialogues across BC see...
May 07, 2024
Mushroom-picking behaviour, trespassing issues escalate on Skwlāx territory
SKWLAX - It's mushroom picking season throughout many areas of the province and the Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw band near Little Shuswap Lake is urging people seeking 'fire' morels to stop trespassing in their search for the mushrooms. The message comes after previous calls for mushroom pickers to behave. The ba...
May 07, 2024
Tk'emlúps holds sombre ceremony in honour of Red Dress Day
KAMLOOPS - May 5th is the annual day to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Red dresses represent the lives lost to gender-based violence in the Indigenous community. On Sunday, Tk'emlúps hosted an event to raise awareness about this important issue. "Initially it started off to ask for ...
May 07, 2024
Two men charged in Williams Lake homicide
WILLIAMS LAKE - According to a press release from the Williams Lake RCMP two men are being charged in a homicide case. On May 5, 2022, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Williams Lake Mounties, attended a fatal stabbing death. 19 year old Richard Richie Todd was found critically injured and died in hospital from his injurie...
May 06, 2024