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Warrant issued for violent offender considered ‘armed and dangerous’: Merritt RCMP
An arrest warrant has been issued by Merritt RCMP for a 37-year-old violent offender who…
Wanted man had a shootout with police in Merritt
A wanted man got into a shootout with police in Merritt, and now BC’s police…
Tethered dog survives being dragged by truck in Merritt
A young dog is recovering after a vehicle dragged him for 200 metres in Merritt…
Merritt sawmill fined $70,000 for high-risk violation
A Merritt sawmill has been fined $70,000 for failing to have the correct safety features…
VIDEO: How we deal with rock slides in B.C.
LYTTON - A rock slide on Highway 12 between Lytton and Lillooet on the weekend shut down the highway, but with a little drilling and blasting crews were able to reopen the roadway Monday. The rock slide was discovered Sunday, Dec. 13, and by Monday afternoon a single lane had opened to alternating traffic. By...
Family opposes outings from psychiatric hospital for B.C. man who killed 3 kids
COQUITLAM, B.C. – A panel considering whether a father who murdered his three children should be granted outings from a psychiatric hospital has heard the B.C. man wants to take a rehabilitation course in cooking bacon.
Case of Ontario man accused of killing Merritt and Abbotsford girls in 1970s goes to trial
VICTORIA – The case of an Ontario man charged with first-degree murder in the historic deaths of two young girls in B.C. will go directly to trial.
Tossing away the key may underpin review of Allan Schoenborn, who murdered his 3 kids
VANCOUVER – A prosecutor's rare tactics to block a British Columbia man who murdered his three children from gaining some freedom is laying the groundwork for a possible test of the Conservative government's tough-on-crime agenda.
Merritt demonstrators fight biosolids, arguing sewage sludge unsafe
KAMLOOPS – Groups against the dumping of treated human waste near Merritt are taking their case to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, underway in Vancouver.
High risk accused hearing proceeds for mentally ill dad who killed his children
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Crown prosecutors will be in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster today, seeking to apply a new law on a mentally ill father who killed his three young children.
Attempted carjacking in Merritt ends with arrest of man and woman
MERRITT, B.C. – An act of kindness turned into a nasty attack on a Good Samaritan in Merritt.
How swears, Shane Koyczan and a Nazi joke left a Merritt Grade 5 teacher in hot water
MERRITT - A teacher who made his students uncomfortable with his jokes and used swear words to discuss bullying with his Grade 5 students has been disciplined by the B.C. Teachers Regulation Board. Peter Schmid, a Grade 5 teacher at Diamond Vale Elementary, was referred to the board for incidents in the months of May and...
Children ejected from vehicle when California tourist crashes near Merritt
MERRITT - A California man has been charged after a single vehicle accident on Highway 97C resulted in several young children being ejected from his SUV earlier this week. The driver, a 47-year-old man, was on vacation with his and one other family from California. Witnesses told police that four of the nine people in...
Crash closes Connector between Merritt and Highway 5A
MERRITT - The Okanagan Connector was closed between Merritt and Highway 5A after a car crash this afternoon. Details are limited but multiple emergency vehicles responded to the vehicle incident, Dec. 28, including a B.C. Ambulance helicopter. Some reports on social media said the crash was a rollover. Drive B.C. says Highway 97C, east of...
More snow for the Coquihalla Highway this weekend
MERRITT – If you’re planning a road trip between the Southern Interior and the Lower Mainland this weekend be prepared for winter road conditions on the mountain highways. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement today, Dec. 19, for the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope with between 10 to 20 centimetres of snow...