Nicola Lake

• Blue-green algae health warnings issued for 3 lakes in Nicola region

  According to IH, cyanobacteria can produce several types of toxin that can be poisonous to people, pets and livestock.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2023
  
• B.C. man swept away in Nicola River, body not found

  Nicole Mcrae, Daniel Meeker's common law partner, is trying to locate his body, but searches have come up empty-handed.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2022
  
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• Suspicious death near Merritt, B.C. now a homicide: RCMP

  The RCMP’s Southeast District major crime unit said the body found near Nicola Lake on Sept. 14 was Dennis Michael Walters, 51, of Merritt.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2021
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• Body discovered in rural area near Merritt; police call death suspicious

  ‘Our priority at this time is to identify the dead person and notify their next of kin,’ RCMP said of their investigation into the discovery of a body in a rural area of Merritt.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2021
• High streamflow advisories, flood watch warnings issued for B.C.’s Southern Interior

  River levels have remained elevated due to on-going snowmelt and episodes of precipitation, according to the B.C. River Forecast Centre.

  Weather

  May 26, 2020
• ‘More needs to be done’: Frustration in Merritt over lack of flood preparations

  "There are a lot of angry residents right now."

  May 15, 2018
• Alcohol, lack of safety gear factors in B.C. drowning deaths

  The B.C. Coroners Service has released its report into the deaths of Austin Kingsborough and Brendan Wilson, who died this past April when their canoe capsized on a chilly lake near Merritt.

  Dec 22, 2013
• Bodies recovered of two teenagers missing on Nicola Lake

  The bodies of two teenage boys from Langley, B.C. who went missing while camping on Nicola Lake have been recovered, the BC Coroners Service confirmed Monday.

  May 6, 2013
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• Langley teens’ families, friends raising funds for sophisticated sonar search of Nicola Lake

  Family, friends, classmates and hockey buddies of the two popular Langley teens presumed drowned on Nicola lake have launched a fundraising campaign to bring a sonar machine in from the U.S. to search for the bodies.

  Apr 29, 2013