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I’m, what promise do you need?

Welcome 2026

So, if last year you didn’t make a resolution because you were swearing off resolutions. Here’s another opportunity to swear them off.

Have fun looking forward…

RGB over white and “value versus safety”

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We have experienced a phenomenon of interference between our battery-powered lights and the ones that we have plugged in anybody else?

By the bye

January 3rd supermoon wolf Moon

Jupiter in opposition early on. Wolf Moon on January 3rd. 2026 plan ahead for your dark sky for the new year!

Look up in 2026

Way up, hey Jerome…

Season Stack

December 2025

Merritt British Columbia, had a magical, breathing, soft weather and activitys that were like musical notes, hanging off the the breath of life ☁️🌡️☁️…

Contrast the tragities so few about and a poetry of pose promised life in sweet surfice .

Vigel success

Photo: KDG

So, here is a photo of the BC Hydro quick chargers on Voght and Merritt Avenue in Merritt BC.

Success implies

Success

Standing to attention like a couple of Royal guards as the snow blankets them this week. They look like they’re satisfied for some reason if that’s possible with an innate objects.

Net 30 the cry the response was hard won material support, and over time BC Hydro has done well in proportional advacacy to the cause.

All and all the little bit of snow at the right time in the right season makes our hearts go soft for all the right reasons. Being a responsible person in this world includes the environment and work and providing and numbers of things; so have a great season and don’t let the little things bite you.

A thought worth reposting…

Looking forward to New Year’s in and bright future for all.

Merry Christmas

The start of winter is often multicultural in its tenure as invoking protection from unseen calamities. Salvation was often sought through holidays.

Work

A heavy dump truck parked several nights, overnight, next to the BC hydro quick charging station, Voght Street and Merritt avenue, Merritt BC. Merritt is a small community and one of the members of the Thompson Nicola regional district government.

TNRD and City of Merritt Trends

Construction and heavy infrastructure work in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) and the City of Merritt are currently driven by two primary forces: recovery from the 2021 atmospheric river and long-term climate resiliency planning.While residential “spec” home construction has slowed due to market pressures, public infrastructure spending remains at historic levels.🏗️

Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD)

The TNRD’s construction landscape is currently dominated by large-scale utility and healthcare projects. * 2025 Capital Plan: The district has allocated $24.99 million for capital project costs in 2025. * Key Projects: * Pritchard Water & Wastewater: Significant upgrades to the community water and sewer systems.

* Healthcare Expansion:

The Thompson Regional Hospital District (TRHD) is preparing for the Kamloops Cancer Centre construction, with a 2025 tax requisition of $18.1 million specifically earmarked for RIH enhancements. * Emergency Services: Construction of a new Monte Creek Firehall and several fire rescue vehicle garages (Blackpool, Little Fort).

* Waste Management:

Construction and demolition waste accounts for 24% of the TNRD waste stream, leading to new 2025 initiatives (C&D Toolkit) to help builders manage costs through better sorting of wood, metal, and concrete.🛣️ City of Merritt:

Heavy & Road Construction

Merritt’s focus is almost entirely on “heavy construction”—specifically flood mitigation and road reinstatement. The city plans to invest up to $48.7 million in capital projects over the next five years.Major Infrastructure Projects (2025–2026)

* Claybanks Dike Project:

A massive flood defense initiative. Construction is set to begin in July 2025 and run through December 2025. * Highway 8 Rebuild: Permanent repairs on the highway between Merritt and Spences Bridge are ongoing. Staggered construction on sites 1–8 and 20–22 began in late 2024/early 2025, with completion slated for Winter 2027.

* Utility Corridors:

The East Merritt Utility Corridor is a major multi-year project with over $2.5 million in projected spending for 2025–2026.Roadwork & Overlays| Project | Estimated Cost | Timing ||—|—|—|| Airport Road Overlay | $600,000 | 2025/2026 || Houston Overlay (Bridge to Midday Valley) | $500,000 | 2025/2026 || River Ranch Rd (Mill & Inlay) | $365,000 | 2027 || Crawford Ave & Airport Rd Intersection | Active Maintenance | Late 2025

|🏠 Residential & Commercial Trends

In contrast to the heavy infrastructure boom, private residential construction has seen a shift: * Shift to Multi-Family: In the broader region, single-family home starts have dropped because “spec homes” at the $1.1 million price point are struggling to find buyers. Multi-family units and secondary suites (mortgage helpers) are now the primary drivers of residential permits.

* DCC Changes:

The City of Merritt is updating its Development Cost Charges

(DCCs) for 2026. This will shift more of the infrastructure cost burden onto developers to ensure growth-related water and road upgrades are funded.Would you like me to look up specific tender opportunities or contact details for the engineering departments in Merritt or the TNRD?

Yellow alert for snow.

Merritt

There is a Yellow warning for snow tonight,tomorrow December 23rd expect travel challenges.

concept photo

The weather Network 14-day forecast for Merritt BC.

Irish boust

If you find me warm…

Monday will move, the earth will till the tropics…time will restart and you will persist…

Wicker Man, Merritt BC Venue.

For review, yeah this will give you a perspective on a bee’s life in a bad time of life. And the femaleness of the hive.

The the male or drone servitude to honey, bee reproduction, maintaining a hive; you will never feel that you were hard done by if you were ever let go from something again.

It is a bad movie in one sense; you figure it out.

Editors note: Merritt Venue

We recognize some of the landscape roads and building as being shot about Merritt BC.

Bee kind to one another.

There is something bizarre about this presentation will it ever come out?

editor’s. Note: parental controls needed, agonizing death portrayed. Counter culture.

Junior B hockey, Merritt BC

The Merritt Centennials Junior B. Hockey team in hometown action tonight after a considerable number of away games.

Nearly halfway through the third the Cents lead visiting Kelowna 10 to 6.

Go Go Cents

Snow warning

This morning we woke up to a snow warning from environment Canada for Merritt to Hope. The color-coded yellow warning can be found on their page above.