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Home and Recreation show, Merritt Civic center.

Most business from out of town…

Home show at the Merritt Civic center last day Sunday March 15th 2026

Curated show, 24 exhibits, artisans, home repairs, investment brokers, elixir honey artisan from Ontario. And many more.

BC Home Shows limited.

Opens at 10:00 a.m.

1950 Mamette avenue,

Merritt out:

Game on Monday the 16th not need d

Update: Revelstoke win on Saturday March 14th puts Merritt out of playoffs …

Look for the Centennials Camp in April…

March 16th 2026

Game 507 Not required

Start time 7PM…

Playoff hockey KIJHL Junior A Hockey.

Action

At the Revelstoke Forum

Former Merritt Mayor Neil Menard at a Telus presentation in Merritt. Neil Menard was a great supporter of the merit centennials before the change from League. He did a lot for the team as far as gatherings at Voght park. Including using the team as support for community fundraising in Marathon running.

Neil Menard has passed on some time ago, but we still think of him when this entennials whistles go from the arena and the sirens sound when they score from the arena even if we’re not at the arena. Rest in peace, Neil Menard.

Get one for Neil and here Centennials…

July 17 2024…RIP

Sportsman ship and style Make it all worthwhile.

Saturday March 14 2026

Game 506

Nicola Valley Memorial Arena Merritt, BC, Canada. Start time 7:PM PDT

Untill April 4th 2026

Artist reception done….

At the arts center, Nicola Valley,

Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Enter from the side of the Kekalui Cafe, 2051 Voght Street, Merritt BC, Canada.

Review

We looked at Mike’s show on Thursday. We’re much impressed with his points of interest and the way he’s captured and done a pretty complete narrative in picture, color and program on the walls of the Nicola Valley community arts council in Merritt BC

⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟

Rates for Cowboy Culture:

Stephen Hawking’s, the planetary scientist and the theological physicist passed away at the age of 76 a number of years ago on March 14th. So we remember him fondly today as somebody. That was very curious and was a good example for us to be curious and at the same time, productive, stable, and personable.

K

TGIF-Deer night

Garcia St Merritt BC

March 11th 2026

Ouch

Epstein’s Island fiasco

Not uncommon

From hockey players to world finances. It was a war crime with soldiers in wartime. What am I talking about?

Exploitive actions against a power imbalanced female presence.

You could be shot under the right circumstances.

Grooming was blooming

Capital punishment for women in wartime—

particularly for espionage—is a dark intersection of military law and shifting social attitudes. Historically, the execution of women was often met with more public outcry than that of men, yet “arbitrary” or retaliatory sentences were still common when the perceived threat to the state was high.Regarding your specific request for names and cases of arbitrary or controversial wartime executions:

1. Female Spies:

Executed by Their “Own Side” or AlliesIt is rare for a country to execute its own female spies during a war unless the charge is treason (switching sides) or if they were double agents.

* Ethel Rosenberg (USA, 1953):

While technically during the Cold War/post-WWII era, her execution is the most famous example of a woman put to death by her own country for espionage (passing atomic secrets to the USSR). Her sentence is often called arbitrary because evidence later suggested her role was minor compared to her husband’s, and her execution was used as leverage to get him to confess.

* Mata Hari (Margaretha Zelle) (France, 1917):

Though a Dutch national, she was executed by a French firing squad during WWI. The case against her was incredibly thin; many historians argue she was a scapegoat for French military failures. Her “trial” was closed to the public, and she was executed primarily to boost French domestic morale.

* Milada Horáková (Czechoslovakia, 1950): A member of the anti-Nazi resistance during WWII, she was later executed by her own government (the Communist regime) on fabricated charges of conspiracy and treason. Her “judicial murder” involved a 13-minute strangulation.

2. Spies Executed by the Enemy

In many cases, women working for their own side (e.g., the Resistance) were executed by the occupying power under “arbitrary” military laws that bypassed civilian protections.

* Noor Inayat Khan (UK/SOE): A British radio operator of Indian descent. She was betrayed, captured by the Gestapo, and executed at Dachau in 1944. Her execution was arbitrary in that she was never given a formal trial; she was simply shot in the back of the head upon arrival at the camp.

* Edith Cavell (UK, 1915):

A British nurse in German-occupied Belgium. She was executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape. Her death caused a global scandal because, as a nurse and a woman, international “chivalric” norms of the time suggested she should have been spared.

3. Sexual Predation and Rape:

Executions of Soldiers

While rape has often been used as a weapon of war with total impunity, there are documented cases where soldiers were executed by their own military to maintain discipline or for political optics.

* US Military in WWII (The “Branch” Cases):

Between 1942 and 1945, the US Army executed over 50 of its own soldiers for rape in the European theater. However, these sentences were famously arbitrary and racially biased:

* Louis Till:

An African American soldier (and father of Emmett Till) executed in Italy in 1945 for rape and murder. His case, like many involving Black GIs, lacked the rigorous defense afforded to white soldiers.

* The Shepton Mallet Executions: At this US-run prison in England, 18 American soldiers were executed (mostly for rape or murder). Historians note that Black soldiers were disproportionately sentenced to death compared to white soldiers who committed similar crimes.

* Soviet Union (Late WWII):

While the Red Army is infamous for mass rapes during the invasion of Germany, Stalin occasionally ordered summary executions of his own soldiers for “excesses” purely to maintain a veneer of discipline in specific units. These were often “arbitrary” in the sense that one soldier might be shot for a single theft, while another could commit multiple rapes without punishment.

Summary Table:

Notable Arbitrary Executions

| Name | Role | Executed By | Charge | Context ||—|—|—|—|—|| Ethel Rosenberg | Civilian | USA | Espionage | “Crime of the Century” (Cold War) || Mata Hari | Dancer/Spy | France | Treason/Espy | Scapegoat for WWI losses || Louis Till | Soldier | USA | Rape/Murder | Disproportionate military justice || Noor Inayat Khan | SOE Agent | Germany | Espionage | Summary execution (no trial)

32 billion settlement class action…

http://British Columbia

Rest of Canada claim period ends Sept 2027…

100,000 for you were were a deceased family member,

Legal capacity executor probate holder.

Court or appointed mediators at a link.

Must have over 87,000 cigarettes in a 12-year. 20 a day for 12 years. Within a time frame ending in 1998.

Art show

Show starts March 11th 2026 goes to April Forth.

At the Gallery on the corner of Nicola and Voght in Merritt, BC.

An apparent enthusiastic endorsement to self-determination and self-expression. As well as impressionistic and creative lifestyle.

The artist reception is on March 12th, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the gallery.

The Arts Council.

Merritt BC CA

Endorsed by the Thompson Nicola regional district, the city of Merritt, The arts council of British Columbia and the province of BC.

Open

Everyday but Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday opening 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Enter by the side Right next to the Kekalui Cafe.

At the fifth game of the 2025-26 playoff year is at the Forum in Revelstoke. March 13th 2026. Game time 7:00 p.m.

I better check that out… Yes, on at 7:00 p.m PDT.

With a little over 3 minutes left in the third period, Meredith is leading rebel Stoke two to nothing.

Game on, UpDate

9:26 PM Wednesday evening in Merritt.

The fourth playoff game is being played 7:00 start between the Revelstoke Grizzlies and the Merritt centennials.

Game 504 at the Nicola valley memorial arena. Merritt, BC.