Highlights
Short 72 hour visits to US escape testing. (Fully vaccinated)
Canadians cooperating in challenges.
Category: Arts and Culture
On this Day: November 17th 2012
Fifty Egyptian children were killed in a railway crossing accident..
Level crossings safety
BC Government to get a deferral on old growth from first nations.
On November 2 the provincial government announced that it would be working in partnership with First Nations to defer the harvest of 2.6 million hectares of BC’s most at-risk old growth forests. Logging deferrals are viewed as a temporary measure – as recommended in the 2020 Old Growth Strategic Review – to allow for the development of a new approach to sustainable forest management that prioritizes ecosystem health.
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Logging has been a good livlihood for BC.
Ferry Creek March 2021
On this Day: November 12th 1954
Elis Island shuts down operations.
Today is National Cook for your pet day, Have you promised a treat to your pet and haven’t delivered it yet? There is still time!
Be coy with any apologies that might entrench future entitlement with resentment. Try to make it a positive moment and you keep it up over time without any manipulation. Be square, but dwell on the positive, not the oversight, and don’t keep score. Kiss is always a good program, keep it simple Sam! Complications often are a strategy to draw out a problem and shift responsibility, swallow the bullet in one gulp and move on to your new commitment to your pet.
On this Day: November 3rd 1903
Panama separates from Columbia.
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File Photo KDG
In 2019 the sun started an 11-year sunspot cycle according to NASA. We just had a mass ejection on the sun and there is still a chance to see some energetic green aurora this weekend.
The strongest part of the storm and the best time to see the Northern Lights is expected to arrive between 5 and 8 p.m. ET on October 30, according to the NOAA’s predictions.
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If the northern lights can be seen tonight, it will be low on the horizon. The rotation of the earth makes it hard to predict.
File Photo KDG
The UBCM is having a part in the implementation of Body-worn cameras through its Public Safety Canada working group.
The group will take concern with the financial impacts of the equipping of police with body cams on local governments. The aim is to increase public trust in police through quicker court actions by using video evidence. The equipping of cameras will be a check on racism as well.
The estimated per-unit cost is 2000 to 3000 dollars.
On this Day: October 28th, 1726
Gulliver’s travels are published.
This week is small business week in BC.
Look back a decade to a small business week (Olympics Tenure)
Merritt BC pre 2010 Olympics, optimism reigned…
On this Day October 21st 1805
The Battle of Trafalgar.
Driven to succeed; as the tide comes in we wait on our approval of efforts.
Natural world
The Nicola Naturalists are having their members photo night. The venue is tomorrow night at the NVIT lecture theater at 7PM.
NVIT top of the hill on Belshaw avenue in Merritt BC.
We keep the necessary business meeting short so there is ample time to enjoy local nature photos taken by our talented membership. We haven’t seen members’ photos on the big screen for many months so this will be a gala occasion.
NNS
On this Day: October 20 1879
Light bulb begins patent process..
Trains…
A fellowship of history and wonder.
Merritt Railway enthusiasts club
Railways are celebrated all around the world! Today is national railway day in Azerbaijan. You knew that!
On this Day: October 13th 1988
The book Spy catcher survives UK government attempt to squash.
The TMX project is ongoing, and the existing line will be running at capacity for the month of October 2021.
Workers song:
File: Photo KDG
Seven percent apportionment (nominations for tariff on possible shipping), over capacity.
The volume of oil to run is at capacity, with 7 percent to be apportioned.
The energy sector around the world works on a monthly cycle. The Trans Mountain Pipeline is part of that cycle. Apportionment describes the amount of demand shippers place on the pipeline in excess of its available capacity. Here’s a step-by-step guide to the apportionment determination that’s carried out every month for the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline system.
TM today
- Each month our shippers submit requests for how much petroleum (crude oil and refined products) they want to ship through the pipeline to service their customers. These requests are called ‘nominations’.
- Based on shippers’ nominations, we then determine the ‘capacity’ available on the pipeline for the month. Determining pipeline capacity is complex. Capacity is affected by, among other things, the types of products that have been nominated, any pipeline system maintenance activities that will reduce flows that month and carry-over volumes that haven’t completed their transit of the pipeline by month’s end.
- Based on available pipeline capacity and the volume of shipper nominations we received, we calculate apportionment using a method accepted by the Canada Energy Regulator and forming part of our tariff. A tariff includes the terms and conditions under which the service of a pipeline is offered or provided, including the tolls, the rules and regulations, and the practices relating to specific services.
- If shipper nominations are less than pipeline capacity, the apportionment percentage to that destination is “zero” and all the product volumes nominated by shippers are accepted to be transported that month.
- If shipper nominations exceed pipeline capacity, the apportionment is a percentage greater than zero.
Apportionment has been up to 40 percent…
The apportionment ( over capacity nominations) is sometimes up to 40 percent. This is a good indication that expansion is a good business plan.
1958 footage
The pipeline in use at this writing is the one that was built in 1958. The expansion project is building another line beside it.
On this Day: October 12th 1968
Hugh Jackman, actor, born.
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Webinar on health issue of substance abuse.
There is a local elected officials webinar coming up. The point is to lessen the harm to people that are small users or personal users of illicit substance. The discussion is , October 13th 10 Am-12pm registration is open until October 8th.
Editors note: This program falls in the venue of ” de fund the police” You may be concerned were participants will end up and what they will be doing. Your block may be effected by programs and the loss of some peace of mind. Talk to a local elected offic.al if you are concerned.
The UBCM is the host of this undertaking, they are at 525 Government St, Victoria BC V8V 0A8.
ubcm@ubcm.ca
on a traffic island on a freeway… File Photo KDG
On this Day: October 7th 1996
Fox News starts its broadcast.
Friday October 1st the Nicola Valley Arts Center is hosting the artists from the Merritt Naturally Show. Between the hours of 4 and 7 PM, hear the artists stories and techniques.
The Arts center is at the corner of Voght and Nicola in Merritt BC, Canada. The pair are being billed as knowledgeable photographers and will answer questions..
On this Day: October 1st 1890
Yosemite National Park is opened.
Kevin Griffiths
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