To the seasons of life
RCMP at Merritt restaurant, a member of the musical ride. enjoy the designation of Royal File Photo KDG
August 7th will see the Mounties and their famed Musical ride at the Merritt Rodeo Grounds.
Open a 6PM for an evening show tickets 15 dollars available at the local credit union and various business locations.
On this Day: July 17th 1985
Loui Eriksson Swedish NHL player born.
Run and walk for minor sports access file Photo KDG
The annual run to raise money for kids programs is on Saturday September 29th this year.
The run offers:
Early bird registration ends July 31st and the event is BC Athletics sanctioned. FMI 250-315-9331. run
Twice around the track at Merritt’s Voght park, 10K or half marathon. All age’s welcome. The event this year is the organizations 8th annual.
On this Day: July 11th 1576
Martin Frobisher sights the worlds largest island, Greenland.
The annual Merritt Dog show took place this week finishing up on the Sunday the first. Wind has a factor in the enjoyment, its not normally a factor for the show here.
On this Day: July 6th 1990
Electronic Frontier Foundation is formed.
The flag the flies atop the hill entering Merritt from the west hyway 8, it is kept by the ready mix company that owns the land and gravel pit. File Photo KDG
Its not always a long weekend but this year it is, Canada’s 151st is yours to enjoy.
On this Day: June 29th 1915
The North Saskatchewan river floods causing Edmonton’s worst flood in their history.
One of the Starbucks branding of coffee products. file photo KDG
The renovation that is touted to include more washrooms at the Merritt BC Starbucks is now said to be the 13th of July up from the 1st.
The Starbucks is now serving from a trailer at it same location, off highway 5 and Voght street.
On this Day: June 26th 1483
Richard the third is made King of England.
Nissan Leaf, gets Dc quick charge in Merritt Sunday July 13th/14 Photo KDG
There are at least a dozen and a half electric vehicles out there adding to consumers choice for enjoyment of the tremendous liberty of a personal motor car. Ranges vary and mixes of full EV to charging engines give a wide preference field for any one that can afford to get into an electric vehicle.
There are also 1000 public chargers and a number of quick chargers ( DC 30 minute ). There are enough quick chargers to go from Vancouver through Golden to Canmore Alberta and have use of them in nine communities. Range and planning around chargers still remain a challenge amongst users.
BC Hydro info page: Range
EVs remain a novelty at this time quick chargers may have line up challenges because of increased interest.
On this Day; June 12th 1939
Three strip technicolor is used for the first time. The film is used in Paramount pictures Dr. Cyclops.
File Photo KDG
On until June 30th the Brambles Bakery hosts Ron Robbie. The show is titled Imagined Landscapes and they say:
This collection of carefully selected pieces by artist and teacher, BYRON ROBBIE carries us to beautiful internal places. Cerebral yet organic, Byron combines nature with symbols into paintings that encourage contemplation.
Brambles Bakery is at 2151 Quilchena Avenue Merritt BC.
On this Day: June 7th 1800
David Thompson finds the mouth of the Saskatchewan river.
broken sign no contract…. Photo KDG
Seven gas stations in the are selling regular gasoline at $1.29.9 per liter 4 cents per liter over the low price in the province, In Grand Forks. One station Extra Foods is retailing regular gasoline at $1.31.9 per lite. Extra foods is in the mall area of the down off Spring Bank road, off Voght on the way to highway 5 to Kamloops.
Gas buddy is predicting lower prices coming. However lets hope for a moderate hurricane season in the gulf of Mexico.
On this Day: June 5th 1882
Storm and floods strike Bombay India leaving 100,000, dead.
The big bike was in Merritt this week raising awareness to the Heart health.
Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon, Big Bike drive. File Photo KDG
On this Day: June 1st 1988
The intermediate range nuclear weapons limitation treaty signed in
1987 comes into effect.
Art
The local arts council is sponsoring a retreat to the local Corbett lake.
Get your paint box ready for these dates:
Wed. June 13, Tues. July 10,
Tues. Aug 7, Tues. Aug 14,
Tues. Sept 11, Tues. Sept 18, Tues. Sept 25,
Tues. Oct 9, and Tues. Oct. 16 with on-site Art Show.
The Nicola Valley Community Arts Council is a non profit that promotes the arts in the community they are part of the BC arts council organization with local autonomy.
On this Day: May 22 1964
The Great Society project is launched in the United States.
The sun west of Merritt, Red from smoke, of the 2017 fire season in the Sothern interior of BC File Photo KDG
Today the Province restricted open fires size under 1200 meters in altitude. This is a normal restriction.
Effective at noon on May 15, 2018, the size of open fires will be restricted at elevations below 1,200 metres throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect the public.
Anyone conducting Category 2 or Category 3 burns in those areas must extinguish their fires by the deadline. This prohibition will remain in effect until Oct. 15, 2018, or until further notice.
Their are no camp fire or forest use restrictions in effect at this writing. A camp fire or cooking fire is 1/2 by 1/2 meter in size. There are no restrictions on stoves or a like.
Enjoy the coming long weekend: Specifics are available at, fire area the area includes ,Kamloops, Penticton, Merritt, Lillooet, and Vernon.
On this Day: May 15th 1928
Plane Crazy opens starring Mickey Mouse.
Alan Burger and a speaker discuss a presentation, Nicola Naturalists, Merritt BC ,Ca File Photo KDG
The Nicola Naturalists will have their May meeting on Thursday May 17th at the local campus of NVIT. The presentation starts at 7PM, free parking, no food or drink in the lecture theater. All welcome, donation or membership requested.
Philip Gyug will speak on range management in the Merritt area.
We all love our grasslands but few of us know how they are managed and monitored. Philip Gyug is a graduate from UBC Okanagan with a degree in Earth and Environmental Science. In Merritt he works as a Range Agrologist for the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. He works with range licence holders to promote sound management practices, monitor range health, and provide science-based decisions to achieve good range management plans.
Merritt is a great open range area with traditional cooperative use of land in a tenured system of licencing and ownership working to give maximum benefit to all stake holders that comply with published protocols.
On this Day: May 9th 1992
A coal mine gas explosion kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia Canada.
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