GM dealer sale event
A local car dealer draws attention to themselves to get customers the language of commerce is supply and demand.
On this day: August 26th 1977
The French Language Charter is proclaimed by the Quebec Legislature.
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A local car dealer draws attention to themselves to get customers the language of commerce is supply and demand.
A local bakery has advice for walk ins, sign boards are popular but have some concerns have good insurance for windy days.
Life is short
Good advice if you can do it (enjoy it while you can).
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On this day August 21st 1897
The Oldsmobile car company is founded
Box car off Midday Valley road.
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The area now occupied by the 270 million dollar Merritt Green energy project had this lone box car sitting on it until construction.
Landed immigrants, labourers were once employed to load these things with dimensional lumber by hand. Automation dramatically changed the dynamics of this industry from a few decades ago.
We are on a course that does not allow for going back to that…
On this Day August 20th 1866
United States President Andrew Johnson declares the Civil War over.
EV reserved parking
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Rod and others were busy Tuesday morning installing a Blue Reserved for EV parking marker at the 500 Volt 130 amp DC charging station on Vought street.
The blue is not to be confused with handicap parking as it is for EV vehicles charging at the station. There is also a 90 Amp (70 continuous AC charger with in reach of the parking stall.
The parking lot is used for the farmers market until October and on Saturday mornings.
Andrew a supervisor says that the markings were supplied by BC Hydro.
Editors note: The DC charger is 500 volts 120 amps.
On this day: August 12th 30 BC
Cleopatra the seventh makes an Asp of her self ending her life.
Nissan leaf at the 70 amp charger at city hall.
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A Nissan Leaf is seen to be taking a charge at one of the two 70 amp chargers at the city hall. The car was being transferred from a car dealer in the US to Alberta under a 30 day temporary operation permit.
At this writing the 500 amp DC charger across the street is sporting a Greenlot id. the ID is 33013 and a phone number 855-900-7584.: http://greenlots.com/about/ Green lots has a mobile app for access to info and
The organization says that subscription based charging was discouraging people. It appears that they are mapping for the local BC Hydro 500 amp charger. :http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/west-coasts-green-highway-gets-a-boost-with-more-charging-stations-for-electric-cars/article15153747/
There are six public chargers here in Merritt. There are an estimated 700 EVs in the province. PP
On this day: August 6th 2012
Nasa’s Curiosity Rover lands on Mars
Neary half a century on this car is not out of place in shows or on the street.
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The Nicola Valley cruisers had a car show for their classic cars on the past weekend. This Chevy product was part of it. Sam Roline said his grandmother purchased it from the local GM Dealer in 1966. The new car was inherited by Sam in 1988 and was a source of pride for him in the cruisers show.
Sam Roline is the partner to two term Mayor Susan Roline an other person with deep roots in the Nicola Valley and the interior of British Columbia.
The Nicola Valley cruisers president is Jack Cross. http://www.merritt.ca/events/nicola-valley-cruisers-show-and-shine-car-show
On this day: July 30th 1966
Wembley England sees England defeat West Germany for the 1966 FIFA world cup.
An Irish flag fly’s over the Merritt Green Energy project.
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An Irish Flag flys over the Merritt Green Energy Project. Two main structures, culverts, and ditching about the project is underway with crews from Acres Construction who travel from Kamloops in a 15 passenger van daily. Canada’s national flag is seen slightly higher on the ascending buildings.The project is reported to be in the 270K range and will result in a 40 Megawatt steam generator. The green wood waste burning plant is going into the provincial power grid.
EN:Skill and professionalism may replace luck but a bit of Irish can’t hurt.
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The Merritt Green Energy Project is the second biomass plant project being developed in British Columbia by Dalkia and Fengate. In November 2013, they announced the financial close on the $235
million, 40 MW Fort St. James Green Energy Project, which is expected to begin operations next year.
Fengate Financial have arranged the financing for the project : FMI see the press release at: http://www.fengatecapital.com/news/pdf/MerrittGELPNewsReleaseJuly25_2013.pdf
The project also has an agreement with the Lower Nicola Indian Band for impact issues.
On this day: July 29th 1973
The Greeks vote out the Monarchy.
Pipeline politics are on again! Has any one ever asked the question why is oil not refined at sea and taken by tankers off rigs to retailers. Maybe the technologies are non existing. Why not? Can water also be desalinated on off shore rigs cleaned up and taken away? Possibly but the politics of oil is the politics of wealth and seems to be very guarded.
Locally hearing by January the recommendations a possible decision 0n if we will have a twinned line come through Merritt still makes us conflicted between knowing it is someone’s necessary evil and some else’s path way to wealth . We at this blog (royal we) hope that what ever the NEBs report is that it mitigates and distributes the benefits closer to ordinary Canadians birth expectations and rights….Here’s what the responsible operator of the 60 year trans mountain line says of the countdown to decision.
It’s been nearly two years since the head of Kinder Morgan and the company behind the Trans Mountain Pipeline project addressed the local business community about the project, and it was at a time when any formal decision to proceed was a couple years away.
On Tuesday, Kinder Morgan president Ian Anderson was back in Coquitlam speaking to the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce to provide an update on the billion-dollar pipeline project.
He said the National Energy Board is expected to issue its recommendations to the federal government in January, which in turn has another 90 days to accept or reject the project.
In the meantime, he said the energy company still has a lot of work to do on the design of the project, the emergency response plans, and dialogue with First Nations communities.
Kinder Morgan is proposing to expand the 1,550-kilometre pipeline that carries oil from Edmonton to Burnaby.
The proposed pipeline route in Coquitlam would run east of the Port Mann Bridge through the Fraser River, hitting land near United Boulevard.
The line would follow the road west past the Eaglequest Golf complex before meeting up with the Lougheed Highway corridor to Burnaby.
The cities of Coquitlam and Port Moody along with the Village of Belcarra have been given intervener status, which allows the municipalities to ask questions and receive answers through the NEB process.
Anderson, who last spoke to the chamber in the fall of 2013, said the company has listened to some of the local concerns about the project, noting Trans Mountain originally intended to use the Colony Farm area as a work site, but opted not to after hearing from the community.
He also said the company has heard from businesses along United Boulevard about the disruptions from years of construction in the area, and are trying to mitigate the impacts from any pipeline construction.
The balance of the worlds wealth is important, and the use of income needs to be in responsible hands, lets not squander that or make the world worse but wealthier . The way these things are done is as important as doing it. PP
Editors note: The decision remains in the hands of the people of Canada through responsible elected and the rule of law.
On this day: July 17th 1955
Disney land is dedicated in California
Some hay growers are saying that crops are ahead.
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However price and the availability of water is a concern for second crops here; according to small producers.
On this day: July 8th 1874
The Mounties begin their march west in Canada.
This roadside pond was drained because of its proximity to the green energy project.
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Midday Valley road was the scene of a drainage project recently. The spring feed pond was piped to the north and into a field near the Coldwater river leaving the bulrushes in the drying mud.The road is next to the Merritt Green energy project and diverts the water to a new area to the North.
There are several springs that make their way down the slope from the hills and mountains to the south of Merritt and the coastal mountains.
The diversion was made with large diameter pipe accessible by fauna.
On this day: June 25th 1982
Greece makes shaving heads for military recruits against policy.
The retail price of gas has remained stable here with 7 of the 8 outlets offering it at $1.23.9 cents a liter. All but is also the truck stop who offers at $128.9 reporting 20 hours ago instead of the others at 4 hrs. ago. The Husky station also has a compressed hydrogen( LNG Liquefied Natural Gas) outlet in the large lot behind the gasoline service.
Merritt is a small community in the South Central part of BC , and is in the center of the Coquihalla highway system connecting the cities of Kamloops, Kelowna and Princeton with the lower mainland and Vancouver.
http://www.bcgasprices.com/index.aspx?area=Merritt&dl=Y&fuel=A&intro=Y
On this day: June 19th 1961
Kuwait becomes independent form the UK.
The Diacarbon Energy corporation is running its plant here in Merritt and a source says that there are 18 jobs there. On a visit to the plant this week one of the addition bins were on a feed by an active conveyor. The company is to produce White wood pellets and bio coal.
The company expanded the property with two bins after acquiring it from the failed Highland wood pellets. The construction of the original plant involved government money and promised 50 jobs. The plant ran and packaged some wood pellets but ran into problems with moisture content. The pellets were attempted to be marketed for floor-ground cover in barns and other applications involving livestock.
Specialized in research and development of clean tech renewable energy products, Diacarbon has focused its efforts on perfecting its bio coal product, and now aims to produce this on a mass production scale this coming fall.
The plant was previously owned by Highland Pellet Manufacturing Ltd and came equipped with machinery allowing for the production of wood pellets. Diacarbon sees this as a great opportunity to expand its product line to offer a more established renewable energy product and will begin production of its wood pellets product this summer.
Diacarbon has selected state of the art technology from Europe and USA to be installed on its plant site and has taken great care to ensure its equipment is of high quality, efficient and environmentally friendly. Diacarbon is using local contractors and approximately 12 new employees from the Merritt region to complete the development and installation of equipment at its plant site. Once the plant is fully operational it will require a total of 25 employees to operate the facility and will create job opportunities within Merritt.
http://www.diacarbon.com/diacarbons-manufacturing-plant-start-production-coming-fall/ info@diacarbon.com
Merritt has a history of coal production dating back to the end of the 19th century, it was curtailed in after the second world war, in part due to engineering problems.There is no indication of coal mining at this writing. All coal mines were back filled at their portals with old cars and fill decades ago.
On this Day: May 28th 585
A solar eclipse becomes a cardinal date for dating events in history.
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