On this Day: September 17th 2001
The New York Stock exchange opens after the 911 event.
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West Alternate Route.
On August 19th 2021 TMX reiterated that the west alternate route is approved and 99.9 percent of the expansion is
approved at this writing.
Variance came from request of Coldwater FN Band.
The Commission also found there has been adequate consultation and accommodation with respect to potentially affected Indigenous peoples for the purpose of their decision on the variance application. The Commission gave significant weight to the fact that Coldwater, which is the Indigenous community located in the Coldwater Valley and closest to the West Alternative, indicated its support for the West Alternative as the superior route option through the Coldwater Valley. The Commission noted that in the West Alternative variance application, Trans Mountain included several letters from other Indigenous peoples in support of Coldwater’s position on the West Alternative.
Rural Pipeline Construction
On this Day: August 24th 1482
Berwick on Tweed captured by English forces.
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Emergency assistance to keep the health and safety of workers.
Trans Mountain is available to assist in wildfire management in BC.
We have offered the use of our camp communities in Merritt and Clearwater for evacuees and are currently housing evacuees and firefighters working in the area in our Merritt facility. In Kamloops, work was stood down in Kenna Cartwright Park and Pineview Park areas as requested by the City of Kamloops, with team members helping to mitigate fire risk by wetting and cutting grass in areas under active construction for the Expansion Project. Trans Mountain also supported the Robson Valley Fire Service response efforts with a skidder and water tank after a fire ignited in the North Thompson region.
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Merritt BC Camp
The Merritt Camp Community is a self-sufficient site connected to power with on-site water and sewer infrastructure. The camp community will house up to 400 people working on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and is operated by Civeo through a joint venture partnership with the Lower Nicola Indian Band.
Source TMX today
Serious Presence, Including HDD…
Nicola River File Photo KDG
Still in the Q for crossing ?
Playlist : Leon Bridges…
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On this Day: August 17th 1959
Quake lake is formed in Montana.
Take my Breath away, below click.
of the 2017 fire season in the Sothern interior of BC
File Photo KDG
Hey! it’s those 2 lines around planet earth called the tropics where our imaginations have caused us to limit legitimate heat extremes existence. Well between them and the Equator the line in the sand has be drawn, or not?
We are having a heat wave a polar heat wave!
So June 12th 2021 I took 8 photos of a sun dog in the western sky about 40 degrees in the horizon and the dome of the sky. Hexagon ice crystal in the Sirius cloud space cause a 22 degree circle to dog the sun. That Ice was pushed from the artic when warm vortex winds pushed it down from the pole to us.
Summer Solstice.
Summer Solstice was nearing on the 12th and the 23 degree tip of the Northern Hemisphere toward the sun was coming into full, meaning that the sun was closes to are artic pole then it would be in the 2021 summer season. The heat was creating the vortex driving the artic air that gave us a cool spring in front of it, with the Sun Dog ice along for the ride.
50 degrees C June 26th 2021
Our temperature reading comes from Lytton BC and the 26th of June Lytton was the top of a heat dome that took the town out. The heated air from the sun with the earth at its greatest tip was up to bat after delivering the sun dog on the 12th.
Be ready next year.
Be ready for that time period next year, and watch for the winter solstice here as the tip of the sun will be at its most in Antarctica on .that the December 21st (circa).
On this Day: August 12th 1990
Sue is found in South Dakota.
Hi my love!
Will the forest echo with laughter?
Bee mine…. File Photo KDG
Today is world nature conservation day.! It is a declaration of the United Nations assembly and observed by it’s members.
The purpose is to have people commit to preserving plants and animals from going extinct. “Every individual” needs to do this to ensure natures survival, in the view of the organization.
On this Day: July 28th 1996
Kennewick man is found.
David Suzuki Foundation ” Hot Enough for you Day”
Today is the Hot enough for you Day, A voice of caution that is needful in your times.
File Photo KDG
Sun Dog: June 12th 2021, Merritt BC.
Bryan Adams Please forgive me.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=N2t12ebAFxE&feature=shareOn this Day: July 23rd 1840:
Act union, the province of Canada comes into being.
Have a great weekend!
On this Day: July 14th 1881
Billy the kid is shot dead.
The spring equinox happens on the 20th at 5:37 EDT. The day and night will be the same in the Northern hemisphere as the world enters astronomical spring.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the March equinox (aka spring equinox or vernal equinox) occurs when the Sun crosses the equator line, heading north. This event marks the start of spring in the northern half of the globe. After this date, the Northern Hemisphere begins to be tilted more toward the Sun, resulting in increasing daylight hours and warming temperatures. (In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the opposite: the March equinox marks the start of autumn, as the Southern Hemisphere begins to be tilted away from the Sun.)
Farmers almanac
On this Day: March 20th 235
Maximus Thraxx is made Roman Emperor.
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The Equinox will be on March 19th in the Kamloops Merritt area. The summer solstice will follow in circa 100 days on June 20tth 2020.
On this Day: March 12th 2003
A global warning comes from the WHO about SARS syndrome.
The Trans Mountain pipeline people are using horizontal drilling as well as other methods to cause less disturbance in the laying of the extension of its pipeline to the Coast of BC.
The project is said to emplyee 2200 people and is building on 60 some years of reputation operating the existing line.
We will use trenchless construction techniques, where appropriate, to minimize disruptions. This may be used where the pipeline crosses roads and railways, for select watercourse crossings, and places with restricted workspace such as in some urban areas. Multiple trenchless construction techniques are employed with the selected methodology based on geotechnical conditions, available working space, and length of the trenchless crossing.
There is an antimated display on Trans mountains site for viewing and comment. The company included water courses in the employment of horizontal methods.
Trans Mountain today
On this Day: January 23rd 1846
Tunisian slavery ended.
4200 workers
The expansion project is following up on its notification to its contractors to gear up for the expansion that it issued in August. Fully expecting to get approvals on remaining permits and authorities they expect to be hiring about 4200 people in a phased project timeline.
Trans Mountain remains committed to prioritizing and maximizing Indigenous, local and regional hiring to the greatest extent possible. Hiring by prime contractors is underway, with approximately 4,200 workers expected to be employed in various communities along the corridor in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Source Trans Mountain news.
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A broken sign was a distraction a few years ago, the station has recently installed quick chargers ( yet to be opened).
Petro Canada has installed quick chargers a the local outlet of Belshaw avenue in Merritt and is committed to a national highway of chargers,
On this Day: October 10th 1957
An atomic accident grips the UK.
Using any plastic bags for the 24 hrs of the observance whoa, hold up there may be sanctions. No its just to draw attention. No one is watching, however it is the 10th year and they are looking for input for better and more lasting ways to deal with the single use plastic issue.
1.5 million dollar recycle recycle.
About 1500 tons of waste is in process to of being burnt in Burnaby at this writing. The waste is being returned to Canada from the Philippines after being rejected as recyclable. Its seems out of sight is no longer out of mind. The million and a half could surely been spent more wisely.
Loose bags and single use plastic.
The greatest problem for the environment is the loose single use plastic that gets in the environment and smothers coral, kills birds and reeks havoc on soil dynamics.
Happy International Plastic Bag Free Day!Capture plastic before it captures us.
On this Day: July 3rd 1935
William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy.
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