You are presumed to be honest and responsible without evidence to the contrary beyond a reasonable doubt… on the balance of probablilties you are justified by 51 % likelyhood.
Today is the international day for the ending of violence against women.
OUCH
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Homicidies in Canada 2020
There were 743 homicides in Canada in 2020. The change was plus 56 from 2019, the rate per 1100k of the population was 1.95. The breakdown by sex was 568 male to 171 female; who ahead?
These stats are all homicides, which means survival of violence is a different thing and it is subject to social priorities. ( ie: 1 in 5 were gang-related, down considerably since 2016). If death because of gang activities is effectively addressed, because of priorities then AW violence can also be.
Edmonton Alberta had the highest homicide rate; 3.19 per 100 K, with Montreal the lowest at 0.97. Once again these are all homicide statistics and hide an ugly monster.
Beating deaths were .34 of homicides down from a high of 0.53 in 1993.
British Columbia had 8 more homicides in 2020, Alberta had 39 more.
There were 277 homicides in Canada by firearms nearly half with handguns ( Whos got handguns in Canada?)
You be the judge and not a stat.
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Editors note: Statistical data: 2021 Stats Can, why are 4 homicides not listed in either gender?
Data release date: November 25th, 2021, Stats Can
On this Day: November 25th 1905-1915
Albert Einstien presents his notes on general relativity.
A peace officer talks to a citizen.
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November 1st-7th is crime prevention week. The most helpful thing a citizen can do to observe this week is to report crimes. Reporting will give you a leg up on civics and what is available to make safety a reality in your community.
The first way and the least intrusive is to call 911, the second is to call the listed non-Emergency number to the police, and the third is to report online. Online reporting only takes property crimes under $5000.00 and is less interactive.
The police are on alert this week for public interaction so this would be a good time to be aware and use your ability if indeed you are in that position. Good luck
The TMX project is ongoing, and the existing line will be running at capacity for the month of October 2021.
Workers song:
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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.
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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.
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
A 2010 single homeless, camp leaving on a traffic island on a freeway… File Photo KDG
This post is not meant to be a complete guide to poison safety. We only want to draw attention to the observance. More attention to poison safety then what is published here is required.
Some Black Berries can be poisoned,. You need to be aware of the colours of berries and other traits to be confident to eat them.
“Stay away from berries on plants with spines, bitter smells, or milky sap. In general, the following plants are not safe for humans to eat, including the berries. You should check for:”
According to Wiki Help here is a start for your diligence:
Labour day or Labor Day for Americans ( thanks to a white house that made words spell the way they sounded) is an important holiday. Those that do make life so much better for all. Labour is the essence of life producing the ability to live daily and perpetually..
Family and Friends
Labour also makes it possible to have expanded relationships The ability to produce wealth rather then subsistence is the labour world goal. Higher wage and less hours is important to the enjoying social and family life good luck to the future of this ideal.
Trans Mountain Expansion,, TMX is a pipeline that is a twinning of an existing one that comes from the Edmonton Alberta area and brings Alberta crude west through Burnaby to refineries in the US that process and distribute oil products into the free market. Trans mountain works on a tariff system that it charges producers to transport the crude to destinations. They do not own the oil.
Know as the trans-mountain apartments, Merritt BC File Photo KDG
Owned by the Government of Canada.
The 60 year oil company that was the Trans Mountain Pipeline was bought the Trudeau Government from US investors to ensure that the national interest of its bringing oil from Alberta was secure against the “oppression of the majority” and other dynamics of the provincial interest of big against small, wealth transfer, strategic supply of the needed chemicals for energy, food , medicines, and the sovereign Canadian ability to mange its own.
Trans Mountain pipeline was commissioned in March 1951, after an act of the Canadian Parliament created it.
Trans mountain pipeline was born in the public interest, moved in and out of public control over its life time and at this time remains steadily in Canadian public control, at least until completion of and the maturity of its role in the supply line. The standards of construction and maintenance may exceed what is generically called an oil pipeline elsewhere in the world, which is good we believe. The following videos are produced by Trans Mountain however they are film and can be easily verified by interested.
Climate Change Emergency.
The discourse of the current federal election has some candidates calling global warming as an emergency situation. We agree that the demands of human population is making for all kinds of emergency situations and they all need attention. The carbon thing is to be addressed by emissions controls after use and requires industry to do it if other needed dynamics are not to be neglected.
Insurance
Some are calling for the insurance industry to not give insurance to the TMX operations, in an effort to stop the construction. We have not researched who may be providing insurance to the operations. However for those that find comfort in the fact that insurance company’s often partner by under writing projects we would remind you that the Canadian Government self insures its operations as do some large corporations and because the TMX operations are government owned its a mute point to try to undermine its construction by that kind of boycott
Sense of place
The way the expansion and indeed the continuation of life on earth should not violate our peoples sense of place or belonging.. Three generations have come along of people that directly benefited from Trans Mountain operations, sense of place is well established with these, we hope that those that are not at arms length will try to and speak out when needed, to support the good things, that may come to the people in the macro sense.
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.
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.
The Trans Mountain expansion project is hiring 35 students for the coming summer.
Pipe for oil field
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Trans mountain highlighted their support for international women’s day with a article on their Oct 20th 2020 course on women in management.
n October 2020, Trans Mountain launched a Project Management Extension Certificate program for Indigenous women from communities along the pipeline corridor.
“This one-year virtual program – offered through Mount Royal University in Calgary – was created as a result of high interest expressed by women who were keen on developing their project management skills to support their current careers and advance their knowledge. The program provides transferrable skills training that can be implemented in diverse areas such as new construction, environmental remediation, infrastructure projects, and more. Participants also have the valuable opportunity to work with a mentor to support their career development and networking circles.”
Resilience, Strength and Friendship…
The resolve it takes to build a productive life is demonstrated by commitment to your self to achieve…
The barriers to life must be turned into challenges if you are to feel good about your self. Build bridges not walls
Kevin Griffiths
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