Category: Crime and punishment


Happy International Workers Day.

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May 1, 2019

Workers of the world, have a good day, we appreciate that there is profit in all labour and a clear mind and a healthy body after a good shift is desirable and profitable.

  • New fire hydrant File Photo KDG
  • Exercise water valves
  • Rodeo weekend in Merritt File Photo KDG
  • EV reserved parking Photo KDG
  • lacrosse rink nearing completion. Photo KDG
  • Some one hung thier hat after the local team was out of contention. Photo: KDG
  • Service from Middleton Petro File Photo KDG
  • Hydro worker on atruck
  • A happy job Stewart talks to us at the start of the 3rd 500 KV line near Merritt. Photo KDG
  • Potholes on Voght street being repaired as they come up
  • Artic spa contractors ” The hot tubs will be ready in October”
  • clean gas clean gas pump File photo KDG
  • Painter Baillie house
  • Fire men cleaning skate park
  • Beard be gone R.Mcdonald
  • One of many musician that get Merritt BC on their resume. File Photo KDG
  • 60,000 liters gasoline delivery ….file Photo KDG
  • Sap about to run
  • Hydro
    Power pole crew
  • Black Smith

On this Day: May 1st 1927

The Union Labour life Insurance company is founded by the American Federation of Labour.

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Missing people, Ben Tyner 32

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February 12, 2019
Tracy Dunsmore Search and Rescue, avoid employing Tracy! File Photo KDG

The Nicola Valley has its share of mysteries the most recent is the disappearance of a local ranch manager at the historic Nicola Ranch.

Ben Tyner’s Horse comes back…

Fact is that his horse came back and the search is no longer a rescue, this after 7 days of search. The 32-year-old cowboy’s disappearance has caused the Mounties to deploy major crimes investigation units without a word on the public safety status.

Kelly Morrison…

Kelly Morrison went missing from Stump lake ranch October 22nd 2013 and his whereabouts remains a mystery. Dean Kelly Morrison was employed at the ranch north of the Nicola Ranch and had been let go. He had car troubles and had called a tow truck then went missing. The family still maintains a 3000 dollar reward for info with posters about including the window of Merritt printing. Morrison had been a volunteer in the last election attempt of Harry Lali . The campaign failed to elect Lali. There is no indication that it had anything to do with his disappearance other then contributing to a sense of failure.

Dean Kelly Morrison was a volunteer in this election the saw former NDP cabinet minister Harry Lali get 39% of the vote going down to the Liberal MLA 44%

Missing First Nations and the municipal election cycle.

Garry Handlen has been in the system for the murder and disappearance of local FN girls in the last two election cycles for municipalities both cycles the family has expressed gratitude for the justice given in the case going back to 1978. Closure for these types of situations seems to be elusive and life consuming. We recommend that every one have a good attitude toward personal safety and avoid situations that could cause preventable grief to the community. ( Even the Trudeau family could have avoided this by Shasa not being out alone and presumably drowning on November 13th 1994 , never being found.)

On this Day: February 12th 1994

The Scream is stolen from an art museum, in Norway.

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Mounties resist uniform change…

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December 27, 2018

Auxiliaries tagged volunteer.

The UBCM is reporting that they want the Mounties to change the uniform that the auxiliaries wear. ” to relect the autority of the position” which would include removing the tag Volunteer.


UBCM’s primary concern is the RCMP decision to prominently display the word “volunteer” on the uniform, and how it does not accurately reflect the authority held by Auxiliaries. A more professional uniform may also help reverse a trend that has seen a number of Auxiliaries leave the RCMP in recent years, coinciding with changes that have limited the scope of the Auxiliary Program.

Source UBCM

No changes to take immediate effect, Cops

The Mounties are not going to immediately implement and change including the volunteer tagging .The National Occupational Health and Safety Committee has reinforced the keeping of the tag. The direction is ackowleged and a recommened consultation periiod of 18 months after some sort of implementaion is talked about.

On this Day: December 27th 1932

Radio city music hall opens as the show plae of America.

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Time Life person of the year, Journalists…

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December 12, 2018
A journalist films at a distance a murder scene in a local park, Police had on white forensic coveralls and masks to prevent contamination. File Photo KDG

Once a year some newsmaker selected.

Time selects a person of the year every year and makes no judgement on good or bad but how did they effect the world. This year a group of detained journalists have made the pick with the slain member  Jamel Khasshoggi’s image being featured . Khasshoggi’s the first newsmaker Time has used that was dead at the time of selection.

On this Day: December 12th 2015

The Paris accord is adopted by the UN framework on climate change.

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Nicola Valley Film Society, The Children Act, November 19th 2018

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November 2, 2018

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International film:

 

The Nicola Valley film society is having its November Film titled The Children Act on November 19th at the NVIT lecture theatre top of the Hill Belshaw avenue in Merritt.

The Society is in its 14th year presenting TIFF international independent films in  Merritt, Cathy Star president.

Medical consent is the issue in the film.

On this Day: November 2nd 1984

The first women executed in the US since 1962

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Legislation in force today.

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October 17, 2018

BC Gone to pot…

The regulation of use and sale is in effect for pot today with one official store in Kamloops BC.

Provincially, control over the sale, supply and possession of non-medical cannabis is established through the Cannabis Control and Licensing Act. The Cannabis Distribution Act establishes the provincial government’s role as the lone wholesale distributor of non-medical cannabis in BC. In preparation for legalization, the provincial government, on October 5, 2018, released new and amended regulations for BC’s legalized non-medical cannabis system. Notable regulatory changes include:
A maximum possession limit of 1,000 grams for non-public places (e.g. at home);
Prohibiting smoking and vaping within six metres of doorways, windows, air intakes of public buildings, bus stops, or bus shelters;
Permitting indoor consumption of cannabis in certain public places (e.g. hotel rooms (if permitted), designated rooms in hospitals, assisted living facilities and retirement homes);
Allowing consumption of cannabis in recreational vehicles and trailers if they are parked where camping is permitted and being used as a private residence;
Exemptions for the consumption of medical cannabis on school property, buses, trains and boats;
Prohibiting the operation of a cannabis delivery service;
Finalizing violation ticket fines — $230 for smoking cannabis in a prohibited area, and $58 for vaping in a prohibited area;
Applying the 7% PST to all cannabis sales (medical and non-medical), in addition to the GST, federal excise tax and 15% wholesale mark-up issued by the LDB.

On this Day October 17th 1817
King Seti 1′ tomb is found

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Walk facing the oncoming traffic!

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May 1, 2018

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So they build great sidewalks for the use of many people to walk to destinations. We know of people that lost legs to walking with the oncoming traffic coming in the lane right at their back. Never mind death wish crazed drivers there are heart attacks, mechanical failures, weather bursts any number of reasons to be one lane away from traffic when walking close to the curb or even on the sidewalk.

Walking in a group maybe talking about the game all the more reason to see the oncoming traffic in the closest lane.

Simple but people are not thinking of being hurt they are relaxed and mostly in attentive. The consequences are terrible to lose a leg or your life causes  distress to everyone involved.

Stay safe, pay attention, keep alert. Walk with the oncoming traffic in full view!

 

On this Day: May 1st 1869

The follies open in Paris France.

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TGIF- HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH

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April 13, 2018

There can be up to 3 Fridays the 13th in a calendar year, 2018 has two one in April (today) and one in July.

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Moon has sharp lower crescent, File Photo KDG ,March 13th 2013

Friday the 13th is selected once a year as Accident Awareness Day in Finland.

Some studies show that about 20 million North Americans have mild fear enough to change behavior over moon and Friday the thirteenth events.

 

On this Day: April 13th  1742

Handles Messiah makes its world  debut in Dublin Ireland.

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TGIF-Wood ticks

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April 6, 2018

 

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Animals can host ticks in the early spring
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There have been some reports of wood ticks on workers around tall dead grass in Merritt.
Early spring can be a time for ticks. The nuisance creature usually gets on people from tall dead grass as it is walked by and contracted.
The first Tic was reported here in Merritt BC on March 6th, their presence is usually noted when the temperature is 4c and above. They are active today. According to a vets office they can be around for some time.
There many remedies in edible and powder forms. One local Vets office have removed 2 ticks so far this season.

On this Day: April 6th 1909

Robert Peary expedition reach’s the north pole.

 

 

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March for MM

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February 22, 2018


Gary Taylor Handlen December 1 2014 Charged for murder of a local child in 1978. Handlen processed early December 2014 at the end of an election cycle that saw a new mayor elected. Pressure on officials is apparent.

The March for awareness seems to have been coordinated with the provincial budget. In the group is former Merritt Mayor Clara Norgaard , and her Daughter City Councilor Diana Norgaard. Me

On this Day: February 22 1959

Lee Petty wins the Daytona 500 for the first time.

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TGIF- intersection accident

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January 26, 2018

 

 

Yesterday a  fully loaded logging truck clipped a 2500 series GM Pick up in the intersection of Nicola and Voght in Merritt. Both drivers left the vehicles to inquire as to the well being  of the other. Thankfully no seemed hurt.

Thank your lucky stars for your good condition and health you never no when it might change.

Drive safe keep accounts with people short…

On this Day: January 26th 1911 The Curtis seaplane flies for the first time.

 

 

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TGIF- 132.9 a liter

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November 24, 2017

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Broken sign, no contract…. File Photo KDG

 

 

 
The gasoline prices going into the American Thanksgiving weekend are  from $1.29.9- $1.32.9 a liter. Long weekends should not effect prices as oil is done by futures contacts. However as a trigger to action we in Canada could reduce our driving by regulating speed, tuning up autos, pooling, planning trips to advantage, not driving unnecessarily.

 Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) works with provinces and territories, other government departments, and Canadian and international groups to explore how to meet our energy needs and adapt to changes in distribution methods while considering the environmental impact of doing so.

Canadian crude oil and petroleum product inventories have been relatively stable for the last five years. Inventory levels for some products, such as gasoline and furnace oil, fluctuate significantly over the year. Demand for these products is very seasonal and at its peak can exceed the production capacity of refineries. Therefore, refiners need to anticipate the peak consumption periods by building inventories in advance. Gasoline inventories increase during the first quarter of the year and are used during the summer months to supplement refinery production. Furnace oil stocks grow during the fall and are drawn during the coldest months of winter when demand is at its highest level. Source Canadian Government.

Sixty percent of Americans are traveling this weekend, slow down and save a little gas in your travels, better your chances to arrive alive and save some grief. Delay a pipeline a minute without costly retail gas prices encouraging it.

On this Day: November 24th 1973

An oil supply crisis sees a speed limit put on the German Autobahn , it lasts 4 months.

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