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.
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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Aboriginal Women’ online M.R of C…
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
Gasoline is a buck nine . nine a liter at the down town Petro Can in Merritt British Columbia Canada. After many weeks of $169.9 the gas price has dropped first to one Eleven and now to $109.9 Still the lowest price in BC today is $98.9 and and average of $115.8 and trending up.
Trans Mountain line from Alberta Remains Full..
The negitive prices that were seen at the top of the lock down are not likley as jet B fuel is projected to be low demand until 2026.
The aviation sector consumed almost 8% of oil products globally in 2019, or almost 7.5 million barrels per day according to Bloomberg NEF’s 2020 Aviation Fuel Outlook. In 2020, Covid-19 has grounded much of the world’s aircraft, leading to almost a halving of fuel consumption. Long-term, however, appetite for air travel should continue to grow. With few alternatives and without significant policy intervention, air miles will continue to be powered by fossil fuels. This research note analyzes the key themes driving consumption of aviation fuels to 2050.
Bloomberg
Good luck on your driving habits and stay safe remember the Restrictions on travel this Christmas.
According to holidaysandobservnces.com today January 24th is Beer Can Appreciation Day, The current BC government doubled the deposit on beverage containors in November of 2019. The person above said she had 15 dollars worth ,that was before the increase. We can imagine that she appreciates the raise. Maybe she will inspire you to appreciate Beer Can Appreciation Day.. Thank your lucky stars!
National Beer Can Appreciation Day Activities
Buy beer…. in cans. Doesn’t matter to me where you buy your beer.
Marvel at those beautiful beer containers. When ready, remove a single can from packaging,…
Drink the nectar within. Now crack that bad boy and enjoy the flavor that has been kept air tight…
The local government bunch at the UBCM is having an emphasis on oil transportation by rail.
Representatives from the federal Fund for Railway Accidents Involving Designated Goods will be attending the 2019 UBCM Convention, and are seeking to provide information about the Fund to communities located near a railway. Following the 2013 derailment in Lac-Mégantic, the federal government strengthened the liability and compensation regime for rail accidents involving crude oil. This led to the Fund for Railway Accidents Involving Designated Goods being established in 2016, under the Canada Transportation Act. The compensation regime is based on the principle that federally regulated railways carrying crude oil are strictly liable for damages Source UBCM
Your still dead or maimed no matter who is responsible.
For the local government guys and gals visit booth 903 at the convention.
Jannie Bedard Gullimette is the name listed as a contact for communications.
A yellow light was being repaired at this intersection
The Trans Mountain bunch arte saying that construction may start again in September. Our dream is that it would be all done in 4 months no more trouble and our crossroad community would not be disturbed by a large workforce.
Speaking to CTV News Edmonton last week, Trans Mountain’s President and CEO, Ian Anderson, updated the current status of the Project, saying “We’ve got about a third of the pipe now stockpiled in locations between the Lower Mainland and Edmonton.” Hiring is also a priority, with the goal of hiring as many local and Indigenous workers as possible. “We’ll probably start out with somewhere in the 1,000 to 1,200 people, I would guess, growing to a peak of 5,000 or 6,000,” Anderson said.
Trans mountain
On this Day: July 5th 2018
The EU single market copyright directive vote held back.
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
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EV reserved parking
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lacrosse rink nearing completion. Photo KDG
Some one hung thier hat after the local team was out of contention.
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Service from Middleton Petro
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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
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Painter Baillie house
Fire men cleaning skate park
Beard be gone R.Mcdonald
One of many musician that get Merritt BC on their resume.
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60,000 liters gasoline delivery ….file Photo KDG
Sap about to run
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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