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.
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
File Photo KDG
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
Animals can host ticks in the early spring
File Photo KDG
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.
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.
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.
The BC Government of is leading a working group about the threat of asbestos in the work place; “the number one killer of workers in BC”.
The group is seeking input formal, informal input of any kind on the safe use, handling, removal, abatement and disposal.
Public input can be given through the next few weeks at the BC Ministry of Labour, contact John Blakely.
Black Beard the pirate ( Edward Teach) is killed by the Royal Navy.
When it comes it can be something to manage File photo KDG
Artic Front:
British Columbia is getting an artic front with snow and double digit minus over night lows. This sudden onset old man winter has caught a few without snow tires in the interior, and the forecast is up to 50 centimeters in some pasts of the interior.
Situations can go bad fast in weather be prepared and think thing through. Video cams at the Drive BC site over conditions seen in real time.
The gasoline price is at $1.10.9 cents a liter today a day before the long week end starts. The price represents a stable driving season and a management attitude by consumers. The absence of the McMurray fire this year may have something to do with it and the Shell Station off Belshaw Avenue has not gone without supply as yet this season as was the case last season. At this writing a fuel truck is delivering there for the weekend.
The drought sign has gone up from normal meaning conditions are dryer act accordingly.
Gas buddy says that all Merritt gas stations are on price. The average price is $1.22.3 and the lowest is 94.9 in BC. Trending up…
On this Day: August 3rd 1859
The American Dental association is founded.
Kevin Griffiths
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