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Maintenance contractors also test for weights and measures say a source Photo KDG
Today in history: January 10th 1870
John D.Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
Category: Government Works
The city has acquired a new vacuum truck it wasat work at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Center on Tuesday.
A source says that for the last two years a contractor from Kelowna has done that service for the city. Before that the city used a local contractor to carry out things like cleaning out storm sewers .
The operator expressed confidence in its abilities and estimated it to be 500.000 dollars in cost
New vac truck gives the city of Merritt the work of cleaning out storm sewers.
picture KDG
Today in history: December 19th 1998
The United States president Bill Clinton is impeached by the US Congress.
Nelson Mandela (Photo credit: Festival Karsh Ottawa)
With respect to the family, friends , colleagues of Nelson Mandela we offer our condolences to the one who according to US President and guardian of democratic freedom Barack Obama ” has joined the ages”.
A quiet spirit and a pragmatic soul has left us to our own ends we hope that the world will build on his legacy as it is far from perfect and a lesson in starting and allowing others to have a part in liberty. KDG
Today in history: December 10th 1906
Teddy Roosevelt wins the Nobel peace prize, becoming the first American to accomplish it.
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Sharon McIvor
The local community college has a speakers series, its first event of the season last night featured a local member of their faculty, Sharon McIvor. Sharon has an activist’s bent to her career. She is A lawyer but generally refuses income from her place on the bar. Does not like to practice criminal law,she has however a couple of presidents to her credit including O’Connor vrs Canada were she got on going revisions to the way victims statements are reviewed in sexual assault cases and the McIvor amendment to the Indian act that brought 46,000 grand children of the Indian women that lost their status over time through marriage. The women were restored in the 1980s by legislation but their grandchildren were not at that time.
Sharon voiced concerns on poverty oppression and missing or murdered women. she has a voice at the UN through a couple of committees .Sharon also voiced concerns about the relationship of First Nations with the Police. she also said that if it were proportional to population there would be about 19,000 missing or murdered non aboriginal women.
She feels that the way government is addressing issues is by providing money for training to groups, personal safety is the one she took ownership of for her people. She alluded to it being something but seemed less than satisfied.
Sharon McIvor says she was born in the Nicola Valley and can trace her mother’s side as always being here.
Today in History: November 5 1943
The World War Two bombing of the Vatican
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A disply at a local library promoting wood and value added. Photo KDG
The local library has gotten a dozen new soft and comfortable chairs. The black swivel global comfort series Obus chairs came with a Fabrique Au Canada or Made in Canada tag attached .
They have been placed at the computer stations in the Library. The original Computers were a gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and were replaced after years of grateful use.
Something new is a treat go to the library and email your buds this weekend on a new comfort chair.
Today in History: October 25th 2004
Cuba bans transactions in American dollars
Its good that it is friday….
The local British Columbia Aboriginal Training Association has a posted goal in their office at NVIT the local first nations run community college. The goal is 650 employed by March 2015.
They also post stats that claim 1998 intakes and 613 employed to date since 2010
SPF (funding partnership including federal government And mining companies such as Teck and First Nations) since 2012: 1054 intakes and 253 employed.
The British Columbia Mining Industry employed 30, 000 people in BC in the heydays of the 1979s ,about the size of the civil service with more than 30 operating mines. It has enjoyed a comeback in recent years after a hiatus to global operations.
Today in history: October 4 , 1883
The first trip of the train Orient Express.
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There is a drop in ESL group at the public library Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 am.
No registration is required .
Today in History: September 25th 303
On a mission to preach the gospel St Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens France
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Harry Lali the unsuccessful incumbant in the May provincial election still has his sign up at his constituency office on Granite Avenue and Garcia street here in Merritt. He moved out of his office some weeks ago however his name and MLA Fraser Nicola still remain on the outside of the building.
Harry spent many years in the legislature representing our riding, he was a cabinet minister in Glen Clarks NDP government. His time and tenure was part of an era here in Merritt that saw great things and many close connections to Canadian governments and world dynamics.
It is to early to say if the era is ended here for us however we see the world as being different and closer. People growing up in the engagement era that Harry had some dealings with are different then the people in the news in the 20th century a very violent and chaotic time.
At some point some one will have to take the sins down. We are confident that the change in the personality of the world through engagement will remain.
Today in history: July 25, 1917
Sir Robert Borden introduces an income tax in Canada lowest rate 4 percent highest rate is 25 percent. It is to be a temporary measure.
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The meeting room of the local Coldwater Hotel was occupied by members of the IBEW yesterday morning. A member of the group outside for a break said that they were having a safety meeting. When asked ” high visibility concerns ” he didn’t disagree”.
The member said they were involved in the 500 KV line to the lower-mainland. When asked if a tower that had fallen some months ago in the Lundbom lake area was still on the ground he said ” I think that’s been cleaned up now. A separate source at a different time had said that it collapsed when it went to be plumbed. He also said that the towers are heavier gauge steel then in the past. Another source had shown us pictures of the tower on the ground in recent weeks.
The 3rd 500 kv line to the lower mainland is substantially following the existing line to lessen environmental impact.
The pads for the towers are being put in by the company Flatiron represented by the Christian labourers union the towers by Hydro its self with its bargaining unit IBEW.
Today in history: July 24, 1487
The people of Leeuwarden Netherlands strike a ban on foreign beer.
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Its good that it is friday….
There is an every job counts Canada action plan program going on at the Merritt Civic center. The kitchen is being upgrades with new stuff including convection ovens and a walk in freezer. Ste 1 is complete including stainless steel preparation tables and the next stage will include organized serving carts.
The civic center is available for functions and a food safe certificate is required for public but not private functions.
Today in history: July 19,64
On the west edge of the BC Hydro construction of their new substation and on the crest of a 40 meter hill is an extension of Spring Bank road going south toward town.Full water and sewer lines are being added. The view is of the River Ranch across the Nicola River with its green fields and meandering willow stands. The area was serviced with storm sewers decades ago.
A forestry forest fire training facility that features a simulator is being completed at the local airstrip about one mile away. The facility is scheduled for substantial completion on July 26th and for minister opening on the 1 st of August.
There are 3 twenty man training rooms, a laundry lots of offices and a large reception area, two helipads and a stones throw to the airstrip. There is also 4 residential lots that belong to the forest service. The facility is autonomous to the Regional Forestry Office on the other side of the airstrip and an open field away.The training center does not have living quarters.
The airstrip has a live in security person and houses the search and rescue command van.
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Pope innocent the third calls European Knights to a crusade.
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