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On this Day: May 4rth 2000
Ken Livingston becomes the first Mayor of London.
Category: Technology
A EV owner taking on power in Merritt File photo KDG
BC Hydro says that 1 – 50 cars sold in BC are electric.
According to a report, over the long-term, some electric vehicles are less expensive than comparable gas-powered cars in ownership costs. One of the reasons electric vehicles are cheaper is due to B.C. having among the lowest electricity rates in North America.
This is how popular models stack up in cost of ownership per year (excluding depreciation costs):
- 2018 Nissan Leaf ($2,848) vs. 2018 Honda Civic ($4,313)
- 2018 Chevrolet Bolt ($3,299) vs. 2018 Chevrolet Spark ($4,298
- 2018 Kia Soul EV ($3,109) vs. 2018 Kia Soul gas-powered ($4,845)
Source BC Hydro Power Smart
BC hydro is puffing its emerging market for EVs, ( electric vehicles) they cite 1000 chargers in the province and of them 30 are quick chargers. Another 26 fast chargers are planned.
There is a new quick charger in Merritt BC 2200 block Voght street. The Green highway also has a handful of 200 amp chargers as well as one local motel has a Tesla quick charger and a number of regular chargers.
Hydro says that 95 percent of all car trips in BC are under 30 KM.
( good for 120 volt home charging.) KDG
On this Day: May 3rd 2007
Madeline McCain goes missing from her apartment in Portugal.
ice conditions can change quickly File photo: KDG
May 7th and 9th will see a the CRTC for the emergency alert system for smart phones. These apps have been available since April 6th 2018.
This is in concert to the National Emergency Preparedness Week May 7th to 12th.
As of April 6, 2018, Canadians with most LTE devices will get those same warnings on their smartphones, in a form similar to text messages. Wireless public alerts have been tested by emergency agencies, and are mandatory across the country.
You may want to pay attention and consider with care, they have said that they have remedied false alerts such as a recent missile alert in Hawaii.
Alerts will sound, unless your device is muted or turned off, for events like natural disasters, extreme weather and terrorist attacks. The shrill, siren-like alarm tone is the same one that currently accompanies emergency broadcasts on radio and television.
Tests run on different days for different provinces.
On this Day: May 2nd 1991
Born South Korean singer actor Jeong Jinwoon. ( 2AM )
Bear deterrent: File Photo KDG
Free dumping 2018
The 2018 free disposal day is coming up on Saturday May 12th in Merritt. Dumping fees are waived for many items that are hard to dispose of. There is a limit of one pickup load or trailer of similar capacity there are similar events for the 17 communities in the Thompson Nicola Regional District, Check the website for days.
The toxic waste pick up will be the same day but at the Merritt Civic Center parking lot:
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) is material labeled, corrosive, poisonous, ignitable, or toxic. Examples include adhesives, paint thinners, chemicals, cleaners, mercury, antifreeze, herbicides, pesticides, paint, oils, and gasoline. This material should NEVER be put into the garbage. During the Household Hazardous Waste Round-Up, residents are welcome to bring these hard to dispose of items to the event nearest them for safe and environmentally friendly disposal. This event is for residential waste only. Business and commercial hazardous waste will not be accepted.
As an added service, sites that normally accept only bagged household garbage and recycling will also accept furniture, mattresses, scrap metal, tires on rim, and small loads of demolition/construction waste. Residents are reminded to tarp and secure loads before leaving home! Unsecure material is a hazard and fines can be issued for failing to secure loads. As per Bylaw 2465, an unsecured load may be penalized with a fine of up to $100.00 per incidence
The TNRD serves 17 communities in the south central interior of BC. Free dumping days apply to residential non commercial use.
On this Day: April 25th 1859
The Suez Cannel construction is begun by the British and French.
Broken sign no contract…. File Photo KDG
The price of gasoline is back to the prices of 2016 , a dollar forty one. This with Trans Mountains pipeline expansion coming under scrutiny and more pressure.
Happy Earth Day on Sunday. This Earth Day will be the 48th since its start in 1970 over concern about pollution and limited resources with growth being out of control.
On this Day: April 20th 1908
Opening match of the New South Wales rugby League.
The Highway 8 entrance to Merritt BC has a nesting platform on a hydro pole for the use of Osprey. ( to keep them off the power lines) There were 4 of these birds back two asserted preference to the platform over looking the river and an old CPR rail bridge, after circling over the area on Sunday, Tuesday fishing ,Wednesday they were collecting sticks to rebuild the nest.
Two Canada Geese had also been looking over the nest site and the species had raised a brood before in the nest however the nest had been cleared and the geese were not interested and don’t build nests.
The area has the joining of two small rivers and has many birds and creatures including domestic Lamas behind private property fencing.
On this Day: April 19th 1927
Mae West, movie star , gets 10 days in jail for obscenity.
There can be up to 3 Fridays the 13th in a calendar year, 2018 has two one in April (today) and one in July.
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.
The sun west of Merritt, Red from smoke, of the 2017 fire season in the Sothern interior of BC File Photo KDG
A book reading in part at he Merritt Public Library today was given by Geoff Strong, A retired meteorologist form Environment Canada. Geoff a person with a desire to keep the earth for his 7 granddaughters and future great grandchildren wrote a fictional novel about the pending release of a large amount of methane from a oil field development in a fictional land characterized as a middle eastern nation.
Fictional murder and plotting with intrigue is married to the state of the earth by global warming.
Geoff took questions about his understandings on climate change as developed with his career in government. ” I am free to talk now, he said in respect to the controls on him as an employee of a federal agency.
Fictional novel aside Geoff said that he has confidence in the earths magnetosphere to keep us from radiation and atmosphere loss to space. However at sometime in the future “a shift in magnetic poles may cause an extinction event.”
Geoff is writing a new novel based on the Merritt BC area, he fictional novel will be set water and the environment.
On this Day: April 10th 1970
Paul McCartney leaves the Beatles for stated personal reasons.
The Nicola naturalists will have Jo Anne Hales on April 19th to present Habitat Selection of the Spade Foot toad.
Jo-Anne Hales is a professional agrologist and the Environmental Specialist for the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. She is also completing a Master of Science degree in Environmental Science at Thompson Rivers University studying the Great Basin Spadefoot (an amphibian species at risk) on the New Gold – New Afton Mine site. Come and hear about these charismatic little critters. Her talk was postponed in May 2017 due to the floods – catch it in 2018.
Meeting time is 7PM all welcome, membership or donation requested, top of the hill Belshaw Avenue in Merritt. Free parking , no food or drink in the lecture theater.
On this Day: March 28th 1979
A reactor on Pensylvania’s Three Mile Island has a partial meltdown.
Drilling equipment for dewatering Photo KDG
The tripling of transport capacity from the oil sands via the Trans Mountain expansion to its Burnaby terminal and tank farm is a serious decision made. It goes back decades to when permits to explore were let in good faith and standards for development were in place. Global concerns have made standards different now however good faith remains a valuable key to function in life.
Norm Hanson a registered professional forester (retired) said that there were 700 streams to cross. And some of note at Burnaby : Eagle Creek, Silver Creek, Stony Creek and others all have tributaries potently effected by a pipeline.
Trans Mountain has identified more than 1,000 potential watercourses along the Project footprint between Edmonton and Burnaby. Trans Mountain’s Environment Team has investigated every one to collect data, with the exception of a few locations where the team did not have access to the immediate site. source Trans Mountain Today
There is also the issue of water usage in the production of bitumen at source, some thing talked about in terms of a standard that can be civil.
To be frank the use of the term Warrior up by a prepared First Nations youth, at the UN diminishes the credibility of some of the arguments for the protection of the resource rather then enhancing it.
We are glad to see the concerns of the people and the expression of concerns by them, that is their right. The amount of diligence being applied and published seems overwhelming and we hope that a broad agreement including living with, on all sides, can be somehow be settled with out one side or an another dominating.
Good luck in all your views , don’t hurt anyone.KDG
On this Day: March 27th 1980
Silver Thursday sees the silver market collapse after the failure of the Texas based Hunt brothers to corner the market.
The Province of BC is seeking input on Cyanobacterial Toxins in Water.
View points on assessing for a protocol on managing cyanobacterial toxins in B.C. drinking water and recreational water. This protocol is intended to provide strategies and resources to assist local governments, health authorities, and water system operators to assess and manage risks related to cyanobacterial bloom formations. Source UBCM
Pipe being placed Voght park Merritt BC, for UV treatment loop . File Photo KDG
Feedback can be sent to the ministry of health, health protection branch by April 23rd 2018.
The development of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic lakes, reservoirs and ponds has become a global water quality issue. Researchers are particularly interested in why cyanobacteria can exclusively dominate the plankton community during warm seasons. Source: Yoshmasa Yamamoto Kyoto University Japan
Editors note : the proprietor review does not represent any ministry only reports from sources.
On this Day: March 21st 1871
Stanley a British journalist begins his search for David Livingston in darkest Africa.
A move to the right shows level of water tables, .File Photo KDG
Geoff Strong is coming to do a reading from his novel ” Convenient Mistruths” on April 10th at the Merritt Public Library at 11:AM. promising the inside scoop on Global Warming, he will read from a selection of the intrigue, danger and providing discussion on his next book. Free admission 1691Garcia Street Merritt BC.
broken sign no contract….
File Photo KDG
On this Day: March 20th 1985
Rick Hansen begins his world wide wheelchair trip for spinal cord research.
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