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Bears

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October 25, 2011

I took a picture of a pile of bear scat on the sidewalk behind the local A and W off Voght street yesterday Am. the Scat was full of mountain ash berries something not that attractive a meal to bears there are crab apples a block away. A rather large pile, meaning a large bear.

A model bear and long term celebritybear of whistler was shot yesterday because of; as with all bears was too adjusted to humans which can be an eventual tragedy as bears have conditioned actions sometimes called instincts that can  be activated by humans and when the way the humans always lose. A bear can travel  very fast  when they decide to come after something and people have little chance of escaping without some bad results.

Today in History October 25th 1760

George the third the monarch that lost the United States becomes King of England

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The week that was 22/10/11

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October 22, 2011

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Yard sale

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October 18, 2011

The Nicola Valley Heritage Society the people that run the downtown tourist info center ,are having a yard sale.The historic Baillie House, a hundred year old heritage building on the same property as the info booth that has been closed for tours since the end of September and is now hosting a continuous yard sale. Many items are donated in goodwill and re-donated after some use and different this year is a continuous aspect as opposed to a weekend sale.

There are also three antiques store within a couple of blocks in the downtown core, a boon for the ecological foot print crowd.

Today in History, October 18 ,1936

Germany announces a four year economic plan to rebuild the military.

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Smart meters

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October 17, 2011
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The  provincial hydro authority is going to be installing smart meters around the province. This will give them the ability to better manage power. As well the customer will also be able to do the same .No word on the thought that there will be two rates, one for off-peak and one for on. There was a proposal for an energy project that took water out of our own Nicola Lake and stored it till peak usage time. The marriage is more than obvious and we will be listening for the re-emergence of that project here in the future.

The local library has a meter for you to borrow to test where you are using your power the smart meter will build on that principle.

Today in History, October 17,2010

Mary Mckillop is canonized to be the first Saint of Australia.

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The week in pictures 15/10/11

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October 15, 2011

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New store. Warehouseone

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October 14, 2011

On Granite Avenue a vacant store is now occupied and doing business. Almost over night and it would seem to be had coördinated with the upgrade of sidewalks and beatification of the 2000 block at on Granite and Garcia. A wholesale retail supplier of discount blue jeans is running cash registers and moving stock brought in with plastic cargo tubs .   There are about four employees  at work and a business card available from a supervisor.

Maud Soderholm is the regional manager for the store and was on hand yesterday in the store.

Warehouseone has a number of outlets across Canada and their presence here is sudden and hardly announced to the benefit of the consumer, in Merritt.

The building was the former site of 2 Sands stores one before and one after reorganization several years ago. It was last used to sell motorcycle fashion wear during the Great Canadian Bike Rally last summer. That event lasted  a few days.

Today in history, October 14,1962

The Cuban missile crisis begins.

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Winter coming

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October 13, 2011

There was 2 degrees of frost last night resulting in a flurry of activity with compressors and people blowing out underground sprinklers today. The City today was blowing the lines about the pool a considerable amount of underground sprinkling is about this small city as we enjoy a lot of green space.

People with underground systems get a better time block for sprinkling as the thought is they are planned  as well as more available in off peak hours.

Today in history,October 13,

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Killex

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October 11, 2011
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A source who is a contractor to control knapweed says that Killex is a mild herbicide  and the 5 star rating given to it by Canadian tire consumers is partly because of it. The source a licensed pesticide contractor through the ministry of environment and says  that people that get high marks on their exam package for the local access center can have a 5 year licence. and that grandfathering is out..

He said that the big concern is herbicide pesticide use coming up for GM crops.

We think that PCP rating numbers should be a concern to consumers and heeded.

 

Today in history, October 11 ,2001

The Polaroid corporation files for bankruptcy.

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Holiday

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October 10, 2011

 Happy Thanksgiving from Proprietor Review

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The week in pictures 08/10/11

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October 8, 2011

The week that was.

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Canadian tire….

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Golf course closure

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October 7, 2011
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The local links in town:

The Merritt Golf and Country Club is scheduled to close for the winter on October 23 rd .The Club House  has been open for Christmas shopping in past years in December and for the Annual meeting.

The club is on City property.

A lot of volunteer labor went into the club and some buildings were acquired from the old Craigmont Mines operation. Some of the mine employees and managers were good steady members of the operation.

Today in history:October 7,1977

The adoption of the fourth Soviet Constitution.

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Bridge inspection

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October 6, 2011

A source says that the  authorities at the Provincial highways system are inspecting for serviceability on the existing highway bridges in the region. The number one issue is an old highway 8 bridge that connects Merritt and Spence’s Bridge. There is another safe bridge with in a short distance of  the old number 8 highway bridge. The one in question  is limited to one lane and 5 ton traffic.  However it is a convenience to those in the small declining town and connects its business district to Merritt or canyon traffic via highway 8.

Opinion:

We think that a new bridge is a good option and that it will keep that potential alive as well as give more options coming out of the heavy population area of the coast in the event of  disasters such as fires or earthquakes.

Today in history,October 6,

Today is the 279 day of the year 280 in leap years by the Gregorian Calender.

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