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.
The local arts council is hosting bee show at the Olde Court house gallery in Merritt. The Gallery is at 1840 Nicola avenue and the show runs from today to August 22.
Coronavirus can result in severe illness for some people in our communities. Those that are more at risk of developing severe complications from COVID-19 are people who:
Have comprimised immune issues
Elderly
Medical condition
There can be a comfort element to your attention for these people.
There is a new comet coming to view in the evenings and morning. Comet C2020F3 was found March 27th. Visibility was strained by its relation to the sun, However viewing will get better right up to the 22nd if the comet survives. Comets are mostly ice and sometimes break up. Look to the northwest horizon at dusk, enhance with binoculars.
The BC government is considering an auxiliary police option.
Following the recent decision by RCMP National Headquarters to terminate its previous Auxiliary Program on April 1, 2020, B.C. is evaluating options for the continued delivery of auxiliary policing services across the province. Options under consideration are consistent with a recent motion made by the UBCM Executive.
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The current option available for potential interim implementation is Tier 3, under the new Auxiliary Program, which is different from the previously implemented program due to new training and uniform requirements.
Editors note: Auxiliaries have been used in BC before with various levels of success and training with different level’s of success They are a consideration and should not be used to effect the replacement of regular police.
Some times known as reserve police or special constables they are unarmed and volunteers.
The UBCM is hosting a forum on transit. June 16th a forum was held on the state of transit in the world of CORVID 19. Coming out of the meeting was a further medd lding of minds do use thw 14B dollars allocated to provinces and territories to restate transit.
In follow up to the Forum, UBCM, in collaboration with the TransLink’s Mayors’ Council and BC Transit communities, offered to support a collective advocacy effort to provincial and federal government. With the latter announcing $14 billion to assist provinces and territories with restart plans, transit was identified as an area for potential funding. While funding details and allocations are still being worked out between the two orders of government, UBCM sees this a potential opportunity for transit communities.
UBCM
The Federal government is expected to do a fiscal update on July 6th, Monday. It may be that there is little alternative to the present government at this time with oppositions in flux. The present government had a budget on March 19th 2019. It projected a 20 billion dollar budget deficit. The expendaures were projected at 355.8 Billion.
The flag the flies atop the hill entering Merritt from the west highway 8, it is kept by the ready-mix company that owns the land and gravel pit. File Photo KDG