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On this Day: December 30th 2009:
A pipeline ruptures in China dumping 150 thousand liters of Diesel into the Yellow River.
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Voght street bridge, Nicola river Merritt, BC Dec 12th 2016
Photo KDG
Photo: KDG : eagle circling high after sudden onset cold and snow, Maybe looking for a slow to change rabbit. This bird nests near the Nicola river which is rapidly taking on ice.
Merritt British Columbia receives an average of 22 inches of snow per year, we got something approaching one quarter of that over the weekend. The 6 inches of snow saw numbers of plows back on the triage system for the first time in a while.
Tom at the corner of Merritt and Garcia said he was back to his complaint with the city over plowing in his driveway. Lower Nicola Resident Percy said that – Macdonald was out with a skiff ( eager)…
Eagle starved to death, a source says not allowed to have any part of it. The in hands of CO file Photo KDG
Cold overnight lows this week will see snow sticking in our 700 meter elevation community. People have hope for a white Christmas…
The eagle on the left starved “they have a tough time this time of year ” late winter The bird was a Bald eagle under 5 years without the white head feathers of maturity.
Below is a chart of the average snowy days (over 0.2 cm starting at January and ending with the yearly total. source Wikipedia.-Merritt BC
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 5.6 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 22.8 ( 12months from January and yearly average) Wikipedia
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On this Day: December 13th 2002
The European union is expanded to include another eight countries including Cyprus , Malta and 6 eastern European nations.
Broken leg
Cold weather can hurt birds caught behind
File Photo KDG
Sudden onset weather can sometimes catch creatures un aware. This Canada Goose had a broken leg and was struggling to survive.
Frozen rivers and ponds may strand fowl and other birds kudos to those tht keep feeders out for those that are caught by cold weather.
On this Day: December 8th 1813
Beethoven 7th symphony is presented for the first time.
Canoe quest to north-west coast of BC
No pipeline through the Great Bear Rainforest, a definitive decision. Success to many.
The Burnaby from Edmonton approved expansion will see one medium tanker a day every day. One tanker a day should be safer then the possibility of collision. Some diligent people will need to secure the confidence of Vancouver people.
One hundred and fifty seven conditions came out of consultations on the approval of Trans Mountain’s expansion and some conditions by the province need to be met.
The Government is probably interested in carbon schemes .(to help pay for the fiduciary duty to people)
Editors note: Bad faith must be avoided!
When permits are let there must be a reasonable expectation of completion for the risk taken. Permits were let and a 63 year operation with a proven track record and a good community record is not valued enough.We lose something in this.
Trans Mountain’s operation effects us all; what did they expect to happen when permiting the original development. What do you expect when hiring someone…. This is Us not Them!
Keep up the scrutiny….
That’s it KDG
On this Day: November 30th 1829
The first Welland Canal opens for a trial after 5 years of construction.
File photo KDG
Jackie Tegart the MLA for Fraser Nicola will be at the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame after the parade tonight and is hosting Hot Chocolate.
The Hall of fame is at 2025 Quilchena Avenue Merritt BC.
On this Day: November 25th 2015
Pope Francis makes his first visit to Africa.
File photo KDG
Winter weather coming: we saw snow in our 700 meter town on Monday. The fore cast is for some snow on Friday night and both Saturday and Sunday coming.
Reduce speed is always the norm which means possibly more time reserved to travel.
On this Day : November 16 1992
The Hoxne Hoard is found.
Youth and uniform….
File Photo KDG
On this Day: November 11th 1918
Fighting ends with an armistice in the first world war. The Treaty of Versailles later ends the war with an unsatisfactory peace,making direct cause for WW11.
New walk on Nicola Avenue from the bridge area of the highway 8 entrance to Merritt and the historic meat market store at the junction of 97c and 5A .
Under the walks new waterlines were laid and pressure tested to 200 psi on a time pressure loss scale. ” 185 psi at the end of the time was within aceptable limits, but it remained at 200 for the test” ( to the corner of Chapman and Nicola at least )
A new waterline under the sidewalk gave an economy to the repave as it saved digging up the exsisting lines under it. No word on the economy of future repairs.
A neighbour says that the meat market building was sold to Koreans as an investment in recent months.
On this Day : October 21st 1879
The first practical light bulb is developed.
A member of the Abbotsford police force
Photo KDG
Motor cops stopped at the Chevron Station in Merritt after doing escort duty to a royal visit in September 2016. The group came from Kelowna and were continuing to the lower mainland.
Motor cops are a bit of theater in our view however they are not actors, tickets still bite.
On this Day: October 13th 1911
Prince Arthur becomes the first Governor General of Canada.
The local Naturlists will be featuring a presentation on ants on the 20th of October. The event is at the local college lecture theater on Belshaw Avenue, top of the hill, in Merritt.
Ants are one of the most successful groups of animals on the planet. About 15,000 species have been described and they contribute more biomass to most ecosystems than any other animal group. Dr. Rob Higgins is an entomologist at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops – a keen naturalist and an enthusiastic speaker. He will describe this diversity of ants and the ecological roles that ants play in British Columbia. He will also talk about new arrivals – the fire ants – that are overshadowing our native species.
No food or drinks allowed in lecture theater.
On this Day: October 12th 1810
Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria hosts the first Oktoberfest for his marriage to Princess Therese Von Sachen -Hiltburghausen.
A huge bin made from pipe driven into the ground forms a bin for green wood waste at the new sustainable 40 mergawatt steam powered electric generator in Merritt BC. the plant is planned to begin operations in December.
The next door neighbour Tolko industries is permanently closing its modern high production mill on December 16th displacing 200 workers. Tolko produced 1 million board feet of lumber a day.
The new plant will have 25 permanent workers for its 30 year life span. Tolko is said to be a supplier of chips for fuel…
On this Day: October 7th 1996
The Fox News Channel begins broadcast.
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TGIF-Adieu to you Bob!
2008 home-coming for Merritt’s one hundredth saw a play by Jim Bruce produced.
File Photo KDG
Our friend Bob passed from this life on December 5th in his one hundredth year. He had danced on a table cloth on the floor at the Florentine, assisted living home, last May for his birthday (a concession from a vow, no table). Bob served in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan in the second war and was one of the Craigmont mine managers.
The mine operated in Merritt from the 1960s to recently and produced a billion lbs of copper, and supplied magnetite to coal operations in Alberta after underground operations ceased.
Bob was a man of integrity and fairness and enjoyed a long career in the mining biz and was active in the Public libraries programs, attending lectures last November. He was a contributor to the well-being of the community here and the world. KDG
On this Day: December 9th 1965
A Charlie Brown Christmas, by Charles Shultz, debuts on CBS.
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