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Something over 400 new cases and just braking double digit new deaths over 3 days…

Don’t gamble with your health, mitigate all the risks that you can.

https://youtu.be/gRtkGB6cK7w

On this Day: June 7th 1800

David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.

TGIF-Happy Drawing Day or Pencil Day…

Click on photo for more…

BC File Photo KDG

Draw and sketch its a real etch.

Long on form short on norm.

You can do it try don’t cry

it will build as your skilled.

No one like you can complain until your done its refrain.

So give it power more by the hour

the thing will live and you will give.

KDG

On this Day: June 4th 1561

The never rebuilt steeple of St Paul’s, London is destroyed as a result of a lightning strike.’

Normal yet, we wonder…

Normal is as normal feels: and sounds…

file Photo KDG

What is normal? It matters the context, what is normal to a drowning person is not normal to a secure lively individual. So by the end of summer there is a hope for normal life back to the people of BC that have endured a long bout of pandemic lessoned activity. This is a desire that is different with many people those that nearly drowned in the time period . And those that did reasonably well with the support given will have a different take on what is normal of normal. The people that did better by it another take.

To continue the metaphor of the drowning man, throwing a line that is reachable and not taken will produce a survivor that has a view of his individual effort being the value to be preserved. A good and strong reserve going forward for him to risk again, Those that were dependant will remain dependant but in truth no one had a complete case of either or as the effect of one played into the experience of the other. This will be the continuing normal for going forward for some time more.

Build your bridges forward and backwards.

It’s a two way street give and it comes back or maybe if not it goes some where you have effected situations unkown! We are all in this together ,a communicable disease that has no redemption in its self. But we all contribute to the pot of hope and the balancing of outcome.

Everyone offends…

Living our lives and doing our lively hoods offends or challenges others in a way out of our control however offending with our talk is mostly in our control and if we do not offend lightly in speech and other communications we are to be commented. This is needed when trying to return to a normal real or imagined. Good luck!

See you on the normal side…

O

On this Day: June 3rd 1937

Wallis Simpson marries the Duke of Windsor.

Road safety 2025 …

Road safety under no fault coming…

The venue has changed with the coming of no fault since May 1st 2021.

File: Photo: KDG

Working group being sot

The BC government is looking for a working group to deal with road safety issues around deaths and serious injury. The crown insurer went to a no fault system with a promise for more ” care” for injuries to go with a promised 20 percent rate drop from May 1st 2021.

On May 21, the provincial government launched BC Road Safety Strategy 2025: A Collaborative Framework for Road Safety. Guided by the Road Safety Strategy Steering Committee, of which UBCM is a member, this revitalized strategy provides a clear vision of provincial road safety to 2025. 

BC Road Safety Strategy 2025 is based on three pillars and is rooted in the vision of realizing zero fatalities and serious injuries on BC roads. The three pillars are:

  • Working Together for The Future of Road Safety;
  • Tools to Make Our Roads Safer; and,
  • Inspiring British Columbians To Make Safe Road Choices.

The framework outlines the tools, initiatives, awareness campaigns and enforcement programs that are creating a road safety network in BC. It recognizes that road safety is a shared responsibility, and supports a vision for working together to reduce fatalities and serious injuries.

In alignment with Canada’s commitment to and BC’s adoption of the 2020 Stockholm Declaration, the Strategy seeks for a 50% reduction in road-related deaths and injuries by 2030.

In addition to the full Strategy, the Province has released an “at-a-glance” summary outlining key objectives and targets

History 2014 working group.

The working groups are intended to assist a 14 member Executive Committee established to implement the Provincial BC Road Safety Strategy.  The British Columbia Road Safety Strategy was developed to align with Canada’s Road Safety Strategy 2015.  The strategy is intended to be a collaborative process and provide a framework for mobilizing all stakeholders in improving road safety and in raising public awareness and commitment to road safety.  The overall goal of the strategy is to make British Columbia roads the safest in North America and to work toward the ultimate goal of zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

If you are interested in working on one of these committees please identify the committee you are interested in and contact Ken Vance at kvance@ubcm.ca by March 26, 2014.

Information about the strategy is available on the OSMV website.

2014 fatalities in BC

There were 289 deaths on BC roads in 2014 going up to 295 in 2015,then dropping to 281 and 282 in 2016 and 17. Speeding remained the number one causation in deaths with 133 in 2009 coming down to create a 10 year average of 93 at the end of 2018. ( police reported)

Push to transit

There is a push toward transit as always however non PMC transportation is a global climate change issue that sounds off in decisions on much to drive. ( Will that make less experienced drivers?)

On this Day: June 2nd 1946

Italy becomes a republic.

Good luck

Click on photo for National website:

How do two evenly matched creatures make a
decision, flip a coin.
File Photo KDG

You should check your answers to be sure…

Always good to have a process to decision making!

Did you play the exercise in school, you know the one where you are given a statement to whisper in the ear of the class mate in the desk ahead of you, then see how it ends up after going through the class. It was often way out of its starting voice You wonder if now days, is it starting out as something bad and maybe got closer to the truth along the way. That is how I feel when I try to see and add rational footing to statements that are inflaming and derisive. Where did this thing come from, a delusion forum, a fear and sensational reserve of misinformation, we wonder! Some say that it is now a public health issue , not a only a journalism or free speech issue.

. Humour sometimes softened the effect, but that science has gone over to one ( in most incidences) format, that is derogatory sex jokes, is it the last refuge of civility to use sex to get a laugh at hard positions of fear and delusion, we wonder.

Engagement worked as a softener of hard positions once, now power of speech is used to gain undeserved engagement. We separated criminal attitudes once, and most people knew what that was! Blinding of good values by constant misinformation ( once called slander or libel ) is a real prospect now, that has as its best cure the resolve to know that truth! Not just the truth as It may be truth, but is it presented in a way that will harm or in positive action in remedial gain. You are responsible to do that in a way that sees a pathway to peace, not in unrelenting wrath.

Gravediggers never run out of work, when it gets slack they can protest in a way that leaves only one way forward. While a recurrent evil, those attitudes do persist in the panic of mistruth and reciting it stirs that pot of inspiration, Do not be a gravedigger unless its a truth that has to live…We wonder…

Some Truths Kill…

A journalist films at a distance a murder in a local park, Police had on white
forensic coveralls and masks to prevent contamination
File Photo KDG, we wonder

“Trust in news has become a public health issue,” said CJF Board Chair Kathy English. “With misinformation about vaccines readily available online, journalists provide trustworthy information that can inform life-saving decisions.”

The CJF survey included a quiz that measured people’s belief in some of the most prominent false stories about COVID-19 and the vaccine. Quebecers were least likely to score an A (at least 10 out of 12 questions correct) compared to any other region in Canada and more than a quarter of Quebecers failed altogether. Only 28 percent of Canadians scored an A.

“Our research shows that those who trust media and journalists are more informed about the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines than those who mistrust media and get their information from other sources,” said Natalie Turvey, President and Executive Director of the CJF. “In addition, we found that 83 percent of the people who scored highest on the quiz trust journalists to give them information about COVID and the vaccines, indicating that their news literacy is high.”

The research showed that 64 percent of Quebecers will get the COVID vaccine as soon as it is available to them (higher than the national rate, which saw 61 percent of Canadians say they will get a COVID-19 vaccine right away).  Eight percent of Quebecers say they never will get a vaccine. By comparison, Alberta has the highest number of people who will never be vaccinated (13 percent).

Source: News

Editors Note: peace and good luck as we try to wise in our communications using proper tools of good will and prudence.

On this Day: June 1st 1980

CNN starts up broadcasting.

Covid-19 updates…

Click photo for info for vaccine BC

Buds of May Need nutrients Photo KDG

Total cases since start of infections:

Thursday May 27th 2021 cases:143,264. Monday May 31st : 143,581

Total recovered:

Thursday May 27 2021 :137,929 tested positive recovered . Monday May 31st: 138,360 4:30 PM update 139,562

Total Deaths:

1,692 total deaths by Monday May 31st 2021 4:30 pm update 1703

New Data Lab diagnosed cases:

Total May 31st 2021 4:30 PM 143,201

Death rate: Mute, take it easy its low ,click cup for dashboard in British Columbia Covid -19

File Photo KDG

Two weeks after full vaccination should be able to do anything: opinion.

BC Government update May 31st 2021 live:

Happy 91st Clint Eastwood, make your day!

On this Day: May 31st 2008

The 100 meter run record is broken at 9.72 seconds.

TGIF-B Day…

Small Market of the Year (2020), CLICK ON logo

Farmers Market . Merritt
File photo KDG

Saturday May 29th Bee Day…

On this Day: May 28th 1140

Xin Qiji Chinese poet born.

Slow no wake…

More traffic coming

Be in a safe parade
File Photo KDG

Every one on board for a national interest : ( safety and good judgement at all times ) and everywhere!

Construction in the the Burrard inlet…

  • A construction safety zone has been declared in a portion of eastern Burrard Inlet and Notices to Shipping have been issued by the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG). Additional notices have been distributed to Indigenous groups, local area residents, marinas, port users, pilots, industry stakeholders and others.
  • A floating construction safety boom around the immediate construction site is there to assist in ensuring the safety of boaters in the area; it is demarcated by navigation buoys carrying appropriate day and night markers. Please do not anchor your vessel near the buoys to avoid entangling your anchor with the buoy chains.
  • Boaters and other vessels will be able to navigate safely past the work area. Large commercial vessels navigating the area will continue to follow the well-established vessel movement practices under pilotage.
  • On-water safety vessels will provide guidance and assistance as required and they can be contacted via VHF radio Channels 09 and 16.
  • Trans Mountain will continue to regularly communicate and update all marine waterway users, including boaters, commercial fishers and Indigenous groups on construction activities in the construction area. Communication will include meetings or workshops with key user groups, mail-outs, local advertising and on-water and onshore signage.

For recreational users, a Transport Canada Safe Boating Guide provides valuable information and the VFPA has a Port Information Guide. Enquiries regarding recreational boating safety near the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby can be directed to info@transmountain.com or 1.866.514.6700.

Source: Trans Mountain today

On this D ay: May 27th 2017

7 Andrew Sheer take over leading the Canadian Conservative party.

Safe boating week May 22-28th…

The long weekend brought the start of Safe Boating Week.

The use of pleasure craft is regulated with a licence regime. There is a simple online test to take and a licence is given that can result in a lifetime certification

Five dollars off during safe boating week, some providers.

The transport Canada approved licence is regular $49.95, it’s at 5 dollars off now.

Take the test: click photo for link

Boat licenceing
File Photo KDG

First chapter free, 3 hour online course

unlimited retests, life time licence.

Rely on your training instead of this one, take the course and the test…

Water festival search and
rescue demonstration File Photo KDG

On this Day: May 26th 17 CE

Germanicus is received in Rome for defeating German tribes west of the river Elbe.

File Photo KDG Merritt and Kamloops Full eclipse start 4:11 AM Cloud cover 60 % chance of rain Maximum Eclipse 4:18. 42 AM Cloud cover, 60% chance of rain. End of eclipse 4: 25.54 AM Cloud cover 60% chance of rain. Post time Update: Update: the chance of overnight rain Wednesday has dropped to 30% […]

Weather for Total Eclipse May 26th 2021 — The Proprietor Review

Hope for still waters of summer stay safe…

Nicola River. Merritt BC…. have a great summer one and all

The province is reporting less then 1000 new cases over the May 24th 2021 weekend. Inside dining once again on Tuesday May 25th,

In a joint written statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said that from May 21 to May 22, there 356 new cases. From May 22 to May 23, there were 325 new cases, and in the last 24 hours, there have been 293 new cases. This brings the total number of newly recorded cases over the weekend to 974, and the provincially recorded total to 142,347.

Broken down by health region,  this equates to 157 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 630 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 25 in the Island Health region, 117 in the Interior Health region, 44 in the Northern Health region, and one new case of a person who resides outside of Canada.

Vaccination totals closing on 19 million 400 thousand.

Vaccination is at 57.5 percent nation wide; click on photo below.

Id rather be here then the
best hospital in town File Photo KDG

Circuit breaker to end Tuesday

Source says circuit breaker to end Tuesday, business will get notification by their registration.

On this Day: May 25th 1977

The “Cultural Revolution ends in China.