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.
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
It seems that the pandemic is what can slow down conflict better than charters. It is likely that travel can work against war better than diplomacy after all a disease stopped the mighty conquering Khan. Yellow fever sent Bonaparte packing to the old world and making the Louisiana purchase. Plaque stopped the reunification of Rome for Justinian and many other quirky historical moments around disease and pestilence.
Quirky moment Covid 19
This emergency moment has come many times before so don’t get your hopes up as man can’t seem to stand prosperity and when things get to good things often go ban. So as not to cast your pearl before the swine make a pact with your self to be self satisfied and RISE TO THE OCCASION FOR YOUR SELF AND NOT THE CAUSE. Be cause it sill not last.
The remains of your apartment building are as significant as those of Rome, Ancient Egypt, Persia, and alike. That’s because you lived out your life in peace and wisdom not inciting trouble or borrowing it from those that didn’t.
Peace Out!
All that remains of the an Apartments. File Photo KDG
On this Day: June 26th 1945
The UN charter is signed by allies in San Fransico
Today is international widows day. The UN sanctions this day it is to bring awarness to the plight of widows and their children so far as poverty and isolation and the injustice that it causes. It is observed on June 23rd each year since 2010.