To the seasons of life
April 8th is the day of the Nicola Valley Community Garden AGM.
Spring is coming so is a pedals and plant talk…
The Nicola Valley Community Garden Society is having a presentation on March 19th 2019, 6 30 to 7:30 a Earth Walkers 2090 Granite Ave in Merritt.
The talk is on caring for houseplants and tropical plants. The presentation will be followed by a meeting of the Garden Society.
Uranus is found.
In the Cabinets hands
The local chamber of commerce in Merritt is organizing a Trans Mountain Expansion business readiness webinar on March 25th 2019′
We invite you to attend an interactive workshop to learn more about construction and business opportunities with the Trans Mountain Expansion Project in Merritt.
Source Merritt and District Chamber of Commerce.
Subject to necessary approvals, Trans Mountain anticipates beginning construction in the Merritt region in 2019.
Trans Mountain and its contractors will be available to discuss local construction and business opportunities related to the Project.
This event will help businesses understand and prepare for potential procurement and employment opportunities in order to maximize local economic benefits associated with the Project. Participants will learn about the Project’s procurement process and timelines to help prepare to bid for opportunities.
Light refreshments will be served with a brief presentation from Trans Mountain, breakout discussions and networking during the event.
Registration is required, please see the link below. Tickets are FREE! Reserve yours today!
The 60 year old trans mountain pipeline from Alberta goes by Merritt, the expansion approved by the NEB is in 90 day review of cabinet.
Mt Eiger is assented in winter.
Spring is coming so is a pedals and plant talk…
The Nicola Valley Community Garden Society is having a presentation on March 19th 2019, 6 30 to 7:30 a Earth Walkers 2090 Granite Ave in Merritt.
The talk is on caring for houseplants and tropical plants. The presentation will be followed by a meeting of the Garden Society.
Uranus is found.
The Old Court house gallery has an open house from 1- 6 PM today. The court house is used as a art gallery however today the old government offices, antique safe and jail will be open for viewing.
The artist reception for the March art show is on there from 4 – 7:00 PM as well.
According to Observances.com the first Thursday in March is name tag day and it starts name week. Be proud of your name and display it where you can.
Daniel Webster gives his Seventh of March speech.
Stephanie Winton will be the guest speaker on March 21st 2019 as the Nicola Naturalist society present their regular winter presentation program.
Source Nicola Naturalists
Stephanie Winton is a conservation researcher with Thompson Rivers University and Environment Canada. She recently completed her Master of Science degree assessing the impacts of roadkill on the population of Western Rattlesnakes in the White Lake Basin. Roadkill is a major and worldwide threat to wildlife, particularly for species-at-risk like rattlesnakes that face existing natural constraints. Stephanie’s research highlights the severity of this issue for rattlesnakes and led to the installation of ecopassages for snakes. Her study has important conservation applications with the burgeoning human development in BC’s interior valleys. Excellent research on an enigmatic species.
Start time is 7:PM college lecture theater, top of the hill Belshaw avenue in Merritt, free parking , no food or drink in the theater.
The first US college orchestra is founded.
There are 15 days to the spring equinox or first day of spring. However it may not be a meteorological spring. Weather can persist because of many inputs including human activity. The traditional accepted day is the 21st however with better technology this year it is more precisely measured and is really on the 20th , in 14 days. There will be equal daylight and dark in the northern hemisphere on that day. Wednesday March 20th at 2:58 PDT will start the march to the summer equinox, here in Merritt BC.
Don’t confuse the time change with spring! March 10th ( this coming weekend ) the time will spring ahead to daylight time at 3 am in the morning.
The air brake is given a patent.
The Community Futures bunch are having a community engagement fair on March 23rd 2019. Free admission 10 dollars a table. The targeted community is the non profit organizations.
The fair is at the Merritt Civic Center , 1950 Mamette Ave in in Merritt British Columbia, Canada. The fair goes from 10 AM to 4 PM, RSVP Nicola Valley Community Futures.
The March First Movement is organized.
Railway clubs left with only models after CPR is replaced by Coquihalla highway in Merritt in the 1980s
File Photo KDG
The provincial government is developing policies ( guidelines) in respect to developing around rail corridors.
Source UBCM
The guidelines are designed to assist local governments and rail companies in reviewing and determining general planning policies when developing on lands in proximity to railway facilities. The guidelines also establish a process for making site-specific recommendations and decisions to reduce land-use incompatibilities for developments in proximity to railway operations. A key component is a model review process for new residential development, infill, and conversions in proximity to railways
Merritt experinced this when the CPR stopped operating here in the 1980’s. Merritt Building supplies infilled with a warehouse on Voght and Coldwater. The Garden center also infilled on Voght and what should have been Canford Avenue. The rails were taken out according to policy at the time that enabled the CPR to do that if the sevice was discontinued for 2 years and no one filed a complaint. The Coquihalla highway took up the freight sevice displaced by the lack of rail.
Editors note: Alberta is presently getting ready to deploy rail cars for moving up to 150 thousand BPD of crude. Corridors have abig impact for anykind of tranmission, power, rail. pipelines, roads, etc. The activity is called the Rail Proximity Initative, it is findable on the web PP
Nylon is invented by Dupont.
Turn your temperature down 2 degrees for International Polar
Bear Day February 27th 2019
International Polar Bear Day is observed today part is of its observance is a request to turn down your temperature control in your home by 2 degrees.
Source National today
Polar bears are some of the coolest creatures on the planet, and they live in some of the coldest places on Earth. Each year on February 27 we celebrate these magnificent creatures on International Polar Bear Day. The day was established by Polar Bears International, an organization devoted to preserving polar bears and the sea ice they depend on, to draw global attention to the plight of these magnificent mammals.
International Polar Bear Day is a recent observance for climate change and polar bear watches. They have an address in Montana and Winnipeg. Dropping your house temperature 2 degrees can hurt no-one, have fun BBW…
National Today is a publication that keeps track of fun observances, they list International Polar Bear Day as a cultural observance. BBW. They claim a million happy followers.
Internatioanal polar bear day is celebrated.
February 26th -28th 2019
Peace and good will to all those that have a lively hood in industry. Thanks for the memories…
London observances:
Source Welcome to Inrenational petroleaum week host London .
Hosted by the Energy Institute and put together by leading industry experts, International Petroleum (IP) Week is one of the biggest events in the oil and gas calendar. More than 1,500 senior executives from all over the world gather in London for three days of conferences, seminars, round-tables and social events, bringing together the knowledge, experience and expertise of the most senior figures from across the energy world.
Napoleon Bonaparte escapes Elba.
Good news, the NEB approved the reconsidered application to build the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. Significant risks are in the report however they confirm it is in the national interest and should be built. One risk is the effect of marine traffic on the Southern resident killer whale and its culture value to First peoples. the conclusion is that the risk to them is already there with the other marine traffic, meaning that measures that should be in place now will become more demanding with increased tanker activity.
There remains constitutional obligated talks with about 40 of 120 effected FN groups.
The federal cabinet has 90 days to consider the approval and endorse it. Tanker traffic is to increase to about 35 medium tankers a month with the expansion from the stated 1 a week now.
Egypt and Syria join to make the UAR.
Hey Merit what do you say?
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