Digging can get you a surprise if you hit some infrastructure!
Editors note: Calling is year round not just April.
On this Day: April 5th 1958
The Ripple Rock is destroyed.
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Gas price, the availability of fuel File Photo KDG
The BC government is getting some millions from the Feds from gas tax.
Source UBCM
The Government of Canada announced a one-time doubling of Gas Tax transfer nationally as part of the 2019 federal Budget. The $2.2 billion transfer will result in a one-time payment of $278.6 million for British Columbia to support local government infrastructure and capacity building priorities.
Local governments in British Columbia will see a bonus payment of Community Works funds (~$109 million) that will effectively double the 2018 allocation. Portions of this one time transfer will also be allocated to the Greater Vancouver Regional Fund (~$138 million) and the Strategic Priorities Fund (~$ 30.7 million) as per the federal Gas Tax program delivery model.
Although a transfer schedule has not been confirmed by Canada, it is expected that the first payment will align with the next scheduled Community Works Fund payment in July 2019.
Enjoy the election vote your conscience .
On this Day: April 4th 1923
Warner Brother pictures opens for business.
April 3rd is the day to look for your rainbow, your pot of gold may be hope!
There are people that see rainbows as an artistic masterpiece in the sky, to others it is a sign of hope and to many a sign of promise.
It can be all three; beauty, hope and promise. (Jill Magnus)
On this Day: April 3nd 1973
First hand held mobile phone call to Bell Labs.
Space a frontier…
The northern part of the Artic ( Devon Island ) is going to be used by Goggle and Nasa to help understand conditions on Mars. This from Earth Sky news.
Earth Sky news
A crewed mission to Mars might be a long way off, but researchers are busy preparing, nonetheless. One of the best ways to prepare is by training scientists and testing new technologies in some of the most Mars-like locations on Earth, simulating the experience as much as possible.
On this Day: April 2nd 1513
Ponce de Leon arrives in Florida.
The UK is still parting from the EU. Today was the exit date preordained by the law that governs it. The UK is trying to get better terms for a split the EU is concerned about better terms for exit effecting the attractiveness of membership with other states. A European Union council election is coming May 22 2019. The UK has a soft exit date for mid April longer if some conditions are met.
On this Day: March 29th 2019
Brexit was to occur, it is deferred by a 3rd failed parliamentary vote.
The Nicola Naturalists will be having their April meeting on the 18th.
The Merritt-based Nicola Watershed Community Round Table has a new partnership with the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC, promoting education and research at the Laurie Guichon Memorial Grasslands Interpretive Site near Merritt. Thompson University Professor Lauchlan Fraser and FLNRO ecologist Rachel Whitehouse are leading this work and will give a joint presentation on the project. Controlling invasive weeds, like knapweed, is a huge problem across the grasslands of southern BC and this project is testing some innovative methods to maintain healthy grasslands. Exciting work happening right on our doorstep.
Nicola Naturalists
Laurie Guichon interpretive site.
Laurie Guichon a local rancher and environmental activist, husband to the widowed former Lt governor of BC Judy worked with the local roundtable on issues until his death by accident 1999. The Guichon family have been very active in the Nicola Valley including work with ground owls.
The meeting is in the NVIT lecture theater starting at 7PM. Free parking and no food or drinks in the theater. The Nicola Naturalists invite ” All welcome membership or donation requested.”
On this Day: March 28th 1959
The government of Tibet is dissolved.
Sun sets at equinox week are more equal and faster to hemispheres, and spring shadows are shorter .
The minutes to drop below the horizon fewer.
The proximity of the sun over the equator this week will bring sunset faster in terms of dropping below the western sky.
The fastest sunsets (and sunrises) happen at or near the equinoxes. And the slowest sunsets (and sunrises) happen at or near the solstices.
source: Earth Sky News.
On this Day: March 26th 1934
The driving test is established in the UK.
Brain Drane presenter Eric Drane from Kelowna BC, Freedom of expression, File photo KDG
Freedom is a worthy cause…
On this Day: March 25th 1845
New Zealand organizes a militia.
Eight years for dangerous driving causing death a sobering sentence to those that profess to be professional drivers in Canada.
The Humboldt tragedy was suffering for mitigating positive outcomes to adjust to the horrific loss. The victims got one in the most severe sentence ever for dangerous driving, making a general deterrent to professional drivers.
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is unlikely to appeal . If an error in law is found in the trial it would be a considerable contradiction in the attitude of regret expressed for the family to not cause more pain through more process.
So as the sun goes down on another tragedy, it remains that the best general deterrent is the sense of loss that comes from being responsible for other’s pain and suffering and the life long remorse of actions what could have been!
To him that did let me preen.
To them that suffered let them steam.
To those that stood by and watched, say no!
It changes nothing to take it back.
What's done is done and beyond your power.
Clear your slate and make a row.
To plant regret and hope to forget.
KDG
On this Day: March 22nd 1997
A 14 year old, Tara Lipinski wins the women’ world figure skating championship.
<You can see the forest for the trees.
The Romans said there can never be domination of the Druids so long as a tree remains. Trees and forests are without a doubt the stuff of healthy life on the planet. Hug one today…
On this Day: March 21st 2006
Twitter is founded.
The mandatory reporting rules went from a thousand dollars to ten thousand for a minor car accident in response to a UBCM 2017 resolution and the provincial budget in BC.
To lessen delays and waiting.
The provincial government has amended its rules around mandatory police reporting of minor collisions. This move responds to a resolution (B83) endorsed by the UBCM membership at the 2017 convention. The updated Motor Vehicle Act Regulations increase the mandatory reporting threshold for property-damage-only (PDO) collisions from $1,000 to $10,000.
Any one hurt requiring medical attention is not a minor accident.
Editors note: To use insurance you need to report to your agent and you may not have the advantage of a police report for fault. Be careful failing to remain at and accident ( more then 10,000 dollars) or injuries is a serious criminal code offence. On advice leaving your name and phone number may be prudent in any case.
Add note: Premier Horgan of BC was in town today at the Keklui café to meet the public.
On this Day: March 20th 1883
The Paris convention on protection of industrial property.
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