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.
The Royal Canadian Legion is having an emphasis for their service this week. Branch 96 here in Merritt is located in the 1900 block of Quilchena Avenue and has a hall upstairs and a social club down, its members often have meat raffles and other activities to support itself.
The Legion was chartered to help veterans make adjustments to civilian life especially after combat experience. It is now open to most anyone but keeps its themes. https://www.google.ca/search?q=cnadain+legion&gws_rd=cr&ei=–iKVfJoksSiBIakpKgK
On this day: June 24th 2004
Capital punishment is declared unconstitutional in New York
Sunday saw a national observance of Aboriginal Day. The 21 is not a legal holiday but an endorsed observance. Government funding underwrites the activities but other then salaried employees that may take it in there is no Statuary holiday pay involved. The Truth and reconciliation commission recommended that it be a legal holiday. However it effects less then 4 percent of the population and is not enough to justify a holiday. However friendship between our peoples, even as it flows to mutual citizenship remain.
On this day: June 23rd 1683
William Pen signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania
The retail price of gas has remained stable here with 7 of the 8 outlets offering it at $1.23.9 cents a liter. All but is also the truck stop who offers at $128.9 reporting 20 hours ago instead of the others at 4 hrs. ago. The Husky station also has a compressed hydrogen( LNG Liquefied Natural Gas) outlet in the large lot behind the gasoline service.
Merritt is a small community in the South Central part of BC , and is in the center of the Coquihalla highway system connecting the cities of Kamloops, Kelowna and Princeton with the lower mainland and Vancouver. http://www.bcgasprices.com/index.aspx?area=Merritt&dl=Y&fuel=A&intro=Y
On this day: June 19th 1961
The Local public library is having an adult summer reading program and there is a bingo game were you have squares to fill in to complete a row. The rows are completed by tasks on a card available at the front counter from library staff. Registration starts on June 15th at : http://www.tnrdlib.ca/adultsrc. or in person.
There are 5 / 50 dollar gift cards from Chapters for prizes.
Must be 18 years old.
The local public library is at 1691 Garcia street in Merritt.
On this day: June 17th 1987
The Dusky Sparrow goes extinct with the death of its last individual.
A police cruiser was seen behind a hedge on the 17th, when asked the officer was watching for cell phone use. Being behind a hedge may be a shock to those caught unawares but it is not entrapment.
Entrapment is being enticed to do something you normally would not do. A person with a record of an offence has little defence against it. so pay attention to the rules of the life, so things never escalate to that level. The best thing you can do for yourself in this life is a clean record and good credit.
Editors note: There is a whisper from sources that fines for distracted driving may be going up.The best way to keep any fine down is broad-based compliance. So tell your friends.
The last indoor meeting for the year is on June 17th at the NVIT Lecture Theater, starting at 7PM and will feature bear and other wildlife photography by Ontario native Kyle Blaney.
Kyle Blaney is an avid nature photographer from Belleville, Ontario who has extensively travelled all over North America. He is visiting our area while on a photo/camping trip from Ontario to Vancouver via Northwest Territories. In this presentation, Kyle shares his favourite photos, discusses where they were taken, and talks about his photography techniques. Note: that this meeting is on a Wednesday rather then the regular day of Thursday.
The Nicola Naturalists President is Alan Burger PhD, U Vic and has presentation meetings by guest speakers during the year and has a number of nature programs including a frog monitoring one and a Christmas bird count. It is an NGO and operates with volunteers. Membership includes a newsletter and insurance for outings. It is under the umbrella of the provincial naturalist society. On this day: June 16th 2010 Bhutan bans tobacco completely.
The seminar at the Merritt Public Library on June 18th has been cancelled for now. A source says that it is not indefinite it is just not a good time.
The Merritt Public library is a1691 Garcia Street in Merritt. The programs for seniors was the last of a spring series of talks and will be held at a later date.
On this Day: June 12th 1997
The Queen reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
The commission established to document the why and where fore of aboriginal affairs over 6 years ago reported last month after thousands of interviews and meetings. The Justice in charge had clear opinions on the reasons and the restatement of the events that caused suffering and loss of culture is useful ; although possibly rhetoric. The recommendations once again may not ever be fully implemented however its effect on the second generation of people’s since the adoption of the charter of rights and freedoms in 1981 will be of use to watch.
The Charter prohibits the government from running programs based on race or ethnicity with the section 15 exception for programs to ameliorate poverty on an Indian reserve. The First Nations join other groups of survivors such as Hiroshima,*****, ( to painful to mention) and many others that gave rise to the reasons why, with that slight advantage.
The dynamics of power are limited to what can be justified in a free and democratic society by the Charter and we hope that going forward all citizens of Canada will subscribe to that.
That’s leaves Art, some how it seems that the Canada Council is not enough, however it is geared to freedom of expression thought and belief and allows for say.
The best thing you can do for those around you is be well yourself.
NVIT the local First Nations inspired community college is getting new furniture in its library at this writing.
On this day: June 11 2008
The Government of Canada apologizes for abuses suffered by First Nations people in the residential school program.
After months of pile driving and concrete work the large building of the multiple hundreds of millions of dollars in project, posts its address. The fact that it is in the city limits makes it part of the tax base. Houston street is the truck route used by logging trucks to service 3 sawmills in the city as well.
The green energy project will make electricity from green wood waste.
On this day: June 10th 2003
Spirit rover is launched by Nasa to begin their Mars rover project.
The City has a Music in the Park program this summer at the Band shell in Rotary park. there is a large grassed are in front of the band shell and room for 2 or 3 hundred people. The schedule begins as published by the City of Merritt: June 18th, Bobby Garcia and six more strings,6:30 to 8:30 PM. July 1st, Bass Coast, 3pm to 6pm. July 16th,The Doug James Band 6:30 to 9:PM August 6th,6:30 – 8pm, Coquihalla Coyotes August 21, 6:30 – 830 pm, the Boom Booms Sept 5th,12.30 -2 The Ken MaCoy Band http://www.merritt.ca/news/music-park
On this day: June 9th 1534 Jacques Cartier  is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence river.
It appears that the summer driving season is here as the price of a liter of gasoline went to $1.22.9 from $1.14.9 this week. Prices are usually in effect from May to September however oil retailers are not slouches it seems that the demand that brings prices up is softened for holiday weekends to encourage people not to stay home. A source says that the price went up 8 cents in two events on the 3rd and that gas prices in the lower mainland are $1.40 or better and should drive these interior prices higher. `The source also doubts that long weekend demand will bring the price down to capture that market. Gasoline prices will again be a challenge this summer, ” my husband says he has to have it for his work and will pay” says a worker at a local station” Checking Gasoline prices at gas buddy shows prices…
Kevin Griffiths
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