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Covid-18 BC, update…

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November 16, 2021

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Evacuations respected officials.

Strong community support for workers for emergencies.

Not yet through the pandemic.

Varient ay4.2 has shown up, is now two-thirds of present cases.

Vector vaccine Johnson and Johnson arriving. Call the center if you want this vector vaccine. (5000 doses this week)

Immunizations for 5-11-year-olds, independent review encouraging for coming authorizations. ( familiar with) MOFH. Fewer antigen boosts are needed. If and when approved they are prepared. Vaccination will not be mandatory for children.

Flu is about.

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Flooding in BC…

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November 15, 2021

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One hundred people stuck in cars, 5 hrs ago

Local experts relied on…

Law regulates evacuation support.

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this Day: November 15th 1918The Spanish flu pandemic affirmed.

source never confirmed some estimates say up to 100 million deaths.

Air ambulance sitting at the airfield.
Health care takes a lot of support from many sources including you keeping your own. File photo KDG
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Five steps Covid-19, Bonnie Henry…

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On this Day: November 15th 1920

The free state city of Danzig is established.

Danzig City, state lasts to 1939.

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TGIF- Old-growth deferrals…

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November 12, 2021

BC Government to get a deferral on old growth from first nations.

On November 2 the provincial government announced that it would be working in partnership with First Nations to defer the harvest of 2.6 million hectares of BC’s most at-risk old growth forests. Logging deferrals are viewed as a temporary measure – as recommended in the 2020 Old Growth Strategic Review – to allow for the development of a new approach to sustainable forest management that prioritizes ecosystem health.

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Logging has been a good livlihood for BC.

Large logging trucks need industrial facilities as they can not be parked in residential areas. File Photo KDG

Ferry Creek March 2021

On this Day: November 12th 1954

Elis Island shuts down operations.

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BC Covid-19 update October 25th, 2021

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October 25, 2021

8,294,900 comulative approved vaccine doses delivered to BC.

The province has administered 97.9 percent of the Covid-19 doses to the province, the 8 million one hundred twenty thousand four hundred fifty-eight jabs have provided for 79.6 % of the population getting a single dose with 74.6% of the province securing two doses. This data was published at 11:36 CST Monday.

Source Covid-19 Tracker Canada

Canada Vaccination

Canada has administered 57,910,473 doses since December 14th, 2020, and 24,569 dosed yesterday.

The restart is going along and vaccination is making the lifting of gathering restrictions more attractive with every dose administered.

BC Clean 2030, Government media access: questions and answers:

Media access, contains 7 seconds on Covid-19

Government media access, October 25th 2021: Health questions and answers 41.43 – 48.17…

Workers vaccine mandate LTC

5-11-year-old mandate waiting on the federal government.

Blue Grotto concert, Kamloops

Distance , Wash hands,Masks in general

Local School board offloading

On this Day: October 25th 1995

A train bus accident in Illinois kills 7 students.

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Covid-19 update, September 13th 2021

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September 13, 2021
Air ambulance sitting at air field . Health care takes a lot of support from many sources including you keeping your own.

September 13th 2021, marks a new regime in the vaccine card for covid-19 documentation.

Restrictions for those not vaccinated, are increased for those that have the proof I at least one dose will be able to use their card to access some non-essential businesses that others can’t. Listen below.

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Happy International Indigenous day.

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August 9, 2021

August 9th is International Indigenous day, worldwide.

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North West Coast Art Mask
File Photo KDG

Each year, 9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. It is celebrated around the world and marks the date of the inaugural session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at the United Nations in 1982.

As part of the commemoration, the Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch – Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/DISD/DESA is organizing a virtual event. Indigenous Peoples, Member States, UN entities, civil society, and the general public are all invited.

The 2021 commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples will focus on the theme “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract” to be held on Monday, 9 August from 9 am to 11 am (EST).

Simultaneous Interpretation in English-Spanish and vice-versa is available thanks to the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC

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TGIF- Happy 147th birthday BC, it’s not a holiday! August 6th is BC day…

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July 20, 2018

old court house

The old court house on Nicola avenue , in Merritt. File Photo KDG

The province has a birthday today, happy birthday  BC. Oh, its not a holiday, BC day is in August, on the first Monday and its a paid holiday for those that qualify.

BC’s  legal paid holidays are:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Family Day
  • Good Friday
  • Victoria Day
  • Canada Day
  • B.C. Day
  • Labour Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Remembrance Day
  • Christmas Day

Your employer has to give you 8 hrs pay if you have been in his employee for 30 days and worked 15 of the previous 30 days. Salaried employees are not given extra monies for paid holidays however they enjoy the day off.

Employees who work under an averaging agreement or variance at any time in the 30 days before the holiday do not have to meet the 15-day requirement.

Some workers such as agricultural ones are excluded from  stat holidays.

Have a good August 6th day off and think of BC  in Canada and our official bird the Steller Jay.

On this Day: July 20th 1871

British Columbia becomes a  province in the Dominion of Canada.

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Transformer

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October 15, 2015

The Merritt Green Energy project s 40 megawatt electric steam generator is in progress. A worker on site says they are doing the transformer for kicking up voltage to transport. A security person says there is about 1 year left in the plants construction.

A huge bin  for the receiving and storage of Hog fuel ( chipped wood waste) is part of the plant construction. The bin,  made of vertical steel pipes with planking bolted to the inside is on the north side of the rising  generator building..

Electric toys were a happy result of Edisons electric File Photo KDG

Electric toys
were a happy result of Edison’s electric
File Photo KDG

On this day: October 15th 1878

The Edison Electric Light Company starts operations.

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Perched for power

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July 16, 2015

This hawk seems relaxed around electrical fixtures. Photo KDG

This hawk seems relaxed around electrical fixtures.
Photo KDG

Birds are relatively safe on poles as they do not ground the power however they can sometimes make contact between transformers and lines making a circuit. This could cause an explosion and perhaps kill the bird.
On this Day:July 16 July 16th 1935
The World’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma.

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18 jobs

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May 28, 2015

The Diacarbon Energy corporation is running its plant here in Merritt and a source says that there are 18 jobs there. On a visit to the plant this week one of the addition bins were on a feed by an active conveyor. The company is to produce White wood pellets and bio coal.
The company expanded the property with two bins after acquiring it from the failed Highland wood pellets. The construction of the original plant involved government money and promised 50 jobs. The plant ran and packaged some wood pellets but ran into problems with moisture content. The pellets were attempted to be marketed for floor-ground cover in barns and other applications involving livestock.

Specialized in research and development of clean tech renewable energy products, Diacarbon has focused its efforts on perfecting its bio coal product, and now aims to produce this on a mass production scale this coming fall.

The plant was previously owned by Highland Pellet Manufacturing Ltd and came equipped with machinery allowing for the production of wood pellets. Diacarbon sees this as a great opportunity to expand its product line to offer a more established renewable energy product and will begin production of its wood pellets product this summer.

Diacarbon has selected state of the art technology from Europe and USA to be installed on its plant site and has taken great care to ensure its equipment is of high quality, efficient and environmentally friendly. Diacarbon is using local contractors and approximately 12 new employees from the Merritt region to complete the development and installation of equipment at its plant site. Once the plant is fully operational it will require a total of 25 employees to operate the facility and will create job opportunities within Merritt.

http://www.diacarbon.com/diacarbons-manufacturing-plant-start-production-coming-fall/ info@diacarbon.com

Merritt has a history of coal production dating back to the end of the 19th century, it was curtailed in after the second world war, in part due to engineering problems.There is no indication of coal mining at this writing. All coal mines were back filled at their portals with old cars and fill decades ago.
On this Day: May 28th 585
A solar eclipse becomes a cardinal date for dating events in history.

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Electric car

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May 21, 2015

New Tesla S Photo KDG

New Tesla S
Photo KDG

Another new Tesla S owner charges his car in Merritt. The Kamloops BC resident that just bought this new EV says charging here works for him as he loops through Kelowna and back home. The model also sports a D Designation meaning 2 axles under power or (four wheel drive ). There is also to seats with belts to secure two “Grand Kids” facing backward behind the rear seats. Suitable for kids nearing 4 feet in height it looks like loading a raised trunk a with children with a view of the road behind.
The car was purchased for about 130 thousand dollars and reflected a discount in the Canadian dollar.
The Tesla Corporation had a half billion dollar cash infusion from the US Government, the owner also recovered a 5 thousand dollar incentive from BC hydro, he charged his car with out cost at the 500 amp charger at Voght and Merritt Ave, here.

On this Day: May 21 1937

The Soviet Station North Pole 1 becomes the first research station on polar drift ice.

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