Tag Archive: Environment


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A move to the right shows level of water tables, .File Photo KDG

Geoff Strong is coming to do a reading from his novel ” Convenient Mistruths” on April 10th at the Merritt Public Library at 11:AM. promising the inside scoop on Global Warming, he will read from a selection of the intrigue, danger and providing discussion on his next book. Free admission 1691Garcia Street Merritt BC.

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broken sign no contract….
File Photo KDG

On this Day: March 20th 1985

Rick Hansen begins his world wide wheelchair trip for spinal cord research.

Artic front

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When it comes it can be something to manage File photo KDG

 Artic Front:

British Columbia is getting an artic front with snow and double digit minus over night lows. This sudden onset old man winter has caught a few without snow tires in the interior, and the forecast is up to 50 centimeters in some pasts of the interior.

Situations can go bad fast in weather be prepared and think thing through. Video cams at the Drive BC site over conditions seen in real time.

Today in history, November 2nd 1936

The Canadian Broadcasting Company is formed.

Happy international day of the girl

 

Snow threating,There was a report of 3 inchs in highland valley today.
 

On this Day: October 11th 2012

The first international day of the girl.

 

 

 

 

 

TGIF- Happy New year

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Happy New Year from the Proprietor Review:

On this Day: December 30th 2009:

A pipeline ruptures in China dumping 150 thousand liters of Diesel into the Yellow River.

Success

 

Canoe quest to north west coast of BC

Canoe quest to north-west coast of BC

No pipeline through the Great Bear Rainforest, a definitive decision. Success to many.

The Burnaby from Edmonton approved expansion will see one medium tanker a day every day. One tanker a day should be safer then the possibility of collision. Some diligent people will need to secure the confidence of Vancouver people.

One hundred and fifty seven conditions came out of consultations on the approval of Trans Mountain’s expansion and some conditions by the province need to be met.

The Government is probably interested in carbon schemes .(to help pay for the fiduciary duty to people)
Editors note: Bad faith must be avoided!
When permits are let there must be a reasonable expectation of completion for the risk taken. Permits were let and a 63 year operation with a proven track record and a good community record is not valued enough.We lose something in this.

Trans Mountain’s operation effects us all; what did they expect to happen when permiting the original development. What do you expect when hiring someone…. This is Us not Them!

Keep up the scrutiny….
That’s it KDG

 

On this Day: November 30th 1829
The first Welland Canal opens for a trial after 5 years of construction.

 

Merritt Fun Run

Registration is open for the Merritt Country Run, the country run is on June 9th,2013 at 8:Am,at Voght park. The run starts and finishes at the park,Main Street and Canford Avenue.

21 KM walk/run (8:am )

Twice around the park track (8:30 am )

5 KM walk / run( (9 am)

10 KM walk/ run (9 am)

Register at www.merrittcountryrun.ca

The 3 months gives people time to get  in the shape they want to take part at the level they want.

Certified Routes.

Today in history: February 27,1940

Kamen and Ruben discover carbon 14.

TGIF

Merit of Merritt

Its good that it is friday….

There was a remembrance for the shooting victims of  an eastern university some years ago. Billed as “National day of remembrance and action on Violence against women. Dec 6th 2012.

Numbers of students had parts and Guest speaker Sharon McIvor presented.

The demeanor served to solemnize the relationship of women in society and how violence may affect them.Sharon is a lawyer and a professor at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology.

Today in history: December 7,2007

An oil spill in South Korea when a crane and a large tanker the Hebei  Spirit tangle.

North West Passage

Catherine Shewchuck the spouse of freelance author Murphy Shewchuck , said that she had recently returned from a sea trip through the North West Passage. “no ice”‘  and she was not ordering a drink. August is a month that has the least amount of sea ice and we are not surprised at the passing. Her tone and demeanor communicated an easy passing different from the second war passage of the St Rock and its 5 RCMP members that got through. A member of a service club that I was involved with had a father who was one of the police officers on that voyage and told of hardship and  the perseverance employed by the crew of the St Rock.

Catherine is a member of the Nicola Naturalist Society who’s president is Alan Burger a University of Victoria Alumni and a person keen on the global warming perspective. A responsible perspective and one we hold credible;  we have another witness now of its effect. And hardship on some fauna .

We enjoy the longer growing season and think that the Arctic in its present state is a good opportunity to document and explore and think it should be enjoyed now as long as the window stays open. Watching the adapting process is a useful and dynamic thing. Musk Ox farms in Alaska?

 

Today in history Sept. 19,1995

International talk like a pirate day created by John Par and Mark Summers. In Albany  Oregon.