Tag Archive: Oil spill


Known as the Trans

Mountain apartments by

old timers…

The containment crew of the Trans Mountain Pipeline company is presenting a drill at the Nicola River pf Voght the morning. Members of provincial ministries of environment , local first responders Indian bands and other are involved.

Merritt had crews here putting in the original pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby in the 1950s.

A spokesman said that construction is planned to start at the Burnaby and Edmonton ends. The 2 years plus of work is being flattened from a peak curve to a more stable agenda.

Trans Mountain is in the process of getting permits. Notification of specific construction activity is important to the company.

On this Day: September 4th 1957

The Edsel is introduced by Ford.

4rth charging station

There is another charging station  here in Merritt for electric cars its located behind the Civic center off the sidewalk on a residential faced street.With  no over head pole and power coming from an underground service connection the unit looks neat and tight.

All four of the charging stations are within a block of each other and a person who used the one in the parking arena parking lot was pleased that the farmers market was going on at the same time as: ” there will be people around and we can leave it to charge while we go golfing”.Another user said he enjoyed use of the indoor public pool that is within a block of the charger while he waited the 2 hrs for a full charge. There are two chargers in the City Hall proper parking lot as well.

Chargers can be located on a smart phone app.

Today in History: June 3 ,1979

A blowout in the southern gulf of Mexico causes 3 million barrels of oil to be spilled into the waters, this was the second worst oil spill ever recorded.

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.