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July 1^st	We See
	Extra Foods strike

Next few days will decide – lease expired etc

As I hear it, the lease expired on June 30^th – thus the reason the paper taken down from windows --- but most the material remains in store – and pickets remain at entrance (July 1^st)---- some suggest the affair will end soon as Mall owners (will/ may??) order the pickets off property as store no longer leased --- the Union will counter that so long as the equipment remains they can picket

	We See
	Source store in Mall has reopened --- here is their online store

	Commercial hotel ‘officially’ closed for the summer
	At least that was what the managers told me today --- strange commentary on Rupert’s economy --- this would have been the main income period for a bar a few years ago

	Pedestrian friendly??
	This ‘Recycling’ truck occasionally parks like this leaving only a few feet clearance for pedestrians – I would suggest fines for these bad manners ---- but more significantly looks to me like the parking lot is three feet onto City (public) property – and I bet they are not paying rent (encroachment fee) etc

Link to May 1^st PDF from which above taken	El Nino 2009 means potential drought in interior BC – as lower elevation snow already melted
	The Skeena River basin is about 61% of its ‘average’ snow pack and flow peaked on May 29, near 3200 cubic metres per second (m^3/s), well below average---- ‘The Fraser at Hope peaked on June 17, at a discharge of 5820 m^3/s, the 2nd lowest freshet peak discharge recorded since 1912’ according to BC River Forecast Centre on June 18, 2010

	Ships in harbour
	CS Fortune – presumably mud from cleaning holds --- here to pick up wheat according to Port’s online Vessel Report --- note all here either for grain of wood pellets

Youth vandalism in PR

While this store appeared to be changing windows for aesthetic reasons --- often the window breaking downtown starts after school lets out – one business owner says he had 15 windows broken out over last few years in families 2 stores --- often catching the youths on surveillance video – but when went to court the kids either did not show – or just got a non-sentence --- we’ll see if Citizens on Patrol can make a difference --- but will they stay out till 3AM when much of vandalism takes place?

Created by LG on 1/7/2010

Last updated on Thursday, July 01, 2010