Happy Wednesday!
Regular photo of the day contributor Alan Maconnachie captured today’s featured image of a sunset from the south harbour in Westview.
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On this day:
In 1767, Jean-Baptiste Denys, physician to King Louis XIV of France, administered the first human blood transfusion by putting sheep's blood into a 15-year-old boy.
In 1969, Hee Haw, a variety show featuring a mixture of country music and comedy skits, made its television debut.
In 2011, Vancouver Canucks fell 4-0 at home to the Boston Bruins in game seven of the Stanley Cup final and, as a result, lost the series four games to three.
Today’s weather:
The Wednesday, June 15, forecast calls for increasing cloudiness early in the morning, a 40 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon and a high of 15 degrees Celsius. The evening is expected to be cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers and a low of nine degrees.
For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it...
Powell River Board of Education (School District 47) announced that it has been selected by BC Ministry of Education and Child Care to become a provincial online learning school.
Meanwhile…
School District 47 Landed Learning program students from Henderson Elementary School have created a bee boat to help pollination.
