Happy Friday!
Joe Hargitt submitted today’s featured image of his dog, Jack, fetching a stick at Gibsons Beach earlier this month.
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On this day:
In 1965, Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 crashed in British Columbia after the tail separated from the fuselage, killing all 52 people on board. Authorities said the crash was the result of an apparent bombing.
In 2000, Venus Williams won her first Grand Slam title and became the first black female champion at Wimbledon since 1957/58 by defeating Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the final.
In 2011, the 135th and final flight of NASA’s 30-year-long space shuttle program began with the launch of the Atlantis space shuttle.
Today’s weather:
A high of 20 degrees Celsius is expected on Friday, July 8, with skies clearing in the morning. The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness in the evening and a low of 15 degrees.
For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
City of Powell River’s committee of the whole will make several requests of Canada Energy Regulator regarding power generated at qathet region dams that used to supply power to the Catalyst Paper Tis’kwat mill.
Meanwhile…
Laszlo Tamasik Dance Academy groups and individuals recently came home with multiple wins and top ten finishes from competitions in Burnaby and Kelowna.
