Happy Saturday! Have you had enough sun yet?
Regular photo of the day contributor Rick McGrath sent in today’s featured image of the Knuckleheads. He snapped the shot from Lois Lake.
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On this day:
In 1962, premier W.A.C. Bennett held a ceremony in Revelstoke to officially open the Trans-Canada Highway in BC. Final cost of the project reached $1 billion. The 7,821-kilometre highway stretches from coast to coast from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Victoria, BC.
Today’s weather:
Saturday, July 30, is expected to be sunny with a high of 29 degrees Celsius. Wind will be light except from the northwest at 30 km/h near the Strait of Georgia in the morning. The forecast calls for clear skies in the evening and a low of 16 degrees. A heat warning is in effect and is expected to continue through the weekend.
For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
Three qathet region track competitors from the Brooks Secondary School team posted strong results at the BC Summer Games, which recently concluded in Prince George.
Meanwhile…
At approximately 4:37 pm on July 24, Powell River RCMP responded to a report of a theft from a shed in the 4700 block of Quebec Avenue. Do you have any information to share with the police?
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