Happy Friday!
Alex Quinn submitted today’s featured image, which he took during a recent visit to Okeover Inlet.
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On this day:
In 1914, after colliding with SS Storstad (a Norwegian cargo ship), RMS Empress of Ireland (a Canadian ocean liner), sank in the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec. 1,012 of the 1,477 people on board the Empress of Ireland died.
In 1953, New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary and Nepal’s Tensing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
In 1985, at the European Cup soccer final in Belgium, 39 people died when rioting broke out and a wall separating British and Italian soccer fans collapsed.
Today’s weather:
A sunny sky is in the forecast for Monday, May 29, as is a high of 21 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to nine degrees in the evening. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
Volleyball enthusiast Emma Young’s team was just two serves away from a national championship, but came back to the qathet region with the silver medal instead.
Meanwhile…
After receiving its licence from Health Canada, Meridian 125 W Cultivation is now in the throes of cultivating cannabis in Powell River.
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