Happy Monday!
Glenn Holstine submitted today’s featured image, taken from Michigan Avenue, as the sun set over Savary Island.
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On this day:
In 1865, In the United States, news that the Civil War was over reached Texas, announcing that all remaining slaves were free. An event marking the date is now celebrated as “Juneteenth.”
In 1917, the British royal family took the name “Windsor" when King George V gave an order to dispense with German titles and surnames.
In 1978, the first Garfield comic strip, which holds the Guinness World Record for comic strip syndication, was published.
In 1999, Brett Hull scored in triple overtime to give Dallas Stars a 2-1 win over Buffalo Sabres to win the Stanley Cup in six games and claim the franchise’s one and only National Hockey League championship.
Today’s weather:
Clouds and a 60 per cent chance of showers are in the forecast for Monday, June 19, as is a high of 16 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to 11 degrees in the evening, when the chance of precipitation drops to 30 per cent. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
Brooks Secondary School sent a group of eight students to compete in Langley at the BC High School Track and Field championships from June 8 to 10, with athletes bringing home medals.
Meanwhile…
Supportive housing resident Denis Dubeau is concerned that the gardens he and other residents have been working on for four years are going to be dismantled.
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