Happy Friday!
Glenn Holstine submitted today’s featured photo, which he took last month while the sun was setting over Ahgykson and Savary islands.
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On this day:
In 1892, Lizzie Borden was accused of murdering her parents in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. She was acquitted and no one else was ever charged.
In 1914, nearly six weeks after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the British Empire (including Canada) declared war on Germany for invading Belgium. The United States proclaimed its neutrality in the conflict, which was underway due to a domino effect of political and historical alliances. More than 650,000 Canadians were involved in the First World War, in the trenches, at sea, in the air and on the homefront. More than 66,000 died and another 172,000 were injured before the war ended on November 11, 1918.
In 1944, one of the most well-known figures of the 20th century, teenage diarist Anne Frank, was captured and arrested with her sister Margot, their parents and four others by the Gestapo after hiding for two years inside a building in Amsterdam. Anne and Margot died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.
Today’s weather:
Friday, August 4, is expected to be mainly sunny with a high of 25 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to 15 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…
City of Powell River is currently in stage two of the four-stage water restrictions, with Haslam Lake levels near normal. Haslam is the city’s potable water supply.
Meanwhile…
Melvin Mitchell had a good start out of the harbour in the Great International World Championship Bathtub Race on Vancouver Island, but mechanical problems cut the qathet region entrant’s race short.
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