Happy Thursday!
Chuck Kirkpatrick submitted today’s featured photo, which he took recently as the sun was rising at Roberts Road in qathet Regional District.
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On this day:
In 1914, insulin was used on a human to treat diabetes for the first time. Frederick Banting injected fellow Canadian Leonard Thompson, who was 14 years old at the time.
In 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began an 18-hour trip from Honolulu to Oakland, California, that made her the first person to fly solo across any part of the Pacific Ocean.
In 1995, National Hockey League owners and NHL Players’ Association came to an agreement that ended a strike that wiped out the first half of the 1994/1995 season. Teams then played a 48-game schedule, with New Jersey Devils eventually winning the Stanley Cup.
Today’s weather:
Sun, cloud and a 40 per cent chance of flurries is in the forecast for Thursday, January 11, as is a high of one degree Celsius during the day, dropping to minus seven 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…
Powell River Minor Hockey's U11 Kings won gold at the Kings Cup Tournament last weekend at Hap Parker Arena.
Meanwhile…
qathet Regional District directors have approved a five per cent increase to the directors’ annual indemnity and meeting allowance rates.
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