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In May 2021, Tla'amin Nation submitted a request to Powell River city council to change the name of the city. The request comes because city namesake Israel Powell, B.C.’s superintendent of Indian affairs from 1872 to 1889, helped to ensure that the sale of Lot 450, land that included tiyskĘ·at village, went through, as well as overseeing the removal of children from their homes to be sent ...
This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
Harold Long (April 10, 1941 [1] – May 21, 2013) was a politician in British Columbia (BC), Canada. [2]Long was born in Powell River, the son of George Hibbert Long and Augusta Denise Simard, [1] and from 1958 he worked in the family transportation business (City Transfer) and in 1979 purchased and expanded it. [2]
Powell River in 2004. A number of geographical features of British Columbia, including the river and eponymous city of Powell River and Powell Lake, were named in his honour. In May 2021, the Tla'amin Nation submitted a request to Powell River city council to change the city's name to replace or omit Powell's. [8]
A middle school cheerleader in Tennessee was stabbed to death by a 15-year-old boy — and now prosecutors are aiming to try him as an adult. Savannah Copeland, a 13-year-old cheerleader at Powell ...
A witness saw her struggling to escape and tried to help, but the flames engulfed the car and she burned to death. Ibrahim Dossey: 1972 2008 36 years Ghanaian footballer car Breaza, Romania The crash occurred on September 13, 2008, putting him in a coma until his death three months later. Dee Dowis: 1968 2016 48 years American football car
In 1869, when Sumner was 29 years old, the expedition to the Grand Canyon took place, with Sumner appointed by Powell as his deputy. [10] Getting underway at 1 p.m. on May 24, [11] the expedition party consisted of a total of ten men, traveling along the river in four wooden boats. [12]