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Factory seconds, also known as factory rejects or simply seconds, are retail items that, through minor fault of manufacture, are sold to the public for a reduced rate
The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures recorded in Canada. Province or Territory ... July 11 and 12, 1936 [3] [4] ... Weather extremes in Canada;
For Sydney, the highest temperature ever recorded was 36.7 °C (98 °F) on August 18, 1935, [9] and the lowest was −31.7 °C (−25 °F) on January 31, 1873, [10] and January 29, 1877. [11] Lastly, for Kentville, the highest temperature recorded was 37.8 °C in August, 1944, [ 12 ] and the coldest temperature was -31.1 °C on February 19. [ 13 ]
Taylor and his glider, 1909. Hallstrom was a member of the Australian Aerial League, led by George Augustine Taylor.Beginning on 5 December 1909, at the sand hills near the entrance to Narrabeen Lakes, he took turns—along with Taylor, Taylor's wife Florence Mary Taylor, and two others—to make short non-powered flights, in a glider that Taylor had built, based upon the box-kite designs of ...
Canada committed to reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030 under the Paris Agreement. In July 2021, Canada enhanced the Paris Agreement plans with a new goal of reducing emissions by 40–45% below 2005 levels by 2030, [62] enacting the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act. [60]
Province Extreme Rainfall Location Maximum Daily Rainfall (mm) Date British Columbia Ucluelet 489 1967-10 Yukon Quiet Lake 91 1972-7 Alberta Eckville
On 26 July 1952, Sydney CBD received 203.2 mm (8.00 in) of rain and cyclonic winds caused local floods, two landslides in the north, traffic delays and as well as a death of a man. [115] On 10 February 1956, heavy rain caused the Georges River to overflow, which led to five deaths, flooding 1,000 homes and leading to the evacuation of 8,000 people.
On May 1, 1871, the new Dominion of Canada established the Meteorological Service of Canada by providing a $5000 grant to Professor G. T. Kingston of the University of Toronto to establish a network of weather observations. This information was collected and made available to the public from 1877 onwards.