July 21, 2025

July 21st is the 202nd day of the year. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the year.

Lots of sunshine to begin the work week according to Environment Canada.

We’ll still be dealing with some wildfire smoke early today, but should lift as the day goes on.

Sunshine and a high of 24C today, feeling like 26 with the humidex. Up to 27C Tuesday and 31C on Wednesday.

Already thinking about the weekend?

CKRecreation SummerFest Beach Days are a great way to entertain the family all summer.

Saturdays at Mitchell’s Bay are Family Beach Days. It’s all about fun for little ones and their grown-ups. CKRec will have sand toys, building blocks, water play, and tons of activities to keep everyone smiling.

Sundays at Erieau will feature fun activities for both adults and youth with activities designed to spark connection, movement, and fun.

For all the latest keep an eye on the CKRec Facebook Page.

If you can get away from the city lights, you could get a good look at the Perseid Meteor Shower over the next few weeks. Stargazers call it one of the year’s most spectacular sky events.

The Perseids are debris from Comet Swift–Tuttle blazing through Earth’s orbit. As our planet plows through this cosmic dust, those particles burn up in our atmosphere, lighting up the sky with streaks of light you can see with your bare eyes.

The shower officially kicked off last week but it will continue to ramp up in intensity over the next few weeks. Now until around July 28th there should be just a few meteors an hour, there will be more meteors in mid-August, but the moon will make them tougher to see. During the peak, you might see up to 50–100 meteors per hour.

World #1, Scottie Scheffler won the title Champion Golfer of the Year after winning the 153rd Open Championship.

Scheffler dominated the tournament, shot -17, to 4 strokes up on the next closest golfer. He takes home $3.1 million for the win. Scheffler now has 4 major tournament wins, he is just a U.S. Open title away from becoming the seventh player to complete the career grand slam.

The next major will be The Players Championship in March of 2026.

Sunday was the 56th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20th, 1969.

Apollo 11 becomes the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot) and Michael Collins (command module pilot) were the crew.

The crew traveled 240,000 miles (386,000+ KMS) from the Earth to the moon in 76 hours.

An estimated 600 million people around the world watched it on TV.

At 4:17pm The Eagle lands. At 10:56pm – Armstrong says, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” as he becomes the first human to set foot on the moon.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod