A time capsule from 1970 buried in front of the Abbotsford International Airport was unsealed Friday morning. Filled with artifacts and messages from politicians of the day, it was buried to commemorate the Abbotsford Airshow being designated as "Canada's National Airshow" that year by Pierre Trudeau, the prime minister at the time. Federal Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan and Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun watched on as Abbotsford Airshow Society chairperson Steve Stewart did the honours. Abbotsford Airshow president Jim Reith said that would have been hard to imagine back in 1970 for many reasons. After the old capsule was opened and its letters from the past unsealed, a new one was placed back in the cairn.

Source: CBC News August 08, 2020 03:00 UTC