Happy Saturday!
Chris Redman snapped today’s featured photo, a stunningly beautiful moment captured from the Westview Terminal pier earlier this week.
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On this day:
In 1982, a helicopter crashed on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie, claiming the lives of actor Vic Morrow (1929 - 1982) and two child actors, seven-year-old Myca Dinh Le and six-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen.
In 1984, Vanessa Williams resigned her Miss America title after nude photographs taken of her two years prior were published in Penthouse magazine.
In 1989, British actor Daniel Radcliffe, of Harry Potter fame, was born in London.
In 1995, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered the now well-known comet Hale–Bopp.
Today’s weather:
Saturday, July 23, is expected to be sunny with a high of 24 degrees Celsius, with 30 km/h winds from the northwest. The forecast calls for clear skies in the evening and a low of 13 degrees.
For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
As of Friday morning, passengers on the lower car decks of sailings between Horseshoe Bay and the Sunshine Coast can stay in their vehicles during crossings.
Meanwhile…
City of Powell River councillors will consider a zoning amendment to allow expanded commercial activity at a property on the corner of Alberni Street and Manson Avenue.
Low on gas?
Here are the latest prices at local stations.
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