Happy Saturday!
Joyce Carlson snapped today’s feature photo earlier this week from her vantage point at Marble Bay on Texada Island.
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On this day:
In 1953, the testing of a hydrogen bomb was acknowledged publicly by the Soviet Union.
In 1975, Viking 1, which became the first space probe to successfully land on Mars, was launched by NASA.
In 2017, actor/comedian Jerry Lewis died at the age of 91.
Today’s weather:
Saturday, August 20, is expected to be sunny with a high of 25 degrees Celsius during the day, dropping to a low of 15 degrees in the evening. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
All government-owned BC Liquor Stores started limiting the quantity of alcohol that customers, restaurants and businesses can buy on August 19.
Meanwhile…
Real estate sales numbers in the qathet region for July 2022 decreased considerably from the same month in the previous year.
Low on gas?
Here are the latest prices at local stations.
