Happy Tuesday!
Bre Wooldridge captured today’s feature photo from her vantage point at Willingdon Beach last week during the Blackberry festival celebration.
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On this day:
In 1775, a proclamation by Britain’s King George III stated that American colonies were in a state rebellion.
In 1913, the bronze Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, which was inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen story, was unveiled in the city’s harbour.
In 1966, the unmanned Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photo of Earth from the moon’s orbit.
In 2012, Ryan Jenkins, a contestant on a pair reality television shows who was suspected of killing his wife, Jasmine Fiore, was found hanging in a motel in Hope, BC; it was an apparent suicide.
Today’s weather:
Tuesday, August 23, is expected to be sunny with a high of 27 degrees Celsius, 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…
City of Powell River Council will consider subdividing and rezoning a city property on Barnet Street for the purpose of potentially establishing rental housing, which would include affordable units.
Meanwhile…
qathet region residents will be able to turn in their scrap tires at an event planned for August 26.
Low on gas?
Here are the latest prices at local stations.
